All courses listed here count toward the Medical Humanities minor, even if they are not listed in the Rice General Announcements (GA).
Spring 2026 Courses
Intro Course (required for the Minor)
MDHM 201, Intro to Medical Humanities TTh 1:00 – 2:15 pm, Katherine Shwetz
Elective (4 required for the minor, courses vary by semester)
MDHM 142 / RELI 142, The Colors of Life, M 1:00 – 3:50 pm, Marcia Brennan
MDHM 266-002 / PHIL 266-002, Medical Ethics, TTh 4:00 – 5:15 pm, Dallas Havens
MDHM 272-001 / ENGL 272-001, Literature and Medicine, MWF 11:00 – 11:50 am, Cameron Hammon
MDHM 272-002 / ENGL 272-002, Literature and Medicine, MWF 10:00 – 10:50 am, Cameron Hammon
MDHM 275-001, Food and Health in America, TTh 4:00 – 5:15 pm, Chin Jou
MDHM 275-002, Narratives of Reproduction, TTh 9:25 – 10:40 am, Matty Hemming
MDHM 305, Research Methods for Trustworthy Health AI, MW 4:00 – 5:15 pm, Melissa Bailar
MDHM 312 / ENGL 312, Medieval English & Literature: Infectious Ideas, TTh 9:25 – 10:40 am, Emily Houlik-Ritche
MDHM 315 / AAAS 317, Race, Medicine and Mass Incarceration, TTh 2:30 – 3:45 pm, Chin Jou
MDHM 320, Nursing and Narratives, MW 11:00 – 12:15 pm, Matty Hemming
MDHM 335-002 / RELI 335-002, Medicine and the Museum, W 1:00 – 3:50 pm, Marcia Brennan
MDHM 378 / ENGL 378, Politics of Reproduction, MW 2:00 – 3:15 pm, Carly Thomsen
ANTH 321, Social Life of DNA, W 1:00 – 3:30 pm, Victoria Massie
ANTH 381, Medical Anthropology, TTh 10:50 – 12:05 pm, Victoria Massie
BIOS 368, Conceiving and Misconceiving the Monstrous in Fiction and in Art, in Medicine and in Biosciences, TTh 2:30 – 3:45 pm, Michael Gustin
BIOS 370, Current Biosciences and Health Policy Topics, TTh 2:30 – 3:45 pm, Kirstin Matthews
BIOS 447, Experimental Biology and the Future of Medicine, TTh 10:50 – 12:05 pm, Daniel Wagner
HEAL 212, Consumer Health and the Media, TTh 9:25 – 10:40 pm, Isabelle Kusters
HEAL 222, Principles of Public and Community Health, MWF 10:00 – 10:50 am, Cassandra Diep
PHIL 460-003, Advanced Topics in Ethics 1: Grief and Well-Being, TTh 9:25 – 10:40 am, Teresa Bruno-Niño
SOCI 335, Religion, Science, and Health: A Sociological Approach, MW 2:00 – 3:15 pm, Elaine Ecklund
SOCI 344, Sociology of Mental Health, TTh 9:25 – 10:40 am, Tony Brown
SOCI 351, Reproductive Health and Society, MWF 10:00 – 10:50 am, Miranda Wagoner
SOCI 377, Health Disparities in the United States, TTh 4:00 – 5:15 pm, Jingwen Liu
SPAN 322-011, Special Topics: Spanish for Med Professions II, MWF 9:00 – 9:50 am, Aymara Boggiano
SPAN 322-012, Special Topics: Spanish for Med Professions II, MWF 11:00 – 11:50 am, Aymara Boggiano
SPAN 333, Current Healthcare Issues in Latine Communities, MW 2:00 – 3:15 pm, Luziris Turi
SPAN 370, Disabled Bodies: Illness and Literature in Latin America, TTh 2:30 – 3:45 pm, Claire Branigan
Practica (1 required for the minor, if taking MDHM 402 must take MDHM 403 in Spring)
