The combined Bachelor of Science in Health Humanities and Health Science is designed for students who would like to learn how to think about health using humanities, social sciences, and science skills. The humanities train students to navigate the complexities of interpersonal interaction and their ethical implications, to relate the micro to the macro and texts to contexts, to historicize encounters, to communicate accurately and effectively across a variety of media, and to engage in creative analytical thinking about healthcare. The landscape of healthcare is quickly changing, and this training is designed to equip students both for the diverse forms of healthcare professions that exist today and for the varieties of professions in the future. This combined major will appeal to students who want to pursue graduate study and research in public health, medicine, and other clinical professions.
- Concentrations and course offerings may vary by campus and/or by program modality. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for the course availability each term at your campus or within your program modality.
- Certain options within the program may be required at certain campuses or for certain program modalities. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for requirements at your campus or for your program modality.
Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
Universitywide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
Health Humanities Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| INSH 1300 | Introduction to Health and Humanities | 4 |
| INSH 2300 | Culture, Technology, and the Future of Health | 4 |
| Core Humanities Electives | ||
| Complete two of the following not used to satsify another requirement: | 8-9 | |
| Introduction to African American and Africana Studies | ||
| Introduction to Asian American Studies | ||
| Introduction to Literary Studies | ||
| Historical Research and Writing and First-Year Seminar | ||
| Introduction to Philosophy | ||
| Introduction to Religious Studies | ||
| Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | ||
| Introduction to Trans Studies | ||
| Core Health Humanities Electives | ||
| Complete three of the following not used to satisfy another requirement: | 12 | |
| Writing to Heal | ||
| Narrative Medicine | ||
| History of Global Pandemics | ||
| The History of Medicine in North America | ||
| Technology and Human Values | ||
| Moral and Social Problems in Healthcare | ||
| Gender, Race, and Medicine | ||
or AFCS 1225 | Gender, Race, and Medicine | |
or HIST 1225 | Gender, Race, and Medicine | |
| Core Digital Health Humanities Electives | ||
| Complete two of the following not used to satisfy another requirement: | 8 | |
| Mapping and Building Health | ||
| The Archives of Public Health | ||
| The History of Western Public Health | ||
| Bioethics in the Age of Big Data | ||
Health Science Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Public Health Core | ||
| PHTH 1261 | Comparative Healthcare Systems | 4 |
| or PHTH 1260 | The American Healthcare System | |
| PHTH 2210 | Foundations of Biostatistics | 4 |
| PHTH 2300 | Communication Skills for the Health Professions | 4 |
| or PHTH 2301 | Communication Skills for the Health Professions—Global | |
| PHTH 2350 | Community and Public Health | 4 |
| or PHTH 2351 | Community and Public Health - Global | |
| PHTH 2515 | Healthcare Policy and Administration | 4 |
| PHTH 4120 | Global Perspectives on Discrimination and Health | 4 |
| PHTH 4202 | Principles of Epidemiology in Medicine and Public Health | 4 |
| PHTH 4540 | Health Education and Program Planning | 4 |
| Life Sciences Supporting Courses | ||
| BIOL 1111 and BIOL 1112 | General Biology 1 and Lab for BIOL 1111 | 5 |
| BIOL 1113 and BIOL 1114 | General Biology 2 and Lab for BIOL 1113 | 5 |
| CHEM 1161 and CHEM 1162 and CHEM 1163 | General Chemistry for Science Majors and Lab for CHEM 1161 and Recitation for CHEM 1161 | 5 |
| MATH 1241 | Calculus 1 | 4 |
| PSYC 1101 | Foundations of Psychology | 4 |
Other Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to College | ||
| HSCI 1000 | College: An Introduction | 1 |
| or HIST 1000 | History at Northeastern | |
| or ENGL 1000 | English at Northeastern | |
| or PHIL 1000 | Philosophy at Northeastern | |
| Professional Development | ||
