NOTE: The Health Professions minor has been discontinued and is only available to students who entered HWS prior to Fall 2023. Students entering Fall 2023 or later, visit the Public Health Minor webpage.
Gain insights and experience in health care through the Health Professions minor at Hobart and William Smith. Particularly suited for students majoring in the natural sciences, you’ll take a variety of interdisciplinary courses that provide new perspectives on health care and related topics. Acquire the tools necessary to tackle emerging issues that impact health care and health care access and take them with you to a career or post-graduate study in medicine.
Intern at Finger Lakes Health or practice life-saving measures through HWS EMS or the local fire department.
At Hobart and William Smith Colleges, learning goes beyond textbooks and classrooms. You’ll gain high-impact practical experience that deepens learning and opens doors.
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Study medicine in South Africa or health care administration in the Netherlands.
Wherever you go, you’ll apply classroom knowledge, develop cultural understanding and build global connections that expand your personal capacity and sense of purpose.
“MANY HEALTH PROFESSIONS COURSES INVESTIGATE THE WAY PEOPLE ARE MINORITIZED, AND HOW DIFFERENCES IMPACT HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND HEALTH CARE ACCESS,” SCOTT MACPHAIL, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS COUNSELING AND FELLOWSHIP ADVISINGExplore the intersection of social sciences, humanities and health care.
Learn the ethical issues that arise in the practice of medicine, in the delivery of health care, and in biomedical research and their special urgency.
Explore the social etiology of deviant behavior, the functions of deviance, and societal reactions to deviance. Take an interdisciplinary approach to the internalization of norms, guilt, shame, punishment, and conformity as they relate to deviance.
This class uses a feminist lens to explore a variety of topics arising at the intersection of food, health, and the body.
Jamie Bodenlos, Psychology
Gregory Frost-Arnold, Philosophy
Jessica Hayes-Conroy, Women’s Studies
Justin Miller, Chemistry and Health Professions Committee Chair
With experience performing research while at Hobart and William Smith, Kayla has excelled on the way to a career in public health.
