Master of Culture, Health and Medicine
| Offered By | ANU Medical School and ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences |
|---|---|
| Minimum | 48 units |
| Academic Contact | Master of Culture Health and Medicine Program Convenor |
| Academic Plan | 7123XMCHM |
| CRICOS Code | 063257J |
| UAC Code |
832082(M Culture, Health & Medicine) 835082(M Culture, Health & Medicine) |
| Areas of Interest | Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Health, Medicine and the Body, and Medicine |
The Master of Culture, Health and Medicine (CHAM) is a joint initiative of the College of Arts and Social Sciences and the College of Medicine, Biology and Environment. CHAM is an interdisciplinary program with a focus on Medical Anthropology and Health Sciences. CHAM is composed of a general Master in Culture, Health and Medicine and five specializations (Global Health and Development, Health Policy and Ethics, Health and Gender, Health and Environment and Health and Indigenous Australia).
The Masters program can be completed on-campus, and by distance learning. The Master of Culture, Health and Medicine (M CHAM) program is also available as a supervised research program M CHAM (Research) to students who have completed the requirements for the M CHAM with a Distinction (70%) grade average: https://studyat.anu.edu.au/programs/7153XMCHM;overview.html
CHAM aims to provide interdisciplinary and specialist training to equip students with the critical tools to engage in complex global health issues. CHAM will provide a nuanced understanding of the nature of health, sickness, and healing in a local and global context. Medical systems and specific sets of health care practices arise and evolve in historical, socio-cultural, and political-economic contexts. The wider study of health and medicine thus properly involves a number of disciplines, whose perspectives can complement and deepen the understandings derived from scientific knowledge and training in clinical skills that take primacy in medical training. Particular emphasis will be placed on the problems of combining anthropological perspectives and medical practices with other forms of technical expertise in health related research and practice.
Prerequisites
Applicants should have at least a four year Australian Bachelor’s degree either as Honours or a combined degree (or equivalent) in a cognate discipline with a minimum 65% average at ANU, or equivalent prior learning as per the ANU Credit Policy.
Cognate disciplines: Anthropology, Medicine, Pharmacy, Sociology, Politics, Nursing, Biological Sciences, Education, Psychology.
Equivalence may be met by the completion of the Graduate Certificate in Culture, Health and Medicine.
English language Requirements
To study in the Master degree program, all international students, unless exempt, should have a satisfactory English language test score, Either in the international English Language Test (IELTS) or the American Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), including the TOEFL Test of Written English (TWE). For further information please see: http://info.anu.edu.au/studyat/International Office/getting in/ englishreqmts.asp
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The information published on the Study at ANU 2013 website applies to the 2013 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2012 website.
