Diploma in Health Humanities

The Health Humanities Diploma is a five-course, non-degree credential offered through St. Jerome's University in partnership with the University of Waterloo. The program draws on the humanities and social sciences, including English, Philosophy, History, Religious Studies, Psychology, and Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Studies, to examine the representation and lived experience of health, illness, the body, and the patient-caregiver relationship. Students must complete the foundational course HHUM 101 but can otherwise begin with any course in the program, and the diploma emphasizes discussion, dialogue, and written analysis rather than a thesis or research project. It can be added to the academic plan of a current University of Waterloo undergraduate or completed independently by community members without a degree program. The diploma suits current Waterloo students who want to add a credential in health-related humanities thinking, as well as non-degree learners, post-degree students, and health clinicians or public-health practitioners seeking humanities-based methodologies relevant to health care.