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MA Health Humanities

  • DeadlineStudy Details: 1 year - 5 years

Masters Degree Description

Health and illness in society is one of the key concerns that underpins our modern existence. The Health Humanities MA enables you to gain a detailed understanding of how methods from the humanities can influence biomedicine, clinical practice and the politics of healthcare. With an interdisciplinary degree taught at UCL, you’ll graduate ready to apply your expertise to careers in the medical field, science organisations, academic research, and more.

Entry Requirements

Normally a minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.

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Fees

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Student Destinations

This MA provides an exceptional foundation for those hoping to undertake PhD research and pursue an academic career, ranging from interdisciplinary work in the health humanities to a broad spectrum of more specialised disciplines, such as medicine, the philosophy of medicine, history of medicine, medical sociology or medical anthropology, among others.

Module Details

Compulsory modules

  • Madness
  • Approaching the Health Humanities: Skills and Methods
  • Illness
  • Dissertation
  • Health Humanities Research Pathway Dissertation
  • Critical Introduction to Sexuality Studies
  • Feminism and the Medical Self
  • How Does It Feel? Contemporary Fiction Between the Body and the World
  • Fictions of Grief
  • Medical Anthropology
  • Cultural Memory
  • Health and Wellbeing
  • Cultures of AIDS in France: History, Policy and Representation
  • Anthropological Perspectives on Global Health
  • Health Systems in a Global Context
  • Science, Art and Philosophy
  • Mental Health in a Social and Global Context
  • Deaf culture and identities
  • Child Public Health
  • Ethnicity, Migration and Health
  • Gender and Global Health
  • Urban Health
  • Theatres of the Mind
  • Philosophies of Health and Care
  • Homeless and Inclusion Health

Optional modules

  • Critical Introduction to Sexuality Studies
  • Feminism and the Medical Self
  • How Does It Feel? Contemporary Fiction Between the Body and the World
  • Fictions of Grief
  • Medical Anthropology
  • Cultural Memory
  • Health and Wellbeing
  • Cultures of AIDS in France: History, Policy and Representation
  • Anthropological Perspectives on Global Health
  • Health Systems in a Global Context
  • Science, Art and Philosophy
  • Mental Health in a Social and Global Context
  • Deaf culture and identities
  • Child Public Health
  • Ethnicity, Migration and Health
  • Gender and Global Health
  • Urban Health
  • Theatres of the Mind
  • Philosophies of Health and Care
  • Homeless and Inclusion Health
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  • Student Support and Wellbeing Services
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