| HSCI 2000 | Professional Development for Bouvé Co-op | 1 |
| or EESH 2000 | Professional Development for Co-op | |
| Writing | ||
| ENGW 1111 | First-Year Writing | 4 |
| Advanced Writing Course | ||
| Courses listed below are preferred but other advanced writing courses will be accepted: | ||
| ENGW 3306 | Advanced Writing in the Health Professions | 4 |
| or ENGW 3308 | Advanced Writing in the Social Sciences | |
| or ENGW 3309 | Advanced Writing in the Humanities | |
| or ENGW 3315 | Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines | |
| Capstone | ||
| Complete capstone through a capstone course, a capstone project, or through an Honors Project. | 3-4 | |
| Capstone Course Options | ||
| Evaluating Health Technologies | ||
| Critical Issues in Health and Public Health Policy | ||
| Addressing Rural Health Inequities | ||
| Environmental Health | ||
| Global Health | ||
| Food, Nutrition, and Health | ||
| Qualitative Methods | ||
| Capstone Project Options | ||
| Health Science Capstone—Service (must complete pre-requisite HSCI 4700) | ||
| Health Science Capstone—Research (must complete pre-requisite HSCI 4700) | ||
| Honors Project Option (must meet GPA requirement and complete both courses*) | ||
| Junior/Senior Honors Project 1 and Junior/Senior Honors Project 2 | ||
*HSCI 4970 will count as 4 semester hours toward general electives | ||
Health Sciences Major Requirement
A grade of C or higher is required for all BIOL, CHEM, HLTH, HSCI, MATH, and PHTH courses.
Program Requirement
129 total semester hours required
Four Years/ Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1—CSSH Student Sample
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| BIOL 1111 and BIOL 1112 | 5 | BIOL 1113 and BIOL 1114 | 5 | Public health core course | 4 | Vacation | |
| ENGL 1000, HIST 1000, or PHIL 1000 | 1 | CHEM 1161 and CHEM 1162 and CHEM 1163 | 5 | General elective | 4 | ||
| MATH 1241 | 4 | ENGW 1111 | 4 | ||||
| PHTH 1260 | 4 | INSH 1300 | 4 | ||||
| PSYC 1101 | 4 | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| EESH 2000 | 1 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | ENGW 3315 | 4 |
| PHTH 2210 | 4 | General elective | 4 | Public health core course | 4 | ||
| Core humanities course | 4 | ||||||
| Public health core course | 4 | ||||||
| General elective | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| INSH 2300 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | PHTH 4120 | 4 |
| PHTH 4202 | 4 | PHTH 4540 | 4 | ||||
| Core humanities course | 4 | ||||||
| General elective | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Core digital health humanities course | 4 | Core digital health humanities course | 4 | ||||
| Capstone | 4 | Core health humanities course | 4 | ||||
| Core health humanities course | 4 | Core health humanities course | 4 | ||||
| General elective | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 129 | |||||||
Four Years/ Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall—Bouvé Student Sample
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| BIOL 1111 and BIOL 1112 | 5 | BIOL 1113 and BIOL 1114 | 5 | Public health core course | 4 | Vacation | |
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | CHEM 1161 and CHEM 1162 and CHEM 1163 | 5 | General elective | 4 | ||
| HSCI 1000 | 1 | INSH 1300 | 4 | ||||
| MATH 1241 | 4 | PSYC 1101 | 4 | ||||
| PHTH 1260 | 4 | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Core humanities course | 4 | HSCI 2000 | 1 | Public health core course | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| Core humanities course | 4 | PHTH 2210 | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||
| General elective | 8 | Public health core course | 4 | ||||
| General elective | General elective | 8 | |||||
| General elective | |||||||
| 16 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | INSH 2300 | 4 | PHTH 4120 | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| ENGW 3306 | 4 | PHTH 4202 | 4 | PHTH 4540 | 4 | ||
| Core digital health humanities course | 4 | ||||||
| Core health humanities course | 4 | ||||||
| 4 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | 0 | Core digital health humanities course | 4 | ||||
| Capstone | 4 | ||||||
| Core health humanities course | 4 | ||||||
| Core health humanities course | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 129 | |||||||