This minor is structured around the particular competencies that the social sciences and humanities train. The humanities competencies are narrative, historical perspective, observation, ethics and judgment, while the social sciences train structural competency. Rather than adopting the more traditional approach of connecting particular skills to particular disciplines (say, narrative to literature and observation to art history), this minor builds from discipline-specific health knowledge while training students to think across disciplines. Thus, it will not be unusual for students to find a single course addressing multiple competencies or to take courses in different disciplines that address the same competency from distinct but complementary perspectives.
