Medical and Health Humanities Designated Emphasis
Catalog pages 358
College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Juliet McMullin (Anthropology and School of Medicine), Co-Director Paul Lyons (School of Medicine), Co- Director juliet.mcmullin@ucr.edu; paul.lyons@ucr.edu Advisory Committee & Participating Faculty
William Dunlop (Psychology) TS Harvey (Anthropology) Rickerby Hinds (Theater and Film Studies) Agnieszka Jaworska (Philosophy) Jeanette Kohl (Art History) Goldberry Long (Creative Writing) Coleen Macnamara (Philosophy) Michael Nduati (School of Medicine) Dylan Rodriguez (Ethnic Studies) Chikako Takeshita (Gender and Sexuality Studies) Clifford Trafzer (History) Susan Zieger (English) Pashaura Singh (Religious Studies)
Designated Emphasis Requirements
The Designated Emphasis is a 16-unit interdisciplinary graduate course of study, requiring students to demonstrate focused coursework and research in the field with two core requirements:
- 1. Four (4) graduate courses (16 units).
Students will only be allowed to take one (1) undergraduate qualified course paired with a 292 in this DE. These courses must be 5 taken in at least two different departments: ANTH 261, ANTH 262, ANTH 265, ANTH 281, CRPA 210, ENGL 247, ENGL 273, ENGL 274, ENGL 278, ETST 201, ETST 221, ETST 222, HIST 220, HIST 238A, HSIT 238B, HIST 265A, PHIL 261, PHIL 283, PSYC 225, PSYC 255, PSYC 262, RLST 222, RLST 224, RLST 239, RLST 236.
- 2. Submission of a research portfolio within one
year after the quarter in which the student advances to candidacy. The portfolio, to be reviewed by a standing committee of the Medical and Health Humanities Faculty, will demonstrate significant research in the field, include two research papers (one research paper must be the product of one of the 4 unit qualifying courses) and syllabi from the four completed courses. The student will also submit a self-statement (of no more than 1000 words) articulating their particular research emphasis and expertise, and one Medical and Health Humanities syllabus created by student.
All requirements for the Designated
Emphasis must be satisfied within one year after the quarter in which a student advances to candidacy in their Ph.D. field; a minimum GPA of 3.0 is required for the award of the Designated Emphasis.