Health Humanities Major: Narrative Health & Medical Humanites Track

The Bachelor of Arts in Health Humanities is an interdisciplinary field that draws on arts, humanities, and social sciences in its approach to health, healthcare, and well-being. It allows students to examine and understand health and healthcare from a big picture perspective that encompasses more than clinical diagnosis and treatment. Health humanities (includes sub-fields like bioethics, disability studies, aging studies, death & dying, health disparities, health equity, social justice in health, stories of illness, medical history, cultural perspectives on health, visual and performing art therapy, addiction, LGBTQIA health, compassion, burnout, and many other intersectional areas related to health, healthcare, and the human condition. Students will have the opportunity to examine many of these topics in their courses.