MHS GRADUATION PROGRESS REPORT
Name: ______________________________
Expected graduation date: _________________
After reviewing the attached MHS Registration Checklist and checking your audit on YES, report the following
information.
Note: All of this information may be found in “Degree Audit” on YES. Total hours earned is found under the
“Academic Standards” tab, AXLE under the “AXLE” tabs, and MHS major courses needed under the “Program
Concentration” tab. It is important that you know how to read and confirm the accuracy of your “Degree Audit”
on YES. Use the Degree Audit to check that you are on track to graduate on time. You may occasionally find errors
in your audit. It is better to identify errors now rather than second semester of your senior year. Sometimes the
audit counts more than 12 hours from one discipline counting toward your MHS major. The audit may
erroneously double count more than 6 hours for your double majors. Sometimes, elective classes that you
thought counted for your major do not show up.
______Total hours earned at the end of this semester
______Total hours earned in A&S at the end of this semester
Number of courses (or hours) needed (after this semester) to fulfill your MHS major requirements:
______Core
______Elective
Number of courses needed (after this semester) to complete each of the AXLE distribution categories:
______Writing Requirements
______Humanities and the Creative Arts (three courses)
______International Cultures (three courses)
______History and Culture of the United States (one course)
______Mathematics and Natural Sciences (three courses)
______Social and Behavioral Sciences (two courses)
______Perspectives (one course)
MHS REGISTRATION ADVISING CHECKLIST
Summary of major requirements
1. Three of the following core courses (9 hours)
• Anthropology 240 OR Anthropology 250
• Biological Sciences 105
• Economics 268
• History 280 OR Asian Studies 230 OR MHS 230
• MHS 201
• MHS 202OR MHS 203
• MHS 205W OR Spanish 274
• MHS 248
• Philosophy 108, 108W OR Philosophy 270
• Psychology 268 OR Peabody Psychology 2560
• Sociology 237 OR Sociology 268
2. Nine courses chosen from the approved course list (27 hours). See the undergraduate catalog for a list of
approved courses. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/catalogs/undergrad/UGAD.pdf#contents
Additional requirements:
 Students may take, for example, both Anthropology 240 and Anthropology 250, but one course will be
counted toward the core and the other(s) will count toward electives.
 Up to 6 hours from the following list may be counted for the major: BSCI 110a–b, Intro to BioSci; BSCI
220, Biochemistry I; CHEM 220a–b or 218a-218b, Organic Chemistry; NURS 210a–b, Anatomy and
Physiology; NURS 231a, Introduction to Nutrition, and 231b, Nutrition & Health. Your grade in all of
these courses will count toward your MHS GPA.
 To ensure breadth, no more than 21 hours may be in courses designated MHS. No more than 12 hours
may be in the same discipline. Occasionally, audits treat Peabody and A&S psychology as separate
departments; this is an error – they count as the same.
 No more than 6 hours may double count for MHS and another major; no more than 3 hours for a
minor. There are no limits on courses double counting for your major and AXLE. A list of MHSapproved AXLE courses is available at http://www.vanderbilt.edu/mhs/manage/wpcontent/uploads/Distribution-AXLE-MHS-Approved-Courses.pdf
Additional resources:
 To find out which courses are taught for MHS credit, do an “Advanced” course search on YES. Select
“Eligible for Medicine Health and Society” under “class attributes.”
 Information about pass/fail, credit hours or other A&S academic regulations is available on pages 9299 of the Undergraduate Catalog. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/catalogs/undergrad/UGAD.pdf#contents
 Answers to frequently asked MHS-related questions are available in the FAQ section of the MHS
website. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/mhs/undergraduate/
 Forms to request a course variance, apply for an independent study or internship are available at
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/mhs/forms/
 To enroll in an independent study or internship, first ask a faculty member to supervise your project.
Next, write a 1-2 page description of your project and have it approved by your advisor. Turn in the
independent study or internship form along with the description of your project to the MHS
Administrative Assistant in Calhoun 300cc before the first day of class in fall 2013. I recommend that
you email me a description of your project before submitting your paperwork. Students getting
internship credit will also have to schedule a meeting with Dean Jones.
