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.