FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
These are four frequently asked questions regarding the Minor in Medical Humanities.
What can you do with a minor in Medical Humanities?
As with any aspect of a university education, the question really is: What can the Minor in Medical Humanities do for you? And the answer is that taking courses from the listed selections will expose the student to problems and approaches to health care issues that would not be addressed in the normal course of study followed for these professions. It will elevate the student’s awareness of and appreciation for the myriad issues surrounding health care practice and delivery. This will prepare the student to think and talk about the health-related issues of today in a far more sophisticated and well-rounded way, hopefully contributing to the student’s success and impact in the field.
What careers will a minor in Medical Humanities help with?
This Minor is intended for students pursuing careers related to health care. It will be especially valuable to pre-medical and pre-dental students, but students interested in physical therapy, pharmacy, health-care management or other health-provider fields will find many of the courses of interest, and may wish either to complete the Minor or at least take some of the suggested courses.
Do I have to be in the Minor to take these courses?
No. Most of these courses are regularly offered ASU courses that anyone who meets the prerequisites may take. The exception is the Honors courses; students do not have to be in the Minor to take those, but do have to be in Honors, UNLESS they are in the Minor. Thus the Minor has the additional advantage of allowing a student not in Honors to take an Honors course in the Minor.
How many people are accepted into the minor every year?
There is no limit; applications will be considered as they arrive by the MMH Committee.
What does Medical Humanities mean?
This is an increasingly common way to refer to studies of medical practice, research, and health care from the social science and humanities perspectives. Most students pursuing health care careers focus on the sciences and certain social sciences, such as psychology and sociology. This Minor broadens students’ thinking to include examinations of the economics, communication, anthropology, and history of health care, among many topics, in addition to studying the literature and arts associated with those areas. Recent efforts to raise the public’s awareness of diseases like breast cancer through dance and other creative arts would be an example of the latter.
What can you do with a minor in Medical Humanities?
As with any aspect of a university education, the question really is: What can the Minor in Medical Humanities do for you? And the answer is that taking courses from the listed selections will expose the student to problems and approaches to health care issues that would not be addressed in the normal course of study followed for these professions. It will elevate the student’s awareness of and appreciation for the myriad issues surrounding health care practice and delivery. This will prepare the student to think and talk about the health-related issues of today in a far more sophisticated and well-rounded way, hopefully contributing to the student’s success and impact in the field.
What careers will a minor in Medical Humanities help with?
This Minor is intended for students pursuing careers related to health care. It will be especially valuable to pre-medical and pre-dental students, but students interested in physical therapy, pharmacy, health-care management or other health-provider fields will find many of the courses of interest, and may wish either to complete the Minor or at least take some of the suggested courses.
Do I have to be in the Minor to take these courses?
No. Most of these courses are regularly offered ASU courses that anyone who meets the prerequisites may take. The exception is the Honors courses; students do not have to be in the Minor to take those, but do have to be in Honors, UNLESS they are in the Minor. Thus the Minor has the additional advantage of allowing a student not in Honors to take an Honors course in the Minor.
How many people are accepted into the minor every year?
There is no limit; applications will be considered as they arrive by the MMH Committee.
What does Medical Humanities mean?
This is an increasingly common way to refer to studies of medical practice, research, and health care from the social science and humanities perspectives. Most students pursuing health care careers focus on the sciences and certain social sciences, such as psychology and sociology. This Minor broadens students’ thinking to include examinations of the economics, communication, anthropology, and history of health care, among many topics, in addition to studying the literature and arts associated with those areas. Recent efforts to raise the public’s awareness of diseases like breast cancer through dance and other creative arts would be an example of the latter.
