Undergraduate Programs

BU offers two fascinating undergraduate programs that support the health humanities:

• Minor in Religion in Science and Medicine
  

  Check out some courses offer this fall!
  

  • CAS RN 246 Sex, Death, and the Buddha: This course explores various Buddhist understandings of the ideal human life. Topics include: karma and rebirth, nonviolence and war, human and animal rights, suicide and euthanasia, as well as abortion and contraception. This course carries the following BU Hub areas: Philosophical Inquiry and Life’s Meanings, Ethical Reasoning, and Critical Thinking. The course also counts towards the Religion in Science and Medicine (RiSM) minor. It’s an exploration of Buddhist social ethics so it is great for pre-health students. With Prof. April Hughes.
  • CAS RN 242/HI 203 Magic, Science, and Religion from Plato to Voltaire: Boundaries and relationships between magic, science, and religion in Europe from antiquity through the Enlightenment. Explores global cultural exchange, distinctions across social, educational, gender, and religious lines, the rise of modern science, and changing assumptions about God, Nature, and humanity. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS. BU Hub areas: Historical Consciousness, Philosophical Inquiry and Life’s Meanings, Critical Thinking. With Prof. Deeana Klepper.
  • CAS RN450 Topics in Religion, Science, and Medicine: Topic for Fall 2023: Religion, Race, and Climate Change. Advanced introduction to critical theories of race, religion, and climate change. Interrogates how these terms exist in braided tension and how contemporary debates centered on environmental justice are not divorced from ultimate matters of religious, racial, and political concern. Effective Fall 2021, this course carries a single unit in the following BU Hub areas: Historical Consciousness, Oral and/or Signed Communication, Critical Thinking. With Prof. James Hill.

• Minor in Medical Anthropology