Health Studies Certificate

Introduction

The Health Studies Certificate provides opportunities for students and faculty from across the college to explore their interests in health-related issues.  Professor John Henson, of the Department of Biology, will coordinate the program in 2012-2013. 

HEST 201: Introduction to Health Studies is offered each spring semester.  This course is ideal for a student considering a future in health care in any one of a number of professions and roles spanning policy, management, education, research and service. This multi-disciplinary offering explores various theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of health. Contributors include faculty in a range of disciplines including American Studies, Anthropology, Biology, History, International Business and Management, Policy Studies, Psychology, Religion, Sociology, and Women’s Studies.  Students are encouraged to register for this course in their first or second year at Dickinson, but courses counting as electives for the six-course health studies certificate may be taken prior to taking Introduction to Health Studies.

Requirements for Certificate in Health Studies 

Students should declare their intent to pursue the health studies certificate to the Health Studies Coordinator and with the Registrar’s Office by the beginning of their junior year. Students who successfully complete all of the requirements stated below will be issued a Certificate in Health Studies, which is awarded upon graduation from the college and recorded on students’ transcripts.

The certificate in health studies requires:

·       successful completion of Introduction to Health Studies (HEST 201: Introduction to Health Studies)

·       successful completion of four other approved courses on health related topics taken in at least two academic departments

·       successful completion of one of the following: a health-related internship for credit (e.g., Washington Semester, NYC Program, approved study abroad programs); a non-credit internship (transcript notation) that involves a health-related field experience; laboratory or community based independent research on a health related topic

·       successful completion of the Health Studies Senior Seminar (HEST 400)