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From: Hector Aguilar <Hector.Aguilar@utsa.edu>
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2023 2:46 PM
To: Paul Ardoin <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 78249

(210) 458-5455

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