Overview

Students study humanities to consider interpersonal perspectives and sociocultural contexts of patients and caregivers, and to develop skills that can be applied directly to the practice and teaching of healthcare.

Key facts

The Medical Humanities program of University of Rochester is administered through the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. This is a full-time one year Master's in Science degree program (end of August – end of May) and is intended for students, trainees, professionals and scholars in:

Healthcare Disciplines - medicine, nursing, dentistry, social work, and pastoral care, in allied health sciences occupational therapy, physical therapy, physician assistants to develop humanities-based knowledge and skills that can be applied to their clinical practice.

Humanities and Social Science Disciplines - literature, history, visual arts, anthropology, performing arts, gender, cultural and religious studies who want to integrate aspects of medicine and patient care into their academic work and teaching.

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Career Relevance

For all students at various stages of their careers, the program offers an interdisciplinary, interprofessional learning environment that brings together learners from humanities and healthcare fields to share knowledge and expertise, to think critically and collaboratively about issues in healthcare, and create potential networking opportunities and possibilities for future collaborations.

For students from healthcare disciplines, this program will strengthen and deepen their knowledge, skills and behaviors that can be applied to their own clinical practice and developed through their careers. Learners in the program will be able to serve as teachers; they will have the foundational training to educate their colleagues and, as their careers progress, their students.

For students from humanities and other non-healthcare disciplines, this program extends their scholarly focus from within a discipline across disciplines to the study of healthcare issues and practice. Students in this program will learn about healthcare through formal coursework, and also directly from their classmates who are training or practicing in diverse healthcare fields. The coursework and mixed interdisciplinary peer learning and clinical practicum will provide students with personal and professional knowledge of some aspects of clinical care that will be valuable for possible careers in medical education or healthcare.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Bioethics at the Bedside: How Clinicians Think Ethically

Stories in Healthcare: Clinicians, Patients and Narrative Medicine

Visual Arts and Healthcare: Framing the Field

History of the Body In Science & Medicine: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Social Studies
Sociology

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-15 00:00:00

Language

English

Credits

32 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Rochester, United States

Disciplines

Health Sciences Liberal Arts View 415 other Masters in Liberal Arts in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

The Online Application

Personal Statement (750 words maximum)

Please submit one (1) sample of your own writing. This sample can be academic, narrative, or creative writing. The purpose of this sample is to demonstrate your writing skills.

We encourage applicants to include other samples of their work (e.g. visual arts, poetry, digital media, etc.) that supports their statement of purpose and demonstrates their work in the humanities.

Transcripts from all previous college and graduate programs

Three letters of recommendation from former instructors or employers

GRE score not required

$60 application fee

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

68800 USD / year

≈ 68800 USD / year
Out-of-State

68800 USD / year

≈ 68800 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

68800 USD / year

≈ 68800 USD / year

Living costs

Rochester

United States

925 - 1350 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Funding

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Scholarships Information

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Available Scholarships

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