A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.
Program
- Award
- B.A.
- Credential class
- ceterms:BachelorDegree
- CIP
- 42.2703
- Total credits (published)
- 36
- Catalog edition
- 2026-2027 Catalog
- Checklist type
- degree-program
- Description
- Health Humanities is a rapidly growing, interdisciplinary field that applies humanistic perspectives to health and health care. The humanities (cultural and language studies, history, literature, philosophy, theology and religious studies, and the arts) are indispensable to humane health care because they teach us about the human condition, about human suffering and healing, and about human well-being and flourishing. The Health Humanities program emphasizes the study of human dignity, human values, and health care ethics (bioethics). The program employs holistic and integrated understandings of what it means to be human, in contrast to what has been called "biomedical reductionism." Human beings cannot be reduced to biochemical processes but are complex wholes of body, mind, and soul. Humane health care depends on that recognition: on seeing patients as whole persons. Students who successfully complete a Health Humanities major or minor, along with required science courses outside the program, will be well-prepared for admission to medical school, to Physician Assistant programs, and to other health science graduate programs. The program is also ideal for students who have an interest in law school, in earning a graduate degree in public health, or in pursuing an administrative career in health care.
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 174899
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_174899_4d2c7cf7
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 61
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Program Required Courses
0 items
Core Courses
major core · 5 items
- HHU/PHL 2301Health, Happiness, and Human Well-beingNot resolved to a course4
- As published: “Health Humanities Foundations”4
- HHU/ENG 3010Trauma and Recovery: Medicine and LiteratureNot resolved to a course4
- HHU/GSJ 3401Health Care Across CulturesNot resolved to a course4
- 4
Elective Courses
electives · 16 items
- Select sixteen additional credits from the following: 1Not resolved to a course16
- 4
- 4
- As published: “U.S. Healthcare System”4
- As published: “Philosophy of Science”4
- As published: “Lifespan Developmental Psychology”4
- 4
- 2
- 2
- 4
- 3
- As published: “American Social Welfare Policy”4
- 3
- 4
- As published: “Religious Perspectives on Living, Dying and Grieving”4
- As published: “Religious Perspectives on Healthcare Ethics”4
Source. The College of Saint Scholastica, catalog 2026-2027 Catalog — https://catalog.css.edu/programs-az/arts-sciences/global-humanities/health-humanities-ba/. Captured page pages/0117.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.