MHS APPROVED COURSES
ANTHROPOLOGY: 103, Introduction to Biological Anthropology; 208, Food Politics in America; 240, Medical
Anthropology; 242, Biology of Inequality; 244, Biology and culture of race; 250, Anthropology of Healing; 260,
Medicine, Culture, and the Body (same as History 283); 265, Psychological Anthropology; 267, Death and the
Body; 270, Human Osteology; 273, Human Evolutionary Genetics; 274, Health and Disease in Ancient
Populations
ASIAN STUDIES: 230, Chinese Medicine
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES: 105, Human Biology; 243, Genetics of Disease; 245, Biology of Cancer; 254,
Neurobiology of Behavior
BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES OPTION: Up to SIX HOURS from the following list may be counted for the major.
Biological Sciences 110a–110b, Introduction to Biological Sciences; Biological Sciences 220, Biochemistry;
Chemistry 220a–220b or 218a–218b,Organic Chemistry; Nursing 210a–210b, Anatomy and Physiology; Nursing
231a, Introduction to Nutrition, and 231b, Nutrition and Health
ECONOMICS: 221, Healthcare Policy; 268, Economics of Health
ENGLISH: 243, 243W, Literature, Science, and Technology (as appropriate); 291, Special Topics in Creative
Writing (as appropriate) Note: Topics vary; the director of the MHS program will approve versions with
sufficient MHS content for credit toward the major or minor
FRENCH: 205, Medical French in Intercultural Contexts
HISTORY: 149, The Modern Human Sciences; 183, Sexuality and Gender in the Western Tradition to 1700; 184,
Sexuality and Gender in the Western Tradition since 1700; 216, Medicine in Islam; 280, Modern Medicine; 281,
Women, Health, and Sexuality; 283, Medicine, Culture, and the Body (same as Anthropology 260); 284a,
Epidemics in History; 284b, Health and the African American Experience; 284c, Psychological Century
HUMAN AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (PEABODY): 2510, Health Service Delivery to Diverse
Populations; 2525, Introduction to Health Services; 2530, Introduction to Health Promotion; 2535, Introduction
to Health Policy; 2550, Managing Health Care Organizations; HOD- 2670, Introduction to Community
Psychology (same as PSY-PC-2470); 2690, Health Promotion Delivery
NEUROSCIENCE: 201, Neuroscience; 235, Biological Basis of Mental Disorders
PHILOSOPHY: 108, 108W, Introduction to Medical Ethics; 239, 239W, Moral Problems; 256, Philosophy of Mind;
270, Ethics and Medicine
POLITICAL SCIENCE: 268, American Health Policy
PSYCHOLOGY: 101, General Psychology; 211, Personality; 214, Perception; 215, Abnormal Psychology; 232,
Mind and Brain; 244, Introduction to Clinical Psychology OR PSY-PC-2700, Introduction to Clinical Psychology;
245, Emotion; 246, Schizophrenia; 247, Depression; 252, Human Sexuality; 268, Health Psychology OR PSY-PC2560, Health Psychology; 277, Brain Damage and Cognition; PSY-PC-1200, PSY-PC-1207, Minds, Brains, Cultures,
and Contexts; PSY-PC-1500, Cognitive Aspects of Human Development; PSY-PC-1630, Developmental
Psychology; PSYPC- 1700, PSY-PC-1707, Social and Emotional Context of Cognition; PSYPC- 1750, Social and
Personality Development; PSY-PC-2100, Advanced Topical Seminar (approval dependent upon topic); PSY-PC2250, Infancy; PSY-PC-2320, Adolescent Development; PSY-PC-2470, Introduction to Community Psychology
(same as HOD-2670)
RELIGIOUS STUDIES: 202, Natural Science and the Religious Life; 234, Post-Freudian Theories and Religion
SOCIOLOGY: 101, Introduction to Sociology; 101W, Introduction to Sociology; 102, Contemporary Social
Problems; 102W, Contemporary Social Problems; 201, Sociological Perspectives; 205, Poverty, Health, and
Politics; 220, Population and Society; 221, Environmental Inequality and Justice; 237, Society and Medicine;
257, Gender, Sexuality, and the Body; 264, Social Dynamics of Mental Health; 268, Race, Gender, and Health;
294, Seminars in Selected Topics (as appropriate) Note: Topics vary; the director of the MHS program will
approve versions with sufficient MHS content for credit toward the major or minor. *Credit not given for both
SOC 101 and SOC 102
SPANISH: 211, Spanish for the Medical Profession; 274, Literature and Medicine
WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES: 212, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies; 240, Introduction to
Women’s Health; 267, Seminar on Gender and Violence; 268, Gender, Race, Justice, and the Environment