Medical and Health Humanities Certificate Program

Certificate code CTMHHU

College of Arts and Sciences
English Department
Ellis 201
Athens, OH 45701
Fax: 740.593.2832
english.department@ohio.edu
www.ohio.edu/cas/english/

Spencer Smith, contact person
smithsj@ohio.edu
Jeremy Webster, contact person
webstej1@ohio.edu

Program Overview

The Medical and Health Humanities certificate provides students with the opportunity to explore the human condition in relation to health, illness, and healing through the lens of the humanities and its methodologies. With courses from a wide array of humanities disciplines, the certificate curriculum uses their methodologies to investigate the history and culture of medicine; explore embodiment, dis/ability, selfhood, and community; think critically about questions of ethics, power, and inclusiveness in healthcare; prepare aspiring professionals in health-related fields to be ethical participants in the healthcare arena and empathetic advocates for those they serve; and support students who want to engage health as a fied of academic or creative inquiry.

Admissions Information

Freshman/First-Year Admission

No requirements beyond University admission requirements.

Change of Program Policy

No requirements beyond University admission requirements.

External Transfer Admission

No requirements beyond University admission requirements.

Opportunities Upon Graduation

Building on Ohio University’s already reputable health and medicine programs and strong investment in the humanities, this certificate will ensure OHIO graduates remain competitive in relation to their peers in the state and nationally. For those undergraduates already studying health and medicine, this certificate will enable them to gain additional experience with the humanities that is valued by medical schools and health graduate programs and is essential to professional practice. For undergraduates pursuing degrees in the humanities, this certificate will introduce careers and job opportunities, they may not have discovered elsewhere and support them in integrating medicine and health into their existing curriculum and career aspirations.

Requirements

Certificate Hours Requirement

The Medical and Health Humanities certificate program requires a minimum of 13 semester hours and a minimum GPA of 2.0 for courses taken to meet the certificate requirements.

Core Requirement

Complete the following courses:

HUM 2010 - Introduction to Medical & Health Humanities Credit Hours: 3
HUM 4950 - Seminar in Medical and Health Humanities Credit Hours: 1

Electives

Complete three of the following courses. At least one course must be a the 3000/4000-level. Each course used to meet this requirement must be in a different area of study.

AAS 4693 - Legal Policy and Disparities in the American Health Care System Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3550 - Medical Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4580 - Peoples, Plagues and Pestilence: The Anthropology of Infectious Disease Credit Hours: 3
ART 1600 - Aesthetics of Architecture and Design Credit Hours: 3
ART 2950 - Introduction to Art Therapy Credit Hours: 3
CARS 2140 - Human Aspirations Among the Greeks and Romans Credit Hours: 3
CARS 2170 - Food, Drink and Identity in the Ancient World Credit Hours: 3
CARS 2430 - The History of Yoga: From Ancient Discipline to Modern Movement Credit Hours: 3
CARS 3220 - Thinking About Death: Belief and Practice Credit Hours: 3
CARS 3430 - Roman Social History Credit Hours: 3
CFS 3800 - Death, Dying and Bereavement Credit Hours: 3
COMS 3410 - Women and Health Communication Credit Hours: 3
ENG 2200 - Introduction to Literature and Health Credit Hours: 3
HIST 2540 - Bread, Wine, Salt, Fat: History of Food before Refrigeration (500-1600) Credit Hours: 3
HIST 2750 - Disease, Medicine, and Society in Europe to 1800 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3500 - Science and Society in the Modern World Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3550 - The Age of Darwin, 1800-Present Credit Hours: 3
HSLS 1080 - Introduction to Communication Differences and Disorders Credit Hours: 3
HSLS 1130 - Introduction to the Deaf Community Credit Hours: 3
HSLS 2140 - Introduction to Deaf Culture Credit Hours: 3
HUM 4900 - Special Topics in Medical and Health Humanities Credit Hours: 3
IHS 2215 - Medical Humanities: Global Health and Literature Credit Hours: 3
IHS 2290 - Global Health in Film & Theater Credit Hours: 3
IHS 2820 - Interprofessional Healthcare Through Creative Arts Credit Hours: 2
IHS 3010 - Spirituality in Healthcare Credit Hours: 3
IHS 3600 - Interpretations of Health and Medicine Through Literature Credit Hours: 3
IHS 4447 - Critical Thinking and Reasoning in Clinical Problem Solving Credit Hours: 3
IHS 4514 - Professional and Clinical Ethics for the Health Professions Credit Hours: 3
MUS 1810 - Introduction to Music Therapy Credit Hours: 2
PHIL 2160 - Philosophy of Science Survey Credit Hours: 3
PHIL 2700 - Philosophy and Technology Credit Hours: 3
PHIL 3310 - Moral Problems in Medicine Credit Hours: 3
PHIL 3320 - Philosophy of Sex and Love Credit Hours: 3
PHIL 3400 - Philosophy of Death and Dying Credit Hours: 3
SOC 2310 - Sociology of Health and Health Care Credit Hours: 3
SOC 3650 - Sociology of Mental Illness Credit Hours: 3
WGSS 1000 - Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Credit Hours: 3
WGSS 2200 - Introduction to LGBTQ Studies Credit Hours: 3
WGSS 2600 - Sex and Science Credit Hours: 3