Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Bioethics and Health Humanities

The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Bioethics and Health Humanities is an interdisciplinary program of study that investigates the ethical, social, cultural, and historical dimensions of how health, disease, healing, and healthcare are understood by patients and healthcare practitioners. Students engage with critical questions and constructive proposals about these domains as they are raised across local and global contexts and in multiple arts and humanities disciplines.  

The Certificate consists of 20 credit hours.  

Health Humanities Area of Focus 

1. Health Humanities –  4 credits 

• BHH 5XX – Health and the Humanities (new course) 

2. Health in Context – 8 credits   

• BHH 5XX - Disability Studies 
• BHH 5XX - Alcohol: A Global History 
• BHH 5XX - Global Summer Immersion (new course) 
• BHH 5XX/AFS 305 – Africana Theory and Methods 
• BHH 550/AFS 350 - Race-Thinking and Health Disparities 
• BHH 5XX/AMS 225 – History of Ancient and Medieval Medicine 
• BHH5XX/ENGL 240 – Literature and Science 
• BHH 5XX/GRST XXX - Hygiene: Bodies, Bacteria, and Moral Panic 
• BHH 5XX/GSS XXX- Gender, Sexuality, and Healthcare 
• BHH 5XX/HIST XXX - History of Medicine 
• BHH 5XX/HIST XXX – History of the Body 
• BHH573/HIST 273 - Diseases and Healing in Africa 
• BHH 5XX/HIST XXX - Cultural History of Cancer 
• BHH 5XX/HIST XXX - Black Madness 
• BHH 5XX/HLEQ 515 – Intercultural Communication for Health and Healthcare 
• BHH 5XX/HLEQ 430– Narrative Medicine 
• BHH 5XX/HLEQ 530 - Health Humanities and Social Inequality 
• BHH 5XX/HLEQ 435 - Global Health, Local Practice 
• BHH 5XX/LALS 245 – Health and Healing Humanities in Latin America 
• BHH5XX/MUSC 140 – Music and Healing 
• BHH 5XX/MUSC 145 – Psychology of Music 
• BHH 5XX/RELS 300 - Addiction, Recovery, and Spirituality 
• BHH 5XX/RELS 231 - Faith, Health, and Justice 
• BHH 5XX/RELS 233 – Pain, Suffering, and Death 

3. Bioethics – 4 credits 

• BHH5XX/HLEQ 525 – Healthcare Ethics and Social Inequality 
• BHH 5XX/HLEQ 360 – Pediatric Biomedical Ethics 
• BHH 5XX/HLEQ 565 – Public Health Ethics 
• BHH 5XX – Narrative Ethics (new course) 
• BHH 5XX/PHIL 303 - Issues in Clinical Bioethics 
• BHH 522/PHIL 322 - Medical Ethics 

4. Practicum – 4 credits total – 2 per semester 

• BHH 5XX – Communication for Person-Centered Care (new course) 

Bioethics Area of Focus 

1. Bioethics – 12 credits 

Students must take courses from at least two different disciplines (PHIL and HLEQ)  

• BHH 560/HLEQ 325 – Healthcare Ethics and Social Inequality 
• BHH 560/HLEQ 360 – Pediatric Biomedical Ethics 
• BHH 503/PHIL 303 - Issues in Clinical Bioethics 
• BHH 522/PHIL 322 - Medical Ethics 
• BHH 5XX/PHIL XXX – Ethical Issues in Sexual Healthcare 
• BHH 5XX/PHIL 401 – Advanced Topics: Procreative Ethics 
• BHH 565/HLEQ 365 – Public Health Ethics 
• BHH 5XX – Narrative Ethics (new course) 
• BHH - Topics in Healthcare Ethics (new course) 

2. Health Humanities –  4 credits 

• BHH 5XX – Health and the Humanities 

3. Practicum – 4 credits total – 2 per semester 

• BHH 5XX – Communication for Person-Centered Care