The Institute for the Medical Humanities at UTMB Galveston Course Descriptions

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Required Courses

MEHU 6101-ETHICS OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

(1 credit hour)
This course will employ small-group discussion to explore ethical issues in the conduct of scientific research. Students will meet with co-instructors from the IMH and the GSBS to discuss readings and cases dealing with the philosophy of science, the ordinary practice of scientific research, conflicts of interest, and the value conflicts that arise between scientists and society at large. Course grades (S/U) will be determined by attendance, which is required at all sessions (60%), and adequate class participation based on an understanding of the basic concepts of the course (40%).

Prerequisite: None
Term offered: Summer and Fall
Year offered: Annually
Hours per week: Lecture 1 (15 contact hours in 2 days)
Director: Laura Hermer, JD, LLM
Changed effective Spring Term, 2011
MEHU 6375–HUMANISM AND THE HUMANITIES

(3 credit hours)
This course will provide an historical and conceptual overview of Western humanism and its evolution into university-based humanities disciplines. It will begin with the contemporary debate over the canon and core curriculum in academic circles. This debate about whether American society possesses any shared values on which to build a unified community will frame our historical exploration of humanism and our approach to the medical humanities. Readings will include a textbook on the history of Western humanism; primary sources from antiquity, the Renaissance, the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, the emergence of the modern university and of modern professionalism, and contemporary analyses by advocates of postmodernism and critics of the Western tradition. Course grading will be based on class participation (25%) and three essays about course readings (25% each).

Prerequisite: None
Term offered: Fall
Year offered: Biennially-Odd Years
Hours per week: Lecture 3
Instructor: Anne Hudson Jones, PhD
Changed effective Spring Term, 2011
MEHU 6378-HUMANISM AND THE MEDICAL HUMANITIES

(3 credit hours)
This course connects today’s medical humanities to the tradition of Renaissance humanism and traces the history of medical humanities from its inception in the 1960s to the present day. Major topic include: modernity and its implications for both medicine and medical humanities; challenges to modernity and positivism from both continental and analytic philosophical traditions; relations between medical humanities and the social sciences; origins, development, and appropriate scope of bioethics; literature and medicine and narrative approaches to ethics and medicine; religious themes in bioethics and humanities; feminist theories relevant to humanities and bioethics; the debate over principlism vs. moral particularism in ethics; and medical humanities conceived as dialogical practice. Two books, Stephen Toulmin’s Cosmopolis and David Rothman’s Strangers at the Bedside, and readings by authors such as Bouwsma, Taylor, Gadamer, Geertz, Carson, Ramsey, Callahan, Fