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This undergraduate certificate is open to any undergraduate student interested in examining medicine, health, and wellness from a humanities perspectives. It trains students in bioethics and cultural competency through courses that emphasize critical thinking about health, medicine, and wellness, alongside writing and research skills. It will be of value in particular to students interested in health policy, bioethics, medical administration, art therapy, and pastoral care. This is an embedded certificate.

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Certificate Contact

Wendy Turner

706-737-1709

hap@augusta.edu

Admissions Information

For more information, see the Office of Admissions website. https://www.augusta.edu/admissions/

Required Courses: 3 Hours

PHIL 3004 - Bioethics (3 Credit Hours)

Electives: 6 Hours

Select six credit hours from the following courses:

ANTH 3535 - Medical Anthropology (3 Credit Hours)
ANTH 3851 - Religion, Culture, and Society (3 Credit Hours)
ANTH 3870 - Identity: Ethnicity, Gender, and Class (3 Credit Hours) or WGST 3870 - Identity: Ethnicity, Gender, and Class (3 Credit Hours)
COMM 3500 - Intercultural Communication (3 Credit Hours)
COMM 3650 - Health Communication (3 Credit Hours)
COMM 4120 - Gender and Communication (3 Credit Hours) or WGST 4120 - Gender and Communication (3 Credit Hours)
CRJU 4336 - Gender and Victimization (3 Credit Hours)
FREN 3620 - French for Health and Medical Professions (3 Credit Hours)
HIST 3600 - Premodern Health and Medicine (3 Credit Hours)
HIST 3610 - History of Modern Health and Medicine (3 Credit Hours)
HIST 4021 - History of Gender & Sexuality (3 Credit Hours) or WGST 4021 - Gender and Family History (3 Credit Hours)
HIST 4111 - History of World Religions (3 Credit Hours)
HIST 4710 - Premodern Science, Religion, and Magic (3 Credit Hours)
PHIL 3002 - Ethical Theory (3 Credit Hours)
PHIL 3003 - Contemporary Ethical Issues (3 Credit Hours)
PHIL 3005 - Philosophy of the Human Person (3 Credit Hours)
PSYC 3188 - Human Sexuality (3 Credit Hours)
PSYC 3190 - Ethical and Professional Foundations (3 Credit Hours)
SOCI 3317 - Sociology of Health and Illness (3 Credit Hours)
SOCI 3375 - Sociology of Death, Grief and Caring (3 Credit Hours) or SOWK 3375 - Sociology of Death, Grief, and Caring (3 Credit Hours)
SOCI 4336 - Gender and Victimization (3 Credit Hours)
SOCI 4442 - Gender and Society (3 Credit Hours) or WGST 4442 - Gender and Society (3 Credit Hours)
SPAN 3620 - Medical Spanish (3 Credit Hours)

Research: 3 Hours

PHIL/HIST/others 4990 Undergraduate Research in Health Humanities (3 Credit Hours)

Total Hours for the Certificate: 12 Hours

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