Humanities/Fine Arts

This course will use history of warfare as a framework to examine how critical medical advances answered unique military needs and how these advances shifted from military medicine to generalized medicine. By the end of the course, the student will recognize the changes in warfare and the military through history and understand how internal medicine, surgery and public health advancements in military medicine have improved medical care for the entire population.

The Academic Travel Abroad is a team-taught, variable-credit course that satisfies 2-3 hours of general education credit. It offers a first-hand introduction to the history, arts, and healthcare systems of other cultures, including at least one hospital tour for students to interact with providers and educators from another system. The course may include more than one culture and may be repeated as different cultures are visited.\ The 10-day travel experience in December is the keystone of INTL202, which consists of the following:\ - Pre-trip evaluation;\ - Pre-trip meetings, monthly lectures (online platform), note-taking, readings, and assessments;\ - Intra-trip note-taking, journaling, breakfast meetings, and reflection;\ - Post-trip submission of course requirements through the spring semester;\ - Post-trip evaluation.

The Academic Travel Abroad is a team-taught, variable-credit course that satisfies 2-3 hours of general education credit. It offers a first-hand introduction to the history, arts, and healthcare systems of other cultures, including at least one hospital tour for students to interact with providers and educators from another system. The course may include more than one culture and may be repeated as different cultures are visited.\ The 10-day travel experience in December is the keystone of INTL202, which consists of the following:\ - Pre-trip evaluation;\ - Pre-trip meetings, monthly lectures (online platform), note-taking, readings, and assessments;\ - Intra-trip note-taking, journaling, breakfast meetings, and reflection;\ - Post-trip submission of course requirements through the spring semester;\ - Post-trip evaluation.

This course centers on an international medical mission trip experience. It offers the opportunity for students to interact with and learn from health care providers working in healthcare systems outside of the United States and to assist in providing care to underserved people. Course work will include preparing for, synthesizing, and reflecting on their experiences in this setting.

This course centers on an international medical mission trip experience. It offers the opportunity for students to interact with and learn from healthcare providers working in healthcare systems outside of the United States and to provide care to underserved people. Course work will include preparing for, synthesizing, and reflecting on their experiences in this setting.

This course serves as an introduction to the study of ethics and focuses on the specific areas of ethical importance to healthcare. Its purposes are to help the student confront ethical problems in a reflective and analytical manner and to encourage the student to think about his or her own position on various issues. The student will be encouraged to apply the course content to his or her professional practice.

This course will explore several different religions that impact health care and, ultimately, society. Part of this exploration will include an introspective assessment of one’s own belief system in order to establish mutual respect for others. The course will invite future healthcare workers to critically process how faith and belief influence healing practices.  Pathways for bridging differences between health systems and religious traditions will be developed.

This course provides an introduction to Christian Spirituality and the care of patients of this religious faith. While the Christian family tree is expansive, there are common threads that hold the faith together worldwide. The goal of this course is to understand the larger context of Christianity and spiritual practices with an aim to provide students with a practical understanding of the best care outcomes.

This introductory sign language course is designed to teach healthcare providers how to communicate using sign language. This course is for the person who wants to start at the very beginning and develop basic receptive and expressive language skills to communicate with the Deaf culture. No prior experience is necessary.

This course lays the language foundation for beginning students who have had little or no Spanish language before. Elemental grammar patterns and vocabulary focused toward a healthcare setting will be the core of this course. Content is aimed at developing oral and written language skills as well as cultural awareness about the Spanish-speaking world and community through the exploration of local and regional language use and social implications.

This course centers on an international medical mission trip experience in a Spanish-speaking country. Students will have the opportunity to enhance their Spanish oral and written proficiency by preparing for, synthesizing, and reflecting on their experiences in this setting, as well as working directly with Spanish-speaking health care providers and the underserved people of the country.

This course is an introduction to the historical background necessary to understand the contemporary Latino population in the United States. It includes an analysis of historical and current social, political, and economic issues, with consideration of influential Latino personalities in present-day American society. The course will also focus on understanding Latino cultural aspects relevant to the healthcare profession.