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Graduate Certificate in Literature, Medicine, and Culture at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

Programme overview

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. 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

Faculty: College of Arts and Sciences  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Chapel Hill, NC, United States

What you will study

The certificate requires a minimum of 9 credit hours. Required courses include ENGL 763 Introduction to Methods in Health Humanities; ENGL 695 Research Seminar; AMST 715 Community Histories and Public Humanities; ANTH 405 Mental Health; WGST 441 The Anthropology of Gender; WGST 442 Health in Socialist.

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Entry requirements

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. 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. Graduate certificate: applicants are generally admitted to the Graduate School, which requires a four-year bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better; international applicants add TOEFL, IELTS or Duolingo.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

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