Graduate Certificate in Literature, Medicine, and Culture
[iconheading type=”h2″ style=”fa fa-chevron-down” color=”#edc602″]Introduction[/iconheading]
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. [iconheading type=”h2″ style=”fa fa-chevron-down” color=”#edc602″]To Apply[/iconheading]
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. [iconheading type=”h2″ style=”fa fa-chevron-down” color=”#edc602″]Certificate Requirements[/iconheading]
Graduate Certificate requirements include the completion of 9 credit hours of coursework (earning a grade H or P). Per the revised Graduate School certificate guidelines, these certificate credits may double-count toward the student’s graduate degree at the discretion of their home-department DGS. Certificate coursework must include the following: Note: All Graduate Certificate coursework should be completed before the student reaches ABD status unless otherwise approved the the Certificate Director and the student’s home-department DGS. 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: