MEDICAL HUMANITIES

Courses

All courses listed here count toward the Medical Humanities minor, even if they are not listed in the Rice General Announcements (GA).

Fall 2024 Courses


ANTH 250, Plagues and People, MW 2:00-3:15, Ilana Gershon
ANTH 306, Illness Narratives, Th 1-3:30 pm, Victoria Massie
ANTH 419, Black Feminist Science Studies, W, 1:00 – 3:30 pm, Victoria Massie

ENGL 272, Literature and Medicine, MWF, 11:00 – 11:50 am, Cameron Hammon
HIST 312,
Environment & Health in Lat Am, 10-10:50 am, López-Alonso
LALX 332, Latine Narratives on Mental Health, TTH, 2:30-3:45 pm, Turi

MDHM 201, Intro to Medical Humanities, TTh, 10:50 – 12:05 pm, Katherine Shwetz
MDHM 238-001, Food and Health in America MW 4:00 – 5:15 pm Jou
MDHM 238-002, Narratives of Reproduction MW 4:00 – 5:15 pm Hemming
MDHM 275, Healthcare Activism Then and Now MWF 12:00 – 12:50 pm Hemming
MDHM 415, Unmasking Madness, MW, 4:00 – 5:15 pm, Linsey Sainte-Claire
RELI 142, Colors of Life/End of Life, W, 3:00 – 5:50 pm, Marcia Brennan
SOCI 345, Medical Sociology, TTh, 8:00 – 9:15 am, Miranda Waggoner
SPAN 322-011 Spanish for Medical Professions II MWF 9:00 – 9:50 am Boggiano
SPAN 322-012 Spanish for Medical Professions II MWF 11:00 –11:50 am Boggiano

Practica
MDHM 402, HHASS – 1-year sequence, Bailar
MDHM 430, HHASS – 1-semester, Bailar

SPAN 323, Spanish Professional Practicum, Morones

Spring 2025 Courses


Intro Course (required for the Minor)
MDHM 201 Intro to Medical Humanities MW 2:00 – 3:15 pm Hemming

Electives (4 required for the minor, courses vary by semester)
ASIA 216 Quacks and Wonder Drugs MWF 1 – 1:50 pm Xu
BIOS 368 Monster, TTH 2:30-3:45 pm, Gustin & DeBellis
BIOS 370 Current Health Policy TTH, 2:30-3:45 pm, Matthews
BIOS 447 Biology and Medicine TTH, 10:50-12:05 pm, Wagner & Matthews
CHIN 319 Chinese for Med Professionals MWF 2 – 2:50 pm Fu
ENGL 272 Literature and Medicine MWF 11 – 11:50 am Hammon
ENGL 378 Reproduction Justice MW 2:00 – 3:15 pm Thomsen
HART 311 Representations of Disability T 1:00 – 3:30 pm Young
HEAL 222 Principles of Public Health MWF 10 – 10:50 am Diep
HEAL 350 Understanding Cancer M 6:00 – 8:30 pm Hughes
HIST 426 Disability and U.S. Law M 1:00 – 3:30 pm Petrick
MDHM 260 Creative Writing for Med Hum, T 4:00-6:30 PM, Hammon
MDHM 310 Pain & Suffering TTh 10:50 – 12:05pm Shwetz
MDHM 315 Race, Med., & Mass Incarceration MW 4:00 – 5:15 pm Jou
MDHM 330 Technologies of Life and Death MW 2:00 – 3:15 pm Rashidbeigi
PHIL 266 Medical Ethics MWF 8 – 8:50 am Aghahosseini
RELI 142 Colors of Life/End of Life M 1:00 – 3:50 pm Brennan
RELI 335 Medicine and the Museum W 1:00 – 3:50 pm Brennan
SOCI 344 Sociology of Mental Health MWF 1 – 1:50 pm Brown
SOCI 351 Reproductive Health MWF 9-9:50 AM, Waggoner
SPAN 322-011 Spanish for Medical Professions II MWF 9:00 – 9:50 am Boggiano
SWGS 303 Gender and Science TTh 9:25am – 10:40am Overdorf

Practica (1 required for the minor, if taking MDHM402 must take MDHM403 in Spring)
MDHM 403 Health Hum & Society Scholars Th 4:00 – 5:15 pm Hemming
MDHM 430 One Semester Practicum T 4:00 – 5:15 pm Bailar
SPAN 323-901 Spanish Professional Practicum TBD Morones
SPAN 323-902 Spanish Professional Practicum TBD Bennaji

Graduate Level Classes
MDHM 526 Technology and Medical Humanities Th 4:00–6:30 pm Campos