Cert in Culture, Medicine & Health

The Certificate in Culture, Medicine & Health offers a critical social science approach to health systems and the health needs of people from a broad range of cultural traditions, drawing on medical anthropology. It examines diverse medical systems and healing practices across cultural contexts and analyzes how social inequalities such as race, class, gender and colonialism shape health outcomes. Offered by the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, it is intended for students in Health and Society, Social Work, Equity Studies, International Development Studies, Global Health, Disaster and Emergency Management or related fields. The certificate requires 24 credits: 15 core credits, including two required anthropology courses and a further elective, plus 9 additional credits chosen from anthropology, sociology and social science offerings. It can be completed as a stand-alone credential after graduation or concurrently with an undergraduate degree, with study sessions offered in the Fall, Winter and Summer terms on a full-time or part-time basis.