Empowering "Whole Person" Care
Prepare for a future in health care that emphasizes comprehensive patient well-being. Nova Southeastern University's B.A. in Medical Humanities offers a globally aware and interdisciplinary curriculum. Our program challenges you to think creatively, critically, and diversely about the multifaceted nature of health, exploring its intersections with culture, society, equality, government, economy, and politics. This means you'll not only gain a richer understanding of health and health care, but you'll also develop crucial skills in research and problem-solving that are highly transferable to fields such as business, law, writing, and administration.
Our program prepares you to become a vital health care professional in a variety of settings, both within and beyond traditional clinical environments.
Why Should You Major in Medical Humanities at NSU?
Gain a competitive edge for medical school, which increasingly is calling for pre-professional students with skills in empathy, interpersonal communication, cultural competency, and ethical reasoning.
Become a Health Care Professional Inside or Outside Clinical Settings
Students in the Medical Humanities major produce a research project drawing upon knowledge in the sciences and humanities, practice appreciation of culture and art as important for preventing professional and emotional burnout, and ask conscientious questions regarding body politics relevant to issues of health the experiences of patients and health care providers (e.g., gender, race, sexuality, class, disability, culture/subculture, etc.).
Students will be part of the Department of Humanities and Politics, which maintains a DHP Scholar Fund to support student presentations and participation in relevant academic conferences, drawing on our strong undergraduate research and scholarship emphasis.
The IN-SIGHT Student Think Tank is a unique opportunity providing students with fellowship support to work on an applied humanities-based solution to a business problem. The Think Tank works directly with a South Florida-based business each year.
The Medical Humanities major is applied humanities. This emphasis is on the edge of the innovation curve in humanities across the globe; applied humanities is career-focused and helps students plan for a multitude of career choices.
Reserve your seat in one of NSU’s graduate or professional schools while you earn your bachelor’s degree. With NSU’s Dual Admission program, you don’t have to worry about competing with thousands of other students for a spot in a highly selective graduate program. This Premier Program gives you an opportunity to get a head start on your career, so you can start earning sooner.
Your NSU professors are dedicated to ensuring that you have a great academic experience. They regularly review the curriculum to make updates that give you and edge in today's ever-changing world. As an NSU Medical Humanities major, some sample courses that you take include Literature and Science, Biomedical Ethics, and Medical Sociology. Visit the B.A. in Medical Humanities curriculum to view details course descriptions and plans of study.
Integrating minors across the arts and science curricula allows NSU's Halmos College undergraduates to be creative and critical thinkers through their diverse learning experiences. You’ll gain fresh perspectives by thinking experientially as well as experimentally.
