Medicine and Society Minor Contacts
Undergraduate Coordinator: Ms. Carol Sue Slusser (slusserc@vt.edu)
Curious about the minor? Questions about courses or substitutions? Please contact Ms. Slusser (slusserc@vt.edu).
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Course Options for SPRING 2020
Important…
- For courses here that note “REQUEST SUBSTITUTION”: YOU MUST REQUEST THE SUBSTITUTION FOR THE COURSE TO COUNT TOWARD THE MINOR. Once you have registered for the class, please write to Ms. Slusser (slusserc@vt.edu) to request the substitution, and we will file the change on your DARS.
ENGL 3154: Literature, Medicine, and Culture is NOT offered this spring. We CAN find a substitution for you if you need this class to finish your minor. STS 4304 is a pre-approved sub, or we can find another alternative. Please contact Ms. Slusser to find a substitution that works for you.
GEOG 4074: Medical Geography
Requirement or elective.
HD 1004: Human Development I
Elective.
HD 2314: Human Sexuality
Elective.
HD 4324: Advanced Family Relationships
Elective. Note: The course was recently renamed. The old title (“Family Risk and Resilience”) is on the checksheet, but this course will still count under the new name.
HIST 2014, CRN 20276 Only: History of Data In Social Context, Revealing Data in the History of Medicine.
Elective. REQUEST the PRE-APPROVED SUBSTITUTION from MS. SLUSSER.
HIST 3724: History of Disease, Medicine, and Health
Requirement or elective.
PHIL 1304: Morality and Justice
Elective.
PHIL 3324: Biomedical Ethics
Requirement or elective.
PHS 2004: Introduction to Public Health
Elective.
PHS 3534: Drug Education.
Elective. Request substitution.
SOC 3714: Sociology of Aging
Elective or Requirement.
SOC-4014: Sociology of the Family
Elective or Requirement.
SOC-4414: Drugs and Society
Elective or Requirement. Note: This course is now restricted to Sociology majors only. If you want to take this course, contact the instructor during add/drop to request a force-add.
SOC-4704: Medical Sociology
Elective or Requirement.
SOC-4714: Sociology of Mental Illness
Elective or Requirement.
STS 2154: Life Sciences and Society.
Elective. REQUEST the PRE-APPROVED SUBSTITUTION from MS. SLUSSER.
STS 3105: Science and Technology in Modern Society.
Elective.
STS 3314: Medical Dilemmas and Human Experience
Requirement or elective.
STS 3284: Technology and Disability
Requirement or elective.
STS 4304: Bodies as Spectacle and Science
Elective. Students may also use this course for the ENGL 3154 OR SOC requirement by request.
WGS 2284: LGBTQ Issues
Elective. REQUEST SUBSTITUTION.