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Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences

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Digressions Magazine

Digressions is the student-run literary magazine sponsored by the Division of Humanities. Students are encouraged to submit original works of poetry, short fiction, artwork and photography for consideration in the magazine, which is published yearly in the winter semester.

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Humanities News & Events

Travel Study: Spend Spring Break Studying 20th Century Genocide in Europe

Assistant Professor Helps Kick Off National Novel Writing Month

Faculty Art on Display at Divide and Conquer Gallery Exhibition
October 19–December 4, 2009

Prestigious Carnegie Fellowship Available for Students Interested in International Affairs
Deadline to Apply is Friday, December 11, 2009

Professor Named One of Top 100 Irish-American Educators

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Medical Humanities Minor

The medical humanities minor is designed to give students an overview of the ways that the medical arts and sciences intersect and interact with various disciplines in the humanities, in such ways as art and medicine, bioethics, the history of medicine, literature and medicine, music and medicine, medicine in the performing arts, medicine and philosophy, and medicine and law.

Medical Humanities Minor Requirements (15 credits)

Students must complete 15 credits from the following list, 9 credits of which must be at the 3000/4000 level:

HUMN 2200 Introduction to Medical Humanities (3 credits)
HUMN 4100 Death and Dying (3 credits)
LITR 3500 Literature and Medicine (3 credits)
PHIL 3180 Biomedical Ethics (3 credits)
PHIL 3220 Philosophy of Science (3 credits)
PSYC 2470 Loss, Grief, and Bereavement (3 credits)