Program Director: Dr. Andrew Hogan, Department of History
Contact: AndrewHogan@creighton.edu
The Science and Medicine in Society minor provides students with historical, sociological, and anthropological perspectives on science and medicine. Students will demonstrate an understanding of science and medicine as social and political enterprises, which change over time not simply due to new discoveries and insights, but more fundamentally because of evolving conceptions of what constitutes reliable knowledge about human health and the natural world. Students will learn the necessary analytic skills to make critical assessments about the social production of knowledge. Students will acquire the tools needed to construct compelling arguments about the role, place, and impact of science and medicine in society.
Science and Medicine in Society Minor requirements (18 credits)
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Disciplinary background (2 courses) | 6 | |
| Controversies in Science and Medicine (1900-1990) | ||
| Conquest, Piracy, and Slavery: A History of the Atlantic | ||
| Global Perspectives in History: History of Science and Medicine | ||
| Medicine in Africa and the African Diaspora | ||
| Introduction to Anthropology: Culture, Ecology and Sustainability | ||
| Introduction to Anthropology: Social and Cultural Determinants of Health | ||
| Philosophical Ideas:Foundations of the Sciences | ||
| Introduction to Sociology: Self and Society | ||
| Upper-level, critical analysis (4 courses) | ||
| Required of all students: | ||
| HIS 477 | Science and Medicine in Social Context | 3 |
| Choose at least two courses from the following: | 6 | |
| Introduction to American Studies | ||
| Mapping History: Cartography from the Early Modern to Digital Age | ||
| History and the Holocaust | ||
| History of Sexuality | ||
| Intersections: History of Disability | ||
| Selected Topics In Ancient History | ||
| Digital Cultures | ||
| Global Environmental History | ||
| An additional course chosen from the list above or from the following: | 3 | |
| Medical Anthropology | ||
| Native American Cultures and Health | ||
| Cultural Epidemiology: Global Perspectives | ||
| Health Communication | ||
| Literature and Medicine | ||
| Sources and Methods: This View of Life -Evolutionary Biology | ||
| Sources and Methods: Cosmology and our Evolving Understanding of the Universe | ||
| Sources and Methods: Classics of Social Theory: Positivism and its Discontents | ||
| Environmental Ethics | ||
| Biomedical Ethics: Philosophical and Theological Approaches | ||
| Healthcare, Society and Culture | ||
| Total Credits | 18 | |