Exploring Health in Diverse Contexts
The Bachelor of Arts in Medical Anthropology & Global Health (MAGH) provides a comprehensive exploration into the multifaceted dimensions of health, cultural diversity, and global contexts. This program, part of the Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, offers a unique pathway for students intrigued by the intersection of health sciences, cultural diversity, and global perspectives.
Navigating Health and Anthropology
MAGH stands as one of five options within the Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, inviting students into an intriguing journey encompassing medical anthropology and global health studies. Whether aspiring for a comprehensive overview of anthropology or aiming for specialized scientific insights, the MAGH option caters to diverse academic interests within anthropology.
Choosing Between BA and BS
The choice between a Bachelor of Arts (BA) or a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Anthropology hinges on the preferred focus area. The BA provides a broader overview of anthropology's humanistic facets, while the BS delves deeper into specific scientific dimensions within anthropology. Both pathways offer versatile opportunities for graduate and professional school training, catering to various fields such as health sciences, law, social justice advocacy, and anthropology.
Pathways and Career Trajectories
MAGH graduates are well-prepared to pursue postgraduate training and careers in diverse health-related domains like public health, epidemiology, nursing, medicine, and global health. The interdisciplinary framework offered by anthropology serves as an ideal foundation for careers in health-related fields, acknowledged for its comprehensive preparation.
Diverse Academic Perspectives
Reports from Newsweek Magazine highlight the increasing success rates of social science majors in medical school admissions over the past two decades. Humanities students perform admirably on the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), emphasizing the holistic skill set and diverse perspectives essential in the evolving field of medicine.
Anthropology and Global Health
Anthropological training is recognized as an exceptional preparation for global health careers. Nature Magazine's special report on Global Health underscores the demand for skills beyond medical support, valuing management, cultural understanding, and an anthropological viewpoint in global health initiatives.
Embark on an academic journey that traverses the intricate intersections of health, culture, and global perspectives, shaping a foundation for a future at the nexus of diverse fields in health and anthropology.
BA in Medical Anthropology & Global Health (MAGH) option requirements
MAGH students are asked to take the following courses to complete their 55 anthropology credits:
Core Coursework (Required):
- Complete core anthropology courses: BIO A 201, any 5-credit 200-level ANTH course, and any 5-credit 200-level ARCHY course.
- Complete one statistics course chosen from CS&SS/SOC/STAT 221, STAT 220, STAT 311, Q SCI 381, or ARCHY 495.
Specific Courses Required (Choose One):
- ANTH 215 Introduction to Medical Anthropology and Global Health
- ANTH 302 Body and Soul: Introduction to Medical Anthropology and Global Health as Social Justice Praxis
Approved courses for MAGH (Totaling 15 Credits from the Following List):
- ANTH 215 Introduction to Medical Anthropology and Global Health
- ANTH 302 Body and Soul: Introduction to Medical Anthropology and Global Health as Social Justice Praxis
- ANTH 303 Technologies of Health
- ANTH 304 Anthropology of Beauty
- ANTH 305 Anthropology of the Body
- ANTH 308 Anthropology of Women's Health and Reproduction
- ANTH 311 The Cultural Politics of Diet and Nutrition
- ANTH 322 Comparative Study of Death
- ANTH 325 Indigenous Knowledge and Public Health in Mexican and Latinx Origin Communities
- ANTH 361 Anthropology of Food
- ANTH 369 Special Problems in Anthropology (as relevant)
- ANTH 373 Labor, Identity and Knowledge in Healthcare
- ANTH 374 Narrative, Literature, and Medical Anthropology
- ANTH 375 Comparative Systems of Healing
- ANTH 376 Anthropology of Disability
- ANTH 377 Anthropology and International Health
- ANTH 394 Embodied Liberation Theory and Praxis
- ANTH 402 Introduction to Experiential Ethnography: Towards a Critical Re-Enchantment of Every Day Life
- ANTH 403 Qualitative Research Methods
- ANTH 408 Experiments in South East Asia
- ANTH 409 Queer Health
- ANTH 410 Discourse and Health
- ANTH 411 The Culture and Politics of Food: Study Abroad in Italy
- ANTH 414 Applied Public Anthropology
- ANTH 417 Surfacing the Stories of Hanford: Local and Global Health Disparities
- ANTH 420 The Social Life of Psychiatry
- ANTH 422 Visuality and Medicine
- ANTH 425 Anthropology of the Post-Soviet States
- ANTH 452 Explorations in Biopower
- ANTH 453 Culture, Controversy and Change: The Case of Female Circumcision
- ANTH 458 Ethnobiology: Plants, Animals, and People
- ANTH 468 Anthropology of Care
- ANTH 472 Case Studies in Medical Anthropology and Global Health
- ANTH 474 Social Difference and Medical Knowledge
- ANTH 475 Perspectives in Medical Anthropology
- ANTH 476 Culture, Medicine, and the Body
- ANTH 477 Medicine in America: Conflicts and Contradictions
- ANTH 478 Introduction to the Anthropology of Institutions
- ANTH 479 Advanced Topics in Medical Anthropology
- ANTH 483 Africa Living with HIV/AIDS
- ANTH 490 Healthcare and Aging
- ANTH 494 Feminist Performance Ethnography
- ANTH 496 Alter/Native Power
- ANTH 518 Advanced Qualitative Methods in Anthropology and Public Health
- ANTH 574 Culture, Society, and Genomics
- ANTH 575 Cultural Construction of Illness: Seminar in Medical Anthropology
- ANTH 583 Africa Living with HIV/AIDS
- ARCHY 369 Special Problems in Archaeology (as relevent)
- BIO A 206 Plagues and Peoples
- BIO A 270 Human and Comparative Anatomy
- BIO A 300 Evolutionary Biology of Women
- BIO A 348 Evolutionary Biology and Human Diversity
- BIO A 350 Men's Health Across the Lifespan
- BIO A 351 Principles of Evolutionary Medicine/BIO A 355 Evolutionary Medicine (these are overlapping courses and only one may be taken for credit)
- BIO A 382 Human Population Biology
- BIO A 387 Ecological Perspectives on Environmental Stress, Adaptation, and Health
- BIO A 409 Human Sexual Selection
- BIO A 413 Human Primate Interface: Implications for Disease, Risk, and Conservation
- BIO A 420 Anthropological Research on Health Disparities
- BIO A 423 Social Networks and Health
- BIO A 450 Biodemography Seminar
- BIO A 454 Hormones and Behavior
- BIO A 455 Laboratory Methods in Hormones and Behavior
- BIO A 459 Laboratory Methods in Anthropological Genetics
- BIO A 465 Nutritional Anthropology
- BIO A 468 Human Reproductive Ecology
- BIO A 469 Special Topics in Biocultural Anthropology (as relevant)
- BIO A 471 Biocultural Perspectives of Childcare and Development
- BIO A 473 Biological Adaptability of Human Populations
- BIO A 476 Sociocultural Ecology and Health
- BIO A 482 Human Population Genetics
- BIO A 483 Human Genetics, Disease, and Culture
- BIO A 484 Applied Human Growth & Development
- BIO A 487 Human and Comparative Osteology
- BIO A 495 Growth and Development: Infancy
- BIO A 496 Growth and Development: Adolescence and Reproductive Maturity
- BIO A 568 Human Reproductive Ecology