MA Medical Humanities at Durham University

This MA qualification adopts the perspectives of the humanities and social sciences to gain a better understanding of the human experience as it relates to health and illness. The MA in Medical Humanities is an exciting and challenging course that applies the knowledge and insight of the humanities and social sciences to study and understand better what is meant by health and illness outside of a medical context and, in particular, to analyse how our thoughts and physical experiences become recognised as both symptoms and medical evidence. As an interdisciplinary course, the MA is suitable for those with an undergraduate qualification in virtually any area – such as, Anthropology, Biology, English, Geography, History, Law, Modern Languages and Cultures, Philosophy, Pre-Med, Religion, Sociology, and other disciplines in the arts, humanities and sciences.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Humanities  |  Department: Arts (faculty of)  |  Duration: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time  |  Study mode: full-time (part-time option)  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Durham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

This  module provides advanced training in the interdisciplinary field of critical medical humanities and strengthens your understanding of both its development from the less complex context of initial medical humanities study and its distinct contribution to health research and current challenges. This module will also build your knowledge of concepts, theories and approaches essential to research in the critical medical humanities. Compulsory modules include Concepts and Frameworks in the Critical Medical Humanities, Reimagining Health Research: Methodologies in the Critical Medical Humanities, Interdisciplinary Dissertation.

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