Nov 10, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25

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:

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.