8:41 p.m.
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From: Hector Aguilar
<Hector.Aguilar@utsa.edu<mailto:Hector.Aguilar@utsa.edu>>
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2023 2:46 PM
To: Paul Ardoin <Paul.Ardoin@utsa.edu<mailto:Paul.Ardoin@utsa.edu>>
Subject: Paul Ardoin- Request from Honors College
Hi Paul,
I hope this email finds you well.
I am taking on the duties of the Associate Dean in the Honors College while Jill is Acting
Dean.
We have some honors courses in Fall 2023 that currently have available seats and we are
opening the course to high achieving non-honors students (we suggest a GPA of 3.3 or
higher). If a student would like to request admittance into the course, they can use this
link https://utsa.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eyVNEREGlU2ddRQ .
Can you help us advertise these courses to students in your department? The instructor of
the course has informed us that this may be of particular to interest to Medical
Humanities and Philosophy majors. Below is the information for the courses. Thank you
for your help!
CRN
Course
Course Title
Title/Topic
Instructor
24472
HON 3233
Honors Sem: Arts & Humanities
HonSem: Trailblazers&Disruptors
Arreguin Anderson, Maria
24473
HON 3233
Honors Sem: Arts & Humanities
HonSem: Medical Humanities
22942
HTH 3513
Community Health
Community Health
Gandara Garcia, Eduardo
Course Descriptions:
HON 3233: Trailblazers and Disruptors
Students will explore the various theories and scholarship to identify characteristics of
individuals whose life and actions align with established definitions of creativity and
giftedness. Students will conduct a case study to explore diverse manifestations of
complex thinking.
HON 3233: Medical Humanities
Medical Humanities is an interdisciplinary field of study that uses the resources provided
by the humanities (e.g., philosophy, ethics, literature, history, religion), social
sciences (e.g., political science, anthropology, psychology, sociology, social work,
health geography), and the arts (e.g., theater, film, visual arts) as a lens for examining
issues in health, illness and its care, medicine, and medical education. MHU4813 explores
crucial questions about health, well-being, medicine, environment, gender, race, and
social inequality in the twenty-first century. Through a philosophical study of historical
texts, scientific and clinical data, literature, and first-person narratives, students
will examine definitions of health, illness, and well-being; the strengths and limitations
of science and medicine in making sense of illness; disparities in global burdens of
disease; the relationship among health, illness, and narrative; and gendered, racialized,
and cultural differences in the experiences of illness and the practices of healthcare and
medicine.
HON 3513: Community Health
Building on the basic community health course and redesigned for Honors students, this
course will provide an in-depth understanding of community health problems and how
organizations -- public, private and voluntary health agencies -- work together to improve
the health and wellbeing of communities. Students will learn to apply health theories and
models to solve community health issues.
Best,
Hector R. Aguilar, Ph.D., ACUE
Honors College Faculty Fellow of Academic Affairs
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Professor of Instruction
Fellow, UT System Academy of Distinguished Teachers
COS Honors Program CoDirector
ACS Faculty Advisor
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Chemistry Dept. BSE 1.104J
1 UTSA Circle, San Antonio TX
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(210) 458-5455
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