Open House/Information Session:
Wednesday, October 21 from 5 – 8PM at the Medical Campus
(details regarding location to follow)
Thursday, October 29, 2009 from 5:00 – 8:00 PM
In the 2nd Floor, Terrace Lounge of the George Sherman Union
775 Commonwealth Ave
Charles River Campus at Boston University
Click here for: Online Registration
For further information, contact Linda Zimmerman
Outreach and Student Recruitment Manager
lzimmerm@bu.edu
617-638-5704
MASTERS IN MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND CROSS-CULTURAL PRACTICE
Program Description
The Masters Program in Medical Anthropology and Cross-Cultural Practice is designed as a two-year, full-time program requiring a total of 60 semester hours, a summer fieldwork or field practicum requirement, and five day-long professional development workshops. Eight courses will be completed in the first year, and seven in the second year, plus a Special Project Course (4 credits) for writing the masters thesis. The fieldwork or field practicum will be undertaken during the summer after completion of the first year. Students are also required to participate in one professional-development workshop per semester, and in one during the summer.
The overall goal of the Masters in Medical Anthropology and Cross-Cultural Practice is to provide interdisciplinary training in medical anthropology and cross-cultural clinical practice. The curriculum has been designed to provide students with a solid foundation in the theory and methods of medical anthropological and qualitative research, and in the student's own area of concentration. Students also participate in anthropology-related skill and career-development workshops. The program will prepare students either for:
- leadership roles in the health professions, in response to the growing need for personnel trained in cross-cultural perspectives, methods, and skills
- incorporation of anthropological and qualitative methods, skills, and knowledge into research, teaching, and clinical work
- doctoral-level training and eventual academic positions
- a domestic focus on global health issues as these have entered the U.S. context as a result of globalization
The core curriculum for the proposed program incorporates state-of-the art, advanced training in:
- theory and its application to medical anthropological research
- research design and related proposal development for ethics-committee review
- qualitative and anthropological research and fieldwork methods
- proposal development for funding applications
- the student's own area of research concentration
- skill and career-development workshops
- techniques for translating medical anthropological research into clinical interventions and services
- strategies for effective public and professional communication of medical anthropology research through publication and presentations
The combination of a core curriculum and elective courses allows students to design a program tailored to their specific needs and career plans.
Original research experiences that result in a masters thesis (15,000 words) is required and emphasizes the integration of medical anthropology with the student's own discipline or profession. This independent research must be advised by a three-member faculty committee, and presented at the end of the fourth semester to the student's committee, and other faculty and students. The thesis, on a topic of the student's choice, must demonstrate a solid research design; engagement in fieldwork and/or practicum with the collection of related data; the effective application of theory; and well written results.
The program has a rolling admissions policy.
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