M.A. Courses
Additional eligible electives are listed in the MHS M.A. Program listing in the Graduate Catalog. Courses not on the list may be approved at the discretion of the MHS Director of Graduate Studies. Graduate students enrolled in undergraduate or mezzanine-level courses are required to complete additional work to earn graduate credit.
MHS 5010: Global Health Principles and Practice. Introduction to major global health principles and practices in the developing and developed world. Perspectives of public health practitioners and critical thinking about global health challenges and solutions. No credit for students who have earned credit for MHS 3010. [3]
MHS 5120: Medicine, Technology, and Society. Tensions between art and science in medicine. The effect of science and technology on the doctor-patient relationship. Social and ethical issues raised by new biomedical developments. No credit for students who have earned credit for MHS 3120. [3]
MHS 5210: Examining Care & Caregiving. Various cultural conceptions of what counts as good care, drawn from anthropology, sociology, films, and literature. Medicare, Medicaid; home health care of older adults in the United States, South Korea, Denmark, and Thailand. Drug treatment and sexual assault survivor programs. Provision of care during epidemics and pandemics. Not open to students who have completed MHS 2210 [3]
MHS 5250: War and the Body. Impact of war on the human body. Anthropology of the body and theories of bodily experience. Production, representation, and experience of war and of military and medical technologies on a bodily level. Acceptable and unacceptable types of harm. No credit for students who earned credit for 290 section 2 in fall 2012. No credit for students who have earned credit for MHS 2250. [3]
MHS 5420: Economic Demography and Global Health. (Also listed as MHS 2420) Economic consequences of demographic change in developing and developed countries. Links between socioeconomic status and health; relationship between health and economic growth; determinants of fertility, mortality, and migration. No credit for students who have earned credit for MHS 2420. [3]
MHS 6110: Interdisciplinary Writing. Instruction in identifying, summarizing, and contributing to scholarly conversations in interdisciplinary health research. [3]
MHS 6120: Writing and Presentation. Instruction in writing of academic and professional documents for interdisciplinary audiences. Emphasis on writing and defending a thesis, developing good writing habits, and working with a writing group. [3]
MHS 6300: Social Studies of Science and Medicine. Technologies, social groups, institutions, and other factors shaping the human and natural sciences. Qualitative research methods. [3]
MHS 6350: Critical Bioethics. Bioethics as a professional field in the U.S. and globally. Debates in data justice and indigenous ethics regimes. Readings taken from ancient texts, modern law, and fiction. [3]
MHS 6400: Quantitative Research Methods. Basic skills in generating, interpreting, and presenting statistical evidence. Emphasis on applied skills. No credit for students who have earned credit for 6500 section 02 offered fall 2016. [3]
MHS 6500: Special Topics in the Social Foundations of Health. May be repeated for credit more than once if there is no duplication in topic. Students may enroll in more than one section of this course each semester. [1-3]
MHS 7000: Interdisciplinary Research Methods. Key methods in the analysis of health and medicine from epidemiology, anthropology, sociology, history, and philosophy. [3]
MHS 7100: Research Workshop. Research presentations by faculty members, visiting scholars, and graduate students. Assists students in the selection of research topics and in the presentation of research. May be repeated for credit. [1]
MHS 7200: Thesis Seminar. Preparation of a thesis proposal and development of a thesis. May be repeated for credit. [1]
MHS 7305: Foundations of Global Health. Determinants of health and interventions used to better health, particularly in low-resource settings. Core research and evaluation methodologies used in the field. [3]
MHS 7306: Essential Skills in Global Health. Core field tools, needs assessment, implementation techniques, and methodologies in global health program implementation. Determinants of global health and development from an interdisciplinary perspective. Global health theories and practices with an emphasis on collective, partnership-based action. No credit for students who have earned credit for PUBH 5541. [3]
MHS 7830: Graduate Service Learning. Must be taken concurrently with 7831 and/or 7832. After completing the experience, all students must write a thorough report. [1-3].
MHS 7831: Service Learning Research. Students will write a substantial research paper under the supervision of a Vanderbilt faculty member, on a topic related to their service learning experience. [1-3]
MHS 7832: Service Learning Readings. Readings and a substantial interpretive essay on topics related to the service learning experience, under the supervision of a Vanderbilt faculty member. [1-3]
MHS 7850: Independent Study. Readings and research in a minimum of two disciplines, to be selected in consultation with a faculty adviser and subject to the approval of the program director. [1-3]
MHS 7851: Independent Study. Readings and research in a minimum of two disciplines, to be selected in consultation with a faculty adviser and subject to the approval of the program director. [1-3]
MHS 7880: Internship Training. Must be taken concurrently with 7881 and/or 7882. [1-3]
MHS 7881: Internship Research. Students will write a substantial research paper under the supervision of a Vanderbilt faculty member. [1-3]
MHS 7882: Internship Readings. Readings and a substantial interpretive essay on topics related to the internship training, under the supervision of a Vanderbilt faculty member. [1-3]
MHS 7999: Master’s Thesis Research. [0-6]