Literature, Medicine, and Culture Certificate
Graduate and professional students in good academic standing are eligible to earn an additional credential in health humanities from the Department of English & Comparative Literature. This certificate draws on multiple disciplinary approaches to health and humanities to train students in the interdisciplinary approaches that shape Health Humanities as a research area.
Course Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| ENGL 763 | Introduction to Methods in Health Humanities | 3 |
| or ENGL 695 |  Research Seminar | |
| Electives | ||
| Complete 6 credit hours of elective courses from the list below. Course substitutions must be approved by the DCP. At least one elective must be 600-level or higher. | 6 | |
| Minimum Hours | 9 | |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Electives | ||
| AMST 715 | Community Histories and Public Humanities | 3 |
| ANTH 405 | Mental Health, Psychiatry, and Culture | 3 |
| ANTH 430 | War, Medicine, and the Military | 3 |
| ANTH/WGST 441 | The Anthropology of Gender, Health, and Illness | 3 |
| ANTH/WGST 442 | Health in Socialist, Liberal, and Illiberal Upheavals | 3 |
| ANTH/WGST 443 | Cultures and Politics of Reproduction | 3 |
| ANTH/WGST 445 | Migration and Health | 3 |
| ANTH 448 | Health and Medicine in the American South | 3 |
| ANTH 473 | Anthropology of the Body and the Subject | 3 |
| ANTH 582 | Fieldwork with Social Models of Well-Being | 3 |
| ANTH 585 | Anthropology of Science | 3 |
| ANTH 624 | Anthropology and Public Health | 3 |
| ANTH 649 | Politics of Life and Death | 3 |
| ANTH 750 | Seminar in Medical Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH/WGST 753 | Gender, Sickness, and Society | 3 |
| ENGL 593 | Internship in Health Humanities | 3 |
| ENGL 610 | Practicum in Health Humanities | 3 |
| ENGL 611 | Narrative, Literature, and Medicine: Advanced Interdisciplinary Seminar | 3 |
| ENGL 690 | Special Topics | 3 |
| ENGL 695 | Research Seminar | 3 |
| ENGL 763 | Introduction to Methods in Health Humanities | 3 |
| ENGL 861 | Seminar in Literary and Cultural Theory | 3 |
| HPM 757 | Health Reform: Political Dynamics and Policy Dilemmas | 3 |
| MEJO 560 | Environmental and Science Journalism H | 3 |
| MEJO 561 | Environmental and Science Video Storytelling | 3 |
| MEJO 562 | Environmental and Science Documentary Television | 3 |
| MEJO 564 | Medical and Science Reporting | 3 |
| MEJO 569 | Behavioral Science in Health Communication | 3 |
| MEJO 825 | Seminar in Interdisciplinary Health Communication | 3 |
| PUBH 720 | HIV/AIDS Course | 1 |
| PLCY/HPM 661 | Global Health Law & Policy | 3 |
| PLCY/HPM 662 | Global Health and Human Rights | 3 |
| PLCY 730 | Ethics and Public Policy | 3 |
| SOCI 422 | Sociology of Mental Health and Illness | 3 |
| SOCI 469 | Health and Society | 3 |
| H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
Non-Course Certificate Requirements
Programming Participation
In addition to coursework, the Graduate Certificate in LMC requires participation in health humanities programming or events at least twice while enrolled in the certificate program. Examples of ways to fulfill this requirement include the following:
- Presenting original research at a HHIVE Lab meeting,
- Attending Health Humanities Grand Rounds,
- Mentoring an undergraduate research project in the HHIVE Lab,
- Attending and/or organizing the Literature, Medicine, and Culture Colloquium (LMCC) and/or
- Another program or event with Director approval.
