All courses listed here count toward the Medical Humanities minor, even if they are not listed in the Rice General Announcements (GA).
Spring 2027 Courses
Intro Course (required for the Minor)
MDHM 201-001, Intro to Medical Humanities, TTh 1pm-2:15pm, Matty Hemming
Elective (4 required for the minor, courses vary by semester)
MDHM 216/ASIA 216-001, Quacks and Wonder Drugs: a History of Medicine in China, Chang Xu, TTh 4pm-4:50 pm
MDHM 266/PHIL 266-002, Medical Ethics, MWF 10am-10:50am, Samuel Reis-Dennis
MDHM 272/ENGL 272-001, Literature and Medicine, MWF 11am-11:50am, Cameron Hammon
MDHM 272/ENGL 272-002, Literature and Medicine, MWF 10am-10:50am, Cameron Hammon
MDHM 275-003, Food and Health in America, TTh 10:50am-12:05pm, Chin Jou
MDHM 330-001, Health Influencers and Media, TTh 9:25am-10:40am, Mallika Khanna
MDHM 340-001, Skin Color and Beauty, MWF 2pm-2:50pm, Durgesh Solanki
MDHM 354/PHIL 354-001, The Philosophy of Medicine, TTh 9:25am-10:40am, Timothy Schroeder
MDHM 566/PHIL 566-001, Topics in Medical Ethics, W 1pm-3:30pm, Samuel Reis-Dennis
ANTH 306-001, Illness Narratives: Re-writing Health Inequalities, Victoria Massie, MWF 11am-11:50am
HART 311/AAAS 311-001, Representations of Disability, Olivia Young, Does not meet
BIOS 368-001, Conceiving and Misconceiving the Monstrous in Fiction and in Art, in Medicine and in Bioscience, Michael Gustin, TTh 2:30pm-3:45pm
BIOS 370-001, Current Biosciences and Health Policy Topics, Alicia Johnson, TTh 2:30pm-3:45pm
BIOS 447-001, Experimental Biology and the Future of Medicine, Daniel Wagner, TTh 10:50am-12:05pm
HEAL 212-001, Public Health and the Media, Isabelle Kusters, TTh 9:25am-10:40am
HEAL 222-001, Principles of Public and Community Health, Cassandra Diep, MWF 10am-10:50am
HEAL 350-001, Understanding Cancer, Loren Bryant, MW 4pm-5:15pm
KORE 308-001, Medical Korean: Clinical Communication and Culture, Jaesu Choi, MWF 10am-10:50am
PHIL 267-001, Philosophy of Sex and Love, Teresa Bruno-Niño, TTh 2:30pm-3:45pm
PHIL 354-001, The Philosophy of Medicine, Timothy Schroeder, TTh 9:25am-10:40am
SOCI 344-001, Sociology of Mental Health, Tony Brown, MW2pm-3:15pm
SOCI 351-001, Reproductive Health and Society, Miranda Waggoner, TTh 1pm-2:15pm
SPAN 322-011, Special Topics: Advanced Spanish ii 1, Aymara Boggiano, MWF 11am-11:50am
SPAN 370-001, Disabled Bodies: Illness and Literature in Latin America, Claire Branigan, TTh 2:30pm-3:45pm
Practica (1 required for the minor, if taking MDHM 402 must take MDHM 403 in Spring)
MDHM 430-001, One-Semester Med Hum Practicum, T 4pm-5:15pm, Melissa Bailar
MDHM 430-002, One-Semester Med Hum Practicum, Th 4pm-5:15pm, Matty Hemming
SPAN 323-902, Spanish Professional Practicum i 2, Does not meet, Jessica Morones
Fall 2026 Courses
Intro Course (required for the Minor)
MDHM 201 002, Introduction to Medical Humanities, TTh 1:00 – 2:15, Matty Hemming
Elective (4 required for the minor, courses vary by semester)
MDHM 142 001 / RELI 142 001, The Colors of Life, M 1:00 – 3:50, Marcia Brennan
MDHM 260 001, Creative Writing and Medical Humanities, M 4:00 – 6:30, Cameron Hammon
MDHM 266 002 / PHIL 266 002, Medical Ethics, TTh 1:00 – 2:15, Nahum Shemi
MDHM 272 001 / ENGL 272 001, Literature and Medicine, MWF 11:00 – 11:50, Katherine Shwetz
MDHM 272 002 / ENGL 272 002, Literature and Medicine, MWF 2:00 – 2:50, Cameron Hammon
MDHM 307 001 / ASIA 307 001, Medicine and Empire in Asia, TTh 9:25 – 10:40, Chang Xu
MDHM 310 001, Pain, MWF 1:00 - 1:50, Katherine Shwetz
MDHM 315 001 / AAAS 317, Race. Medicine & Mass Incarceration, MW 11:00 – 12:15, Chin Jou
MDHM 315 002 / AAAS 317, Race. Medicine & Mass Incarceration, MW 12:35 – 1:50, Chin Jou
MDHM 359 001, Responsible AI for Health, TTh 10:50 – 12:05, Kirsten Ostherr
ANTH 306 001, Illness Narratives: Rewriting Health Inequalities, MW 4:00 – 5:15, Victoria Massie
ANTH 334 001, Black Feminist Science Studies, W 1:00 – 3:30, Victoria Massie
ANTH 399 002, Anthropology of Reproduction, Th 2:30 – 5:00, Eugenia Georges
HEAL 222 001, Principles of Public and Community Health, MWF 9:00 – 9:50, Heidi Perkins
HEAL 380 002 Disparities in Health in America, TTh 1:00 – 2:15, Cassandra Diep
HIST 312 001, Environment and Health in Latin America, MWF 10:00 – 10:50, Moramay López Alonso
RELI 150 001, Sacred Birth, M 5:00 – 7:30, Judith Ellen Brunton
SOCI 345 001, Medical Sociology, TTh 10:50 – 12:05, Miranda Waggoner
SOCI 377 001, Health Disparities, MWF 3:00 – 3:50, Katherine Alexander
SPAN 322 011, Spanish Practicum for Med Professionals, MWF 9:00 – 9:50, Aymara Boggiano
SPAN 372 001, Reproductive and Maternal Health in Latin America, TTh 1:00 – 2:15, Claire Branigan
Practica (1 required for the minor, if taking MDHM 402 must take MDHM 403 in Spring)
MDHM 402 001, Year-long Medical Humanities Practicum, Th 4:00 – 5:15, Matty Hemming
MDHM 430 002, One-Semester Medical Humanities Practicum, T 4:00 – 5:15, Katherine Shwetz
MDHM 435 001, Organ Transplant Narratives, TTh 10:50 – 12:05, Melissa Bailar
SPAN 323 911, Medical Practicum, Jessica Morones