Health Humanities
Program director
Julie Elman
elmanj@missouri.edu
Academic advisor
Jill Diener
107 Lowry Hall
dienerjs@missouri.edu
The BA in Health Humanities is an interdisciplinary degree for students interested health careers in its broadest terms: as practitioners, policy makers, administrators, communicators, community organizers, educators, and others. Coursework draws from humanities and social science offerings in College of Arts and Science departments such as English, Philosophy, History, Sociology, Anthropology, and Women’s and Gender Studies, as well as coursework from the departments of Public Health and Health Sciences in the College of Health Sciences.
Courses in the Health Humanities program are taught by faculty from departments across the College of Arts and Science as well as faculty in the departments of Public Health and Health Sciences within the College of Health Sciences. For more information, see program description and course of study.
While MU does not offer graduate degrees specifically in health humanities, the University does offer post-baccalaureate opportunities in a number of related areas. The catalog provides a complete list of these degree options.