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Program Contacts

Location

UT Humanities Institute
William C. Powers Student Activities Center (WCP) 4.138

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The MA-HHM degree is offered according to four plans, ranging from a coursework-only plan to plans that include coursework and three different varieties of culminating research experience. The plans are described here.  All degree plans include:

Notes: (1) Students may design their coursework to concentrate in a specific area of the health humanities such as, for example, medical anthropology, literature and medicine, or the history of medicine. (2) Students may count up to nine semester-credit hours from upper-division undergraduate classes towards the degree.

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Application Instructions

In order to apply for the MD/MA-HHM dual-degree program, students must be in good academic standing at Dell Medical School. 

The application for admission opens in August each year. The priority deadline for DMS students is February 1is December 15; the final deadline is March 1.

Required application materials include:

• Online

  applicationTranscripts

  Application: https://students.gradschool.utexas.edu/portal/app

• Application Fee

• Transcripts

  • UT students will automatically have transcripts sent to grad admissions. Students from other universities need to request them.

• Statement of Purpose (

  750

  500-800 words)

• 10-20 page writing sample no more than five years old

  • Many students draw their writing samples from academic papers (usually humanities or

    qualitative social

    qualitative social science) written while

    pursuing another

    pursuing another degree, including baccalaureate

  • DMS students will have the option of choosing instead to write an expanded Statement of Purpose (1500 - 2000 words)

• 3 Letters of Recommendation

• The Graduate School’s GRE requirement will be waived for DMS students

• International students should check the Graduate School requirements for international applications

Orientation

This MA-HHM program typically holds a one-day orientation the week before the fall semester begins on the main campus. When known, the date will be listed in the DMS MS3 Academic calendar.

Graduation

See the Graduation page for more information.

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