At Boston College, Medical Humanities is an interdisciplinary, humanistic, and cultural study of illness, health, health care, and the body. Students choose courses from a range of departments in Arts and Sciences, from the social sciences and the humanities to the natural sciences. Throughout, the minor draws from Boston College’s commitment to social justice, ethics, and care for the whole person.
Minor in Medical Humanities, Health, and Culture
Our minors plan careers in medicine, health care policy or law, psychology, public/global health, social work, patient advocacy, or health journalism. The minor requires an application and committee approval to enroll.
Student Profiles
Here are some former and current students describing their courses of study and why they declared the minor.