Study the Human Side of Health
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Are you a University of Arizona student interested in exploring where the humanities and health sciences meet? The College of Humanities offers a diverse range of Health Humanities courses that examine whole-person health—mind, body, spirit, and context—through cultural, historical, linguistic, and creative lenses. From medical translation and the global history of healthcare systems to cross-cultural concepts of healing and traditional medicine practices around the world, these courses invite you to think deeply about what it means to care for ourselves and others.
For STEM majors, these courses offer fresh perspectives on the human dimensions of medicine, health, and care and opportunities to distinguish yourself as an interdisciplinary thinker. For Humanities students, they open doors to meaningful career paths and real-world applications of humanistic thinking in healthcare settings. For everyone, they create spaces to connect across disciplines, share ideas, and explore one of the most fundamental parts of the human experience.
Health Humanities Courses by Department
PAH 150A3 - The Great Outdoors: Improving Health, Wellness, and Creativity by Living Life Outside
PAH 160D2 - Living the Good Life: Humanities Perspectives on Culture & Community
PAH 160D5 - Bedtime: Exploring the Cultures & Practices of Sleep
PAH 240 - Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Global Perspectives on Human/Animal Relationships
RELI 203 - Religion & Medicine in Western Healing Traditions
RELI 211 - Life After Death in World Religions & Philosophies
RELI 212 - Intro to American Indian Religious Traditions
RELI 303 - Spirituality & Sickness: Religion & Health in the U.S.
RELI 313 - Health & Medicine in Classical Antiquity
RELI 326 - God, Humanity, & Science
RELI 333 - Buddhist Meditation Traditions
RELI 336 - Spirituality, Psychology & the Mind
RELI 360 - Religion, Nature, and Climate Change
RELI 405 - Traditional Indian Medicine
RELI 404 - Religion, Gender & the Body
The H3 Interdisciplinary Scholars Program is a semester-long student internship experience offered by the Health Humanities Hub. Once selected via an application and interview process, students may be eligible for internship credit within in their department.
H3 will complete the paperwork and any other requirements of an internship site host to support students receiving credit whenever possible. Recent examples of credit earned by H3 Interdisciplinary Scholars include PAH 493 and RELI 493.