Minor in Health, Medicine, and Human Values

The minor in Health, Medicine, and Human Values offers students an opportunity to assess critically a range of issues that are fundamental to the health of individuals as well as to the well-being of society. From such an understanding, students as citizens will be more adequately prepared to meet these challenges in both private and public arenas. This minor should be a valuable asset for students pursuing careers in health care.

Requirements

It is important to note that substitutions for the courses listed below will be permitted only in exceptional circumstances. Substitutions for PHI/STS 325, which is the core course for the minor, are never permitted. Because PHI/STS 325 is a required course for this and other minors, it typically fills up very quickly during registration period. Please plan your coursework for the minor carefully, and take PHI/STS 325 as soon as you can.

The Minor Adviser will determine whether courses that have been transferred from other institutions qualify for the minor. No more than two courses from other institutions may count toward the minor.

The minor requires 15 hours as follows:

1. PHI (STS) 325: Bio-Medical ethics (3)
   
   
2. Twelve hours from the following list of courses, with at least two courses from each group:

Group One: Humanities and Social Sciences Perspective on Health and Medicine EC 437: Health Economics (3) GRK 333: Medical Terminology (2) HI 322: Rise of Modern Sciences (3) OR HI 481: History of the Life Sciences (3) PHI 221: Contemporary Moral Issues (3) OR PHI 375: Ethics (3) OR PHI 376: History of Ethics (3) OR PHI 415: Life Science Ethics (3) REL 473: Religion, Gender, and Reproductive Technologies (3) SOC 381: Sociology of Medicine (3) OR SOC 465: Social Aspects of Mental Health (3)

Group Two: Science Perspective on Health and Medicine

• GN 301: Genetics in Human Affairs (3) OR
  GN 311: Principles of Genetics (4) OR
  GN 414: Genes and Develoment (3)
  
• MB 200: Microbiology and World Affairs (3) OR
  MB 411: Medical Microbiology (3)
  
• NTR/ANS/FS 301: Human Nutrition (3) OR
  NTR 419: Human Nutrition in Health and Disease (3) OR
  NTR/FS 400: Human Nutrition (3)
  
• PEH 284: Women's Health Issues (2) OR
  PEH 285: Personal Health (2) OR
  PEH 286: Nutrition, Exercise, and Weight Control (2)
  
• PSY 430: Biological Psychology (3)
  
• ZO 488: Neurobiology (3)

Note that some of the courses listed above have prerequisites. A grade of C- or better is required in all courses counting toward the minor, with an overall average of 2.0. Note that some courses are two-credit courses and that a minimum of 15 hours of coursework are needed for this minor. Allowances for counting a course toward both a major and a minor differ between different Colleges at NCSU.

Applying for this minor

1. Application forms are available from Ken Peters, 340 Withers Hall, 515-6100, kepeters@ncsu.edu.
   
2. The Minor Adviser is Dr. Karey A. Harwood, 449 Withers Hall, 515-6383, karey_harwood@ncsu.edu.