Good afternoon, sharing the following information on an available spring Honors AIS
course.
Do you have a high achieving student who needs to take an AIS? We have availability in the
following Honors AIS. Non-Honors students can request to enroll in Honors courses by
submitting this form:
https://utsa.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eyVNEREGlU2ddRQ. Please
share the following with your students.
AIS 1203.01H, Medical Humanities, Mondays & Wednesdays 8-8:50am, mix of in-person
& online. Instructor: K. Harrell. 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.
Questions? Email us at honors.advising@utsa.edu<mailto:honors.advising@utsa.edu>.
Thank you,
Honors College