Graduate Certificate in Literature, Medicine, and Culture
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. Send the following materials to Prof. Kym Weed (kweed@unc.edu): Application materials will be reviewed twice a year and applicants will be notified of the Advisory Board’s decision in the same semester they apply. The fall deadline is November 1 and the spring deadline is April 1. Graduate Certificate requirements include the completion of 9 credit hours of coursework (earning a grade H or P). Up to 3 credit hours can also count toward your graduate or professional degree program. Certificate coursework must include the following: 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. Examples of ways to fulfill this requirement include the following: Introduction
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