The Program in Medicine, Health, and Society offers an interdisciplinary major (36 credit hours) and minor (18 credit hours) for students interested in studying health-related beliefs and practices in their social and cultural contexts. As part of the requirements of the major, students must declare and complete 12 credit hours in one of the six concentrations in Medicine, Health, and Society: global health; health behaviors and health sciences; health economics and policy; inequality, intersectionality, and health justice; medicine, humanities, and arts; or critical health studies. An honors program is available. MHS draws on a variety of fields in the social sciences and humanities–anthropology, economics, history, literature, philosophy/ethics, psychology, sociology, and religious studies. The major will be of particular interest to students preparing for careers in health-related professions as well as to students interested in examining an important part of human experience from multiple perspectives and developing a critical understanding of contemporary society. Students are encouraged to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society. Visit vanderbilt.edu/mhs for more details.
The program is directed by Jonathan M. Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health, and Society.