Medicine and Society Minor Contacts
Coordinator: Dr. Monique Dufour (msdufour@vt.edu)
Checksheet for the minor: https://blogs.lt.vt.edu/msoc/files/2014/10/msoc_checksheet_2018.pdf
Curious about the minor?
Questions about courses?
Please contact Dr. Dufour (msdufour@vt.edu). She’s here to help.
Course Options for Fall 2017
NOTES…
- For courses that require a substitution: once you have registered for the class, please write to Dr. Dufour to request the substitution, and we will file the change on your DARS.
- This fall, there are no Sociology department MSOC offerings. Keep in mind that GEOG 4704 also fulfills the SOC requirement. In addition, you are permitted to fulfill the SOC requirement by taking STS 3984 or STS 4704 –just be sure to request a substitution.
ENGL 3154: LITERATURE, MEDICINE, AND CULTURE
Requirement or elective.ENGL 3534: LITERATURE AND ECOLOGY
Elective.GEOG 4704: MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY
Requirement or elective.HD 1004: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Elective.HD 2314: HUMAN SEXUALITY
Elective.HD 3314: ISSUES IN AGING
Elective.HIST 2984: HISTORY OF REFUGEES with Dr. Brett Shadle
Elective. Substitution needed.HIST 3714: WAR AND MEDICINE with Dr. Monique Dufour
Elective. You may also substitute this course for the HISTORY requirement.HIST 3734: HISTORY OF MODERN BIOLOGY with Dr. Mark Barrow
Requirement or elective.HUM 3204: MULTICULTURAL COMMUNICATION
Elective.PHIL 1304: MORALITY AND JUSTICE
Elective.PHIL 3314: ETHICAL THEORY
Elective.PHIL 3324: BIOMEDICAL ETHICS
Requirement or elective.PSYC 3054: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
Elective.STS 2254: INNOVATION IN CONTEXT
Elective. Substitution needed.STS 3105 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN MODERN SOCIETY
Elective.STS 3314: MEDICAL DILEMMAS AND HUMAN EXPERIENCE with Dr. Ashley Shew
Requirement or elective.STS 3314: MEDICAL DILEMMAS AND HUMAN EXPERIENCE with Dr. Cora Olsen
Requirement or elective.STS 3984/APP 3984: SOCIETAL HEALTH with Dr. Rebecca Hester and Dr. Emily Satterwhite.
Elective. You may also substitute this course for the SOC requirement. Register under either course designator.STS 4704: GENDER AND SCIENCE with Dr. Christine Labuski
Elective. You may also substitute this course for the SOC requirement.UH 3004: BIOMEDICAL ETHICS
Requirement or elective. Honors students only.