Interdisciplinary Health Humanities, Certificate


At a Glance: program details

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Are you planning a career in health care? Gain an edge with an understanding of complex and interdisciplinary facets of health, including how empathy, mindfulness, resilience and compassion intersect with research and care.

Program Description

The interdisciplinary health humanities certificate program brings humanities methodologies to analyses of health and medicine to address challenges in health policy and health care practice and to advance understandings of the cultural formations of health, illness and the body.

The curriculum includes courses in history of medicine, bioethics, disability studies, sociocultural aspects of health and narrative medicine. It includes critical analyses of representations of health and illness in literature and other media, as well as training in narrative and structural competency for health care professionals. A capstone course, internship or applied project offers experiential or project-based learning in this field.


Program Requirements

Enrollment Requirements

A student pursuing an undergraduate certificate must be enrolled as a degree-seeking student at ASU. Undergraduate certificates are not awarded before the awarding of an undergraduate degree. A student already holding an undergraduate degree may pursue an undergraduate certificate as a nondegree-seeking graduate student.


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Career Outlook

Students can become more marketable and can advance their career options when they complement their major with this methodological specialization in interdisciplinary health humanities.

Graduates who have completed this undergraduate certificate often decide to pursue employment in the health professions. Advanced degrees or certifications may be required for academic or clinical positions.

Example Careers

Students who complete this degree program may be prepared for the following careers. Advanced degrees or certifications may be required for academic or clinical positions.

Health Education Specialists


  • Growth: 4.5%
  • Median Salary*: 63000
  Bright Outlook

Community Health Workers


  • Growth: 11.3%
  • Median Salary*: 51030
  Bright Outlook

Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses


  • Growth: 2.6%
  • Median Salary*: 62340

Healthcare Social Workers


  • Growth: 7.7%
  • Median Salary*: 68090
  Bright Outlook

Medical and Health Services Managers


  • Growth: 23.2%
  • Median Salary*: 117960
  Bright Outlook

Mental Health Counselors


  • Growth: 16.8%
  • Median Salary*: 59190
  Bright Outlook

Nurse Practitioners


  • Growth: 40.1%
  • Median Salary*: 129210
  Bright Outlook

Occupational Therapists


  • Growth: 13.8%
  • Median Salary*: 98340
  Bright Outlook

Registered Nurses


  • Growth: 4.9%
  • Median Salary*: 93600
  Bright Outlook

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers


  • Growth: 9.7%
  • Median Salary*: 60060
  Bright Outlook

* Data obtained from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) under sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA).


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