ACADEMIC
PROGRAM APPROVAL
CHECKLIST
This form is a routing document for the approval of
new and revised academic programs. Page
2 will serve as an attachment to the Faculty Senate agenda. Proposing department should complete form,
attach as a cover page and forward to the college dean. Documentation should
include copy of curriculum as it is to appear in the Undergraduate and Graduate
Catalog. Proposals must arrive to the
Undergraduate/Graduate Committee by November in order to reach the Faculty Senate
by March 1. Proposals received after
this date cannot be implemented the following year nor included in the catalog
for that year.
1.
Proposed
change leads to the degree of
( ) Bachelor of Arts ( ) Master of Arts ( ) Doctor
of Philosophy
( ) Bachelor of Science ( ) Master of Science ( x ) Other _Minor in Medical Humanities
2. ( ) New major/curriculum Title to be entered in record
of students who select this program
( ) New minor
( ) Change from provisional to permanent
status.
3. ( x )
Revision of existing: ( ) major ( x) minor ( ) concentration
Present title Medical Humanities
Records System Program Code CSCC
(X ) Add/delete required courses/credit hours CSCC 369/ENGL369
Literature and Medicine 3 hr.
(
) Add concentration Title
( ) Delete concentration Title
4. ( ) Deletion of existing/disestablish:
( ) major ( ) minor ( ) Other _______________________________
Title Code______________________
5. ( ) Policy
Change____________________________________________________________________________________
Title/Department
ROUTING AND APPROVALS: (Please do not remove
supporting documentation.)
Department Chairperson: Dr. Florence Schmieg Date: Sept. 18, 2002
Dean of College Date
Chairperson, Senate Com. On UG or GR Studies Date
Chairperson, Senate Coordinating Com. Date
Secretary, Faculty Senate Date
Date of Senate Resolution Date
to be Effective
Registrar Program
Code Date
Vice Provost for Academic Programs & Planning Date
Provost Date
Board of Trustee Notification Date
a. Rationale
for creation, revision, or deletion:
CSCC369/ENGL369, Literature and Medicine, is
currently a required 3 hour course in the curriculum towards earning the minor
in Medical Humanities. This course has been taught by an adjunct professor in
the Dept. of English who no longer is at the University of Delaware. The Dept.
of English does not anticipate hiring anyone to replace this person. No one
currently is available with the desire and/or expertise to do so. Therefore,
there is no way for the students pursuing the minor to fulfill the requirement.
I propose to delete this requirement and increase the total number of hours
required from elective courses in the minor to make up the difference in total
hours lost by eliminating the course as a requirement.
This minor actually has no real home currently. In
the historic past, it came under the auspices of the Medical Scholars program
and has remained there despite many changes related to the Medical Scholars
program and the dissolution of the Center for Science and Culture in which it
was originally housed. This program has
no budget for courses nor does it control any faculty. The current director of
Medical Scholars (Dr. Florence Schmieg) is a faculty member in the Dept. of
Biological Sciences and no course currently required for the minor is a biology
course. The composition of the students
who pursue this minor is varied. There is usually a healthy proportion, perhaps
50%, who are Biology majors or Medical Scholars pursuing the B.A. in Liberal
Studies. The remainder consists of a motley group derived from the entire
University community.
My immediate request is for the elimination of the
requirement for CSCC369/ENGL369 in this minor. It is unfair to students to have
a required course that is not likely ever to be offered in the near and perhaps
distant future. Eventually, I feel the entire minor should be re-evaluated and,
if kept, should be moved to a department that has faculty and resources to
support it.
In addition, I ask to eliminate the CSCC designation
from all other Medical Humanities minor courses, retaining the cross-listing
department’s designation. With the disappearance of the Center for Science and
Culture, the CSCC designation has no meaning.
b. Summary
of program:
This minor is a program designed to study the
humanistic aspects of medicine. An objective is to introduce the student to the
notion that medicine has as its ultimate concern, the care and welfare of human
beings. A specific goal of the program is to complement the role of science and
technology in medicine and to demonstrate the shared bonds that exist between
the sciences and humanities, as well as to delineate the methodological limits
of each of these activities. To achieve this goal, ideas from history,
philosophy, anthropology, etc. are used to explore the role of medicine in
modern society.
Upon completion of the minor, students should
understand the origin and development of medicine in modern culture; the
strengths and limitations of the way medical knowledge represents the world;
the ethics and values associated with the practice of medicine; and the
different perspectives from which to understand and evaluate the human
situation.
Current required courses include: CSCC246/PHIL246,
Philosophical Perspectives of Medicine; CSCC382/HIST382, History of Medicine;
CSCC366, Independent Study in Medical Humanities, and the CSCC369/ENGL369,
Literature and Medicine, the course that is the subject of this request. In
addition, students must complete two additional courses from this list:
CSCC233/WOMS233, Women, Biology and Medicine; CSCC241/PHIL241, Ethical and
Moral Dimensions of Health Care;
CSCC311/SOCI311, Sociology of Health Care; CSCC368/ENGL368, Literature
and Science; and CSCC444/PHIL444, Medical Ethics. We propose increasing this
requirement to three courses. We also propose elimination of the CSCC
designation and use only the cross-listed department’s designation.
REQUIREMENTS FOR A MINOR IN MEDICAL
HUMANITIES
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PHIL 246 Philosophical Perspectives of
Medicine |
3 |
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HIST 382 History of Western Medicine |
3 |
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XXXX 366 Independent Study in Medical
Humanities* |
1 |
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Three courses
from the following: |
9 |
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* One credit of independent study is to be
conducted with a faculty member with whom one of the medical humanities minor
courses has been taken.
AUTHORIZED DEGREE TITLES
Please check the appropriate
degree:
( ) Bachelor of
Applied Science
( ) Bachelor of Arts
( ) Bachelor of Arts
in Educational Studies
( ) Bachelor of Arts
in Liberal Studies
( ) Bachelor of
Chemical Engineering
( ) Bachelor of
Civil Engineering
( ) Bachelor of
Computer Engineering
( ) Bachelor of
Electrical Engineering
( ) Bachelor of
Environmental Engineering
( ) Bachelor of Fine Arts
( ) Bachelor of
Liberal Studies
( ) Bachelor of
Mechanical Engineering
( ) Bachelor of
Music
( ) Bachelor of
Science
( ) Bachelor of
Science in Accounting
( ) Bachelor of
Science in Agriculture
( ) Bachelor of
Science in Business Administration
( ) Bachelor of
Science in Education
( ) Bachelor of
Science in Nursing
( ) Master of Applied Sciences
( ) Master of Arts
( ) Master of Arts
in Liberal Studies
( ) Master of
Business Administration
( ) Master of Chemical
Engineering
( ) Master of Civil
Engineering
( ) Master of
Education
( ) Master of
Electrical Engineering
( ) Master of
Environmental and Energy Policy
( ) Master of Fine
Arts
( ) Master of
Instruction
( ) Master of Marine
Policy
( ) Master of
Materials Science and Engineering
( ) Master of
Mechanical Engineering
( ) Master of Music
( ) Master of
Physical Therapy
( ) Master of Public
Administration
( ) Master of
Science
( ) Master of
Science in Nursing
( ) Doctor of Education
( ) Doctor of
Philosophy
(X) Minor
in Medical Humanities
This document will be retained permanently in the
Faculty Senate Office.
Revised 04/23/01