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-M 501: The Human Condition, 3 cr.
- MHHS-M 595: Clinical Practicum in Medical Humanities, 3 cr.
Elective Courses (9 cr. hrs.):
- MHHS-M 504: Intro to Res Ethics
- MHHS-M 592: Topics in Medical Humanities & Health Studies [Note: cannot be repeated if taken on the same topic as an undergraduate]
- MHHS-M 598: Readings in Medical Humanities and Health Studies
- PHIL-P 547: Foundations of Bioethics
- PHIL-P 696: Topics in Biomedical Ethics
- PHIL-P 555: Ethical and Policy Issues in International Research
- COMM-C 592: Advanced Health Communication
- COMM-C 510: Health Provider-Consumer Communication
- COMM-C 521: Family Communication in Health Contexts
- COMM-C 591: Variable Topics in Health Communication
- COMM-C 695: Seminar in Communication and Healthcare
- SOC-R 585: Social Aspects Mental Health/Mental Illness
- SOC-R 515: Sociology of Health and Illness
- SOC-S 610: Sociology of Health and Illness Behavior
- SOC-S 526: Sociology of Human Sexuality
- SOC-R 560: Topics in Medical Sociology [Note: cannot be repeated if taken on the same topic as an undergraduate]
- ANTH-A 560: Topics in Medical Anthropology [Note: cannot be repeated if taken on the same topic as an undergraduate]
- ENG-L 592: 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