MDHM 403, Year-Long Medical Humanities Practicum II, Th 4:00 – 5:15 pm, Matilda Hemming
MDHM 430-001, One-Semester Medical Humanities Practicum, T 4:00 – 5:15 pm, Melissa Bailar
MDHM 430-002, One-Semester Medical Humanities Practicum, T 4:00 – 5:15 pm, Katherine Shwetz
SPAN 323-902, Spanish Practicum for Med Professionals, Schedule varies by student, Jessica Morones
Fall 2025 Courses
Intro Course (required for the Minor)
MDHM 201 Intro to Medical Humanities TTh 1:00 - 2:15 pm Samin Rashidbeigi
Electives (4 required for the minor, courses vary by semester)
ANTH 342, Ethnographies of care, Th 4:00-6:30, Kamala Visweswaran
ANTH 399, Anthropology of Reproduction, W 3:00 - 5:30, Eugenia Georges
ASIA 307, Medicine and Empire in Asia, T-Th 1:00 - 2:15, Chang Xu
ENGL 378, Politics of Reproduction: Sex, Abortion, and Motherhood, MW 2:00 - 3:15, Carly Thomsen
GERM 352, Politics of the Flesh, T-Th 1:00 - 2:15, Martin Blumenthal-Barby
HEAL 222, Principles of Public & Community Health, MWF 9:00 - 9:50, Heidi Perkins
HEAL 380, Disparities in Health in America, T-Th 1:00 - 2:15, Cassandra Diep
MDHM 142, The Colors of Life and The End of Life, M 1:00 - 3:50, Marcia Brennan
MDHM 260, Creative Writing and Medical Humanities, M 4:00 - 6:30, Cameron Hammon
MDHM 266, Medical Ethics, MWF 11:00 - 11:50, Samuel Reis-Dennis
MDHM 272 / ENGL 272 - 001, Literature and Medicine, MWF 11:00 - 11:50, Cameron Hammon
MDHM 272 / ENGL 272 - 002, Literature and Medicine, MWF 9:00 - 9:50, Matty Hemming
MDHM 275, Topics in Health Inequities, MWF 12:00 - 12:50, Matty Hemming
MDHM 307, Medicine and Empire in Asia, T-Th 1:00 - 2:15, Chang Xu
MDHM 359, Responsible AI for Health, T-Th 10:50 - 12:05, Kirsten Ostherr
MDHM 378, Politics of Reproduction: Sex, Abortion, and Motherhood, MW 2:00 - 3:15, Carly Thomsen
PHIL 266, Medical Ethics, MWF 11:00 - 11:50, Samuel Reis-Dennis
PHIL 566, Topics in Medical Ethics: Ethics of Psychiatry, M 1:30 - 3:30, Samuel Reis-Dennis
RELI 142, The Colors of Life and The End of Life, M 1:00 - 3:50, Marcia Brennan
RELI 150, Sacred Birth, M 4:00 - 6:30, Judith Ellen Brunton
SOCI 345, Medical Sociology, T-Th 10:50 - 12:05, Miranda Waggoner
SPAN 322 - 011, Special Topics: Advances Spanish II: Spanish for Medical Prof II, MWF 9:00 - 9:50, Aymara Boggiano
SPAN 372, Reproductive and Maternal Health in Latin America, MWF 10:00 - 10:50, Claire Branigan
Practica (1 required for the minor, if taking MDHM402 must take MDHM403 in Spring)
MDHM 402, Health, Humanism and Society Scholars Medical Humanities Practicum (1 year), Th 4:00 - 5:15, Matty Hemming
MDHM 430 - 001, Health, Humanism and Society Scholars Medical Humanities Practicum (1 semester), T 4:00 - 5:15, Melissa Bailar
MDHM 430 - 002, Health, Humanism and Society Scholars Medical Humanities Practicum (1 semester), T 4:00 - 5:15, Katherine Shwetz
SPAN 323, Spanish Professional Practicum I, ---- ----, Jessica Morones