Health, Cultures and Societies
Provided by University of Liverpool School of Medicine
About the course
Course overview
The MA in Health, Cultures and Societies provides an exciting opportunity to explore issues around health, illness, wellbeing, and medicine. The MA provides advanced training in associated methods within a critical practice-oriented framework distinctive to the University and the city of Liverpool.
Introduction
Matters of health are simultaneously matters of society and culture. This cross-disciplinary MA focuses on Environmental Humanities, Arts and Mental Health and Critical Medical Humanities. The programme is closely linked to the Centre for Health, Medical and Environmental Humanities .
If you enrol for the programme you will benefit from research-connected teaching in a wide range of disciplines, including Archaeology, Anthropology, Classics, English, Geography, History, Law, Literature, Music, Medicine, Psychology, Public Health, and Sociology. The MA in Health, Cultures and Societies prepares you for innovative research within, between and beyond these disciplines.
As a graduate of this MA programme you will have the opportunity to enhance your future employment opportunities by engaging closely with the Centre’s external partners in the Liverpool and Merseyside region through collaborative research, student placements and internships.
The programme aims at offering a flexible and responsive curriculum, which integrates teaching and research. The MA is dedicated to developing confident, well-rounded, and intellectually open students. Its core modules ensure digital fluency, and its outward-facing, international scope helps to develops confident global citizens and future research leaders.
Who is this course for?
This MA is designed for graduates in arts and humanities, medicine or social sciences, who wish to expand their knowledge in the field of medical and health humanities. The programme is also suitable for intercalating medical students with an interest in this area.
What you'll learn
This is the right course for you if you are interested in:
- Advancing your knowledge and understanding of the field of medical and health humanities
- Cultivating an appreciation of the disciplines, subject areas and knowledge domains within and beyond the field of medical and health humanities
- Developing an up-to-date, critical awareness of theoretical approaches, methodologies and debates and practices at the forefront of current research
- Learning to think independently, critically and creatively with complex material and developing an interdisciplinary outlook
- Advancing skills and professional insights which are relevant to employment and further academic (eg doctoral) study
- Enhancing your understanding of the value of study of medical and health humanities and of its place and significance in the wider (professional, political and socio-cultural) world
- Becoming a co-producer of knowledge relevant to the medical humanities field through engagement with external partners’ activity, culture and ethos.
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| Start date | Venue | |
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| 01 Sep 2025 | Distance learning | Book now |