Fall 2026 HSTM Graduate Courses
HMED
HSCI
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HMED 7500: Historical Research for Medical Students
This course is designed to acquaint third and fourth year medical students with the sources and the methods of historical research in medical topics and to allow them to undertake a short research project on a topic which they help design. More info.
Course is repeatable for 2 completions and a maximum of 8.00 credits.
Instructors: Jennifer Gunn, Jole Shackelford, Evan Roberts, Wayne Soon, Matthew Reznicek
Dates: Aug 24, 2026 – Dec 18, 2026
Meeting Times:
Location: No Room Listed
Units: 4.00
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HMED 8333: FTE: Master's
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HMED 8444: FTE: Doctoral
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HMED 8631: Directed Study
prereq: instr consent
Course is repeatable for 2 completions and a maximum of 12.00 credits.
Instructors: Jennifer Gunn, Jole Shackelford, Evan Roberts, Wayne Soon, Matthew Reznicek
Dates: Sep 08, 2026 – Dec 16, 2026
Meeting Times: NA
Location: NA
Units:1.00 – 6.00
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HMED 8666: Doctoral Pre-Thesis Credits
prereq: Doctoral student who has not passed prelim oral; no required consent for 1st/2nd registrations, up to 12 combined cr; dept consent for 3rd/4th registrations, up to 24 combined cr; doctoral student admitted before summer 2007 may register up to four times, up to 60 combined cr. More info.
Course is repeatable for 2 completions and a maximum of 12.00 credits.
Instructors: TBD
Dates: Sep 08, 2026 – Dec 16, 2026
Meeting Times: NA
Location: NA
Units:1.00 – 6.00
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HMED 8777: Thesis Credits: Master's
prereq: Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 10 cr total required [Plan A only]
Course is repeatable for 10 completions and a maximum of 50.00 credits. More info.
Units: 1.00 – 18.00
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HMED 8888: Thesis Credit: Doctoral
prereq: Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 24 cr required
Course is repeatable for 10 completions and a maximum of 99.99 credits. More info.
Units: 1.00 – 24.00
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HSCI 5211: Biology and Culture in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Changing conceptions of life and aims and methods of biology; changing relationships between biology and the physical and social sciences; broader intellectual and cultural dimensions of developments in biology. More info.
Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for HSCI 3211
Instructor: Mark Borrello
Dates: Sep 08, 2026 – Dec 16, 2026
Meeting times: TTh 11:15 AM – 12:30 PM (75 minutes)
Location: Amundson Hall 116
Units: 3.00
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HSCI 5244: Nature's History: Science, Humans, and the Environment
We examine environmental ideas, sustainability, conservation history; critique of the human impact on nature; empire and power in the Anthropocene; how the science of ecology has developed; and modern environmental movements around the globe. Case studies include repatriation of endangered species; ecology and evolutionary theory; ecology of disease; and climate change. More info.
Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for HSCI 3244.
Instructor: Susan Jones, Elizabeth Root
Dates: Sep 08, 2026 – Dec 16, 2026
Meeting times: TTh 09:45 AM – 11:00 AM (75 minutes)
Location: Bruininks Hall 412
Units: 3.00
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HSCI 5993: Directed Studies
Guided individual reading or study.
prereq: instr consent
Instructors: Sally Kohlstedt, Jennifer Alexander, Mark Borrello
Dates: Sep 08, 2026 – Dec 16, 2026
Units: 1.00 – 15.00
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HSCI 5994: Directed Research
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HSCI 8333: FTE: Master's
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HSCI 8444: FTE: Doctoral
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HSCI 8666: Doctoral Pre-Thesis Credits
prereq: Doctoral student who has not passed prelim oral; no required consent for 1st/2nd registrations, up to 12 combined cr; dept consent for 3rd/4th registrations, up to 24 combined cr; doctoral student admitted before summer 2007 may register up to four times, up to 60 combined cr. More info.
Course is repeatable for 2 completions and a maximum of 12.00 credits.
Dates: Sep 08, 2026 – Dec 16, 2026
Units:1.00 – 6.00
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HSCI 8777: Thesis Credits: Master's
prereq: Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 10 cr total required (Plan A only)
Course is repeatable for 10 completions and a maximum of 50.00 credits. More info.
Units: 1.00 – 18.00
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HSCI 8888: Thesis Credit: Doctoral
prereq: Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 24 cr required
Course is repeatable for 10 completions and a maximum of 99.99 credits.
Units: 1.00 – 24.00
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HSCI 8920: Seminar: History of Biological Sciences
For advanced graduate students; topics in development of natural, biological, and medical sciences from Aristotle to the present. More info.
prereq: instr consent
Course is repeatable for 2 completions and a maximum of 6.00 credits.
Instructor: Susan Jones
Dates: Sep 08, 2026 – Dec 16, 2026
Meeting Times: T 03:35 PM – 05:30 PM (115 minutes)
Location: TBA
Units: 3.00
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HSCI 8993: Directed Studies
prereq: instr consent
Course is repeatable for 15 completions and a maximum of 15.00 credits.
Dates: Sep 08, 2026 – Dec 16, 2026
Units: 1.00 – 5.00
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HSCI 8994: Directed Research
Course is repeatable for 15 completions and a maximum of 15.00 credits.
Instructor: Jennifer Alexander
Dates: Sep 08, 2026 – Dec 16, 2026
Units: 1.00 – 5.00