Graduate
Certificate Programs
Medical Humanites and Health Studies
The Graduate Certificate in Medical Humanities offers an interdisciplinary course of study drawn from the social science and humanities disciplines of Liberal Arts, as well as courses and participation of faculty from other schools. The field of Medical Humanities provides students with the qualitative
humanistic and socio-cultural perspectives on health care. Many factors affect the outcome of health practice, which in turn, affect patients, families and the greater public. The graduate certificate in Medical Humanities permits graduate students to study more comprehensively and in depth, the social, cultural, and humanistic determinants and consequences of human health, illness and care.
Required Courses in Medical Humanities Graduate Certificate (15 credit hours)
Core Courses (6 cr. hrs.):
- MHHS M501 The Human Condition, 3 cr.
- MHHS M595 Clinical Practicum in Medical Humanities, 3 cr.
Elective Courses (9 cr. hrs.):
- MHHS M504 Intro to Res Ethics
- MHHS M592 Topics in Medical Humanities & Health Studies [Note: cannot be repeated if taken on the same topic as an undergraduate]
- MHHS M598 Readings in Medical Humanities and Health Studies
- PHIL P547 Foundations of Bioethics
- PHIL P696 Topics in Biomedical Ethics
- PHIL P555 Ethical and Policy Issues in International Research
- COMM C592 Advanced Health Communication
- COMM C510 Health Provider-Consumer Communication
- COMM C521 Family Communication in Health Contexts
- COMM C591 Variable Topics in Health Communication
- COMM C695 Seminar in Communication and Healthcare
- SOC R585 Social Aspects Mental Health/Mental Illness
- SOC R515 Sociology of Health and Illness
- SOC S610 Sociology of Health and Illness Behavior
- SOC S526 Sociology of Human Sexuality
- SOC R560 Topics in Medical Sociology [Note: cannot be repeated if taken on the same topic as an undergraduate]
- ANTH A560 Topics in Medical Anthropology [Note: cannot be repeated if taken on the same topic as an undergraduate]
- ENG L592 Literature and Medicine [Note: cannot be repeated if taken as an undergraduate]
- HIST H546 History of Science, Medicine and Technology, [Note: cannot be repeated if taken on the same topic as an undergraduate]
- Undergraduate degree from an accredited institution required.
- Minimum GPA of 3.0 required
- Personal statement
- Two letters of recommendation
