Arts in Health and Narrative Medicine Minor

This interdisciplinary minor serves as an introduction to arts in medicine, arts in public health, and narrative medicine. The minor also prepares students for additional education in creative arts therapies in order to become a practitioner.

Students in the minor learn of a range of active programs in community health, health education, and healthcare that utilize the arts to promote healing, wellbeing, and community thriving. The arts have an integral role in healthcare delivery, practitioner education, and patient experience. The arts also offer a means of transforming overlapping systems of oppression; they contribute to health justice and disability justice advocacy.

The minor consists of 17-18 units of coursework, with an optional community-based learning opportunity. Students are encouraged to consult with the minor advisor to design a course of study suited for particular interests and career goals.

Minor Advisor

Janelle Adsit, PhD

Department of English

janelle.adsit@humboldt.edu

Requirements for the minor (17-18 Units)

Core Courses (6 Units)

ENGL 307 - Arts-Based Programs in Health Units: 3
ENGL 309W - Narrative Medicine: Communication in Health Care Units: 3
A Health Justice course may be substituted for one of the core courses. Please consult minor advisor.

Health Justice Requirement (3 Units)

Choose one course:

ENST 471 - Arts, Climate, and Health Justice Units: 3
ES 309 - Health Issues in African American Communities Units: 3
NAS 305 - Native American Health Units: 3
NAS 400 - Decolonizing Public Health Units: 3

Practicum Hours (8-9 Units)

Option 1

9 units of studio art and community-based art:

3-6 units of studio art and ART ART 497S - Service Learning and Art Education I . If completing only 3 units of studio art, take ART 498SW - Service Learning and Art Education II .

Option 2

Complete 8-9 units in a single artistic field: choose from the list of courses below in either dance, music, theatre, film, art, creative writing, or another creative art. Please consult the minor advisor to plan for this requirement.

Art

Take 9 units of art studio electives.

Film

FILM 215 - Filmmaking I Units: 4
FILM 350 - Screenwriting II Units: 3
FILM 362 - Documentary Production Units: 4
FILM 375 - Filmmaking II Units: 4
FILM 378 - Film/Digital Production Workshop Units: 1-4
FILM 478 - Advanced Film/Digital Production Workshop Units: 1-4

Dance

DANC 103 - Modern/Contemporary I Units: 3
DANC 104 - Modern/Contemporary II Units: 3
DANC 110 - Ballet I Units: 2
DANC 120 - Jazz Dance Styles I Units: 2
DANC 240 - African Dance Units: 1
DANC 241 - Hip-hop Dance Units: 1
DANC 243 - Tap Dance Units: 1
DANC 245 - Middle Eastern Dance Units: 1
DANC 247 - Mexican Folklorico Dance Units: 1
DANC 248 - Danza Azteca Units: 1
DANC 310 - Ballet II Units: 2
DANC 320 - Jazz Dance Styles II Units: 2
DANC 330 - Modern/Contemporary III Units: 2

Music

All included courses are 1 Unit.

MUS 106 (any). (These are all large Ensembles - choirs, Wind Ensemble, Humboldt Symphony, etc.)
MUS 107 (any). (These are generally smaller Ensembles - Chamber Music, etc.)
MUS 108 (any). (These are beginning Voice and Instrument Classes)
MUS 109 (any). (These are the continuations of 108 classes)
MUS 220 - 238. Studio Lessons
MUS 406 (any). (These are all large Ensembles - choirs, Wind Ensemble, Humboldt Symphony, etc.)
MUS 407 (any) (These are generally smaller Ensembles - Chamber Music, etc.)

Theatre

TA 104 - Story Through Word and Image Units: 4
TA 105 - Acting 1: Principles of Performance Units: 3
TA 106 - Behind the Scenes in Theatre Units: 3
TA 215 - Acting 2: Principles of Voice and Movement Units: 4
TA 221 - Makeup for Stage and Screen Units: 2
TA 231 - Production and Stage Management Units: 2
TA 237 - Production Techniques Units: 3
TA 307 - Theatre of the Oppressed Units: 3
TA 322 - Creative Drama Units: 3
TA 328 - Production Practicum Units: 1

Creative Writing

ENGL 211 - Introduction to Creative Writing Units: 4
ENGL 212 - Topics in Writing Units: 4
ENGL 311 - Creative Writing for Environmental Justice Units: 4
ENGL 313 - Critical Topics in Writing and Rhetoric Units: 4
ENGL 314 - Creative Writing: Nonfiction Units: 4
ENGL 315 - Creative Writing: Fiction Units: 4
ENGL 316 - Creative Writing: Poetry Units: 4
ENGL 318 - How Writers Persuade: Cross-Cultural Rhetorics Units: 4
ENGL 319 - Podcasts, Social Media, and Web-Based Writing Units: 4
FILM 350 - Screenwriting II Units: 3

Recommended: Second Language

It is recommended that students take at least 6 units in a second language (Spanish, French, American Sign Language, Indigenous linguistics, etc.).

Depending on your major, some courses may double count for both your major and this minor. To fulfill the minor program, at least 9 units must be distinct and taken only for the minor.

Program Learning Outcomes

Recognize how culture, art, and health have been interrelated since time immemorial; recognize the continued understanding of culture as health among Indigenous peoples.
Identify the range of settings where arts in health is practiced (including inpatient and community health sites).
Respect scope of practice and the established professional ethics of the field.
Distinguish professional boundaries and relationships between ats in health professionals, artists, creative art therapists, and clinical care teams.
Identify the roles and responsibilities of an arts in health administrator.
Design programs and identify practices that emphasize cultural understanding.
Identify considerations for art curation and architectural design in healthcare environments.
Demonstrate how philosophies of care can guide artists’ work.
Analyze structural determinants of health and recognize intersectional oppression as a public health issue.
Contextualize Arts in Health and Narrative Medicine within health justice frameworks.
Identify principles of Universal Design, disability justice, and antiracism.
Develop an artistic practice and craft.