Completed applications should be submitted to the College of Liberal Arts, Gambrell Hall, room 252. Medical practices are changing. Patients' needs are changing. Medical technologies are changing. More than ever before, physicians and health care professionals must be aware of the ethical, economic, social, and political dimensions of the medical field.
Radical change is certainly the present and future of medical science.
To prepare for the transformations on the medical horizon, medical schools are looking for students with a broad background in the humanities. Reproductive technologies, genetic screening, life sustaining interventions - all raise difficult questions. A medical humanities minor from the University of South Carolina can build a foundation for insightful responses. The Honors Opportunity Students minoring in medical humanities have the advantage of taking courses in the South Carolina Honors College, and are given priority registration in those courses pertaining to the minor. Each semester, innovative honors courses such as Health and the Human Life Cycle, The Psychiatric Revolution, and The Philosophy of Technology are offered.