Medical Humanities PhD emphasis

The Graduate Emphasis in Medical Humanities is a formal component of graduate studies at the University of California, Irvine, in addition to the fulfillment of requirements towards the Ph.D., M.F.A., or M.A. degree in an array of fields in the Schools of Arts, Humanities and Medicine. The Emphasis allows students to gain interdisciplinary knowledge about the study of illness, health, healthcare, and the body.

Requirements: Minimum course work for the graduate emphasis in Medical Humanities consists of three courses in consultation with the Graduate Emphasis director. Students can count courses taken to fulfill their departmental requirements toward their emphasis, if said courses are comprised of pertinent material and art approved by the Graduate Emphasis director. One of the three courses has to be core Med Hum 200. An upper-division undergraduate course with supplemental graduate-level work after consultation with the instructor and the director can count toward the emphasis. For more information, please visit the catalog:  http://catalogue.uci.edu/schoolofhumanities/specialprograms/medicalhumanities_emphasis/
 
Professor Coliva (a.coliva@uci.edu) will take over as Director for the 22-23 academic year. Please feel free to contact Professor Coliva if you have any questions. 

Admission

Applicants must first be admitted to, or currently enrolled in, a Ph.D. program or state-supported Master’s program and submit an application form to the director of the emphasis. The application should include a signature of approval from the student’s advisor or program director.

PhD Emphasis Medical Humanities 2022-2023
 
Fall 2022: 

   Chc/Lat 210A - Cultural and Historical Precedents for Latinos and Medical Care

   Chc/Lat 211A - Latinos/Latinas and Medical Care: Contemporary Issues

   Chc/Lat 289 -   Special Topics in Chicano/Latino Studies

   English 210 -    Studies in Literary History

Winter 2023: 
   AsianAm 201 - Graduate Topics in Asian American Studies
   Chc/Lat 210B - Cultural and Historical Precedents for Latinos and Medical Care
   Chc/Lat 289 -   Special Topics in Chicano/Latino Studies
   Dance 201 -     Seminar in Kinesiology for Dance 
   English 210 -    Studies in Literary History
   Philos 242 -     Topics in Philosophy of Biology
 
Spring 2023: 
   Antrho 204A - Proseminar in Medicine, Science, and Technology
   Chc/Lat 289 -  Special Topics in Chicano/Latino Studies
   English 210 -   Studies in Literary History
   Philos 242 -     Topics in Philosophy of Biology