Courses
Courses begin week of January 21th
Registration opens for Spring 2025 courses October 28th:
HEHE 5550, Sec 001
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Research Methods in the Health Humanities (3 credit hours)
REMOTE - Three online meetings on Tuesdays from 5:00 to 6:30 pm, blended with asynchronous learning in an 8 week format
Starts January 23, 2025
Course Description:
The Health Humanities Research Methods course provides comprehensive training in qualitative and interpretive research approaches used to understand lived experiences of health, illness, and healthcare through humanities and social science perspectives. Students will gain theoretical foundations in phenomenology, narrative inquiry, ethnography, discourse analysis, and arts-based methods, with particular attention to ethical approaches for working with vulnerable populations in healthcare settings. The course emphasizes how different methodological traditions - from literary analysis to visual ethnography to oral history - can reveal unique insights into how people make meaning of health experiences and navigate healthcare systems. Through hands-on research exercises, students will practice multiple data collection methods including semi-structured interviews, participant observation, close reading, visual analysis, and participatory arts-based approaches. The course pays special attention to power dynamics in healthcare research, trauma-informed practices, and methods for amplifying traditionally marginalized voices. Students will develop practical skills in research design, data collection, interpretation, and presentation while considering how different methodological choices align with research questions about lived experiences of health and illness.
HEHE Complete Course List in the Certificate Program
Notes:
1. Enrollment in the Certificate programs permits students to take courses on either campus.
2. All courses are subject to revision at the discretion of the Program Director.
3. To count a course not on the approved elective list toward the Certificate requires the prior
written approval of the Program Director, Dr. Daniel Goldberg.
written approval of the Program Director, Dr. Daniel Goldberg.
4. Courses are open to all students, but special registration procedures may apply.
Please contact Laurie Munro for information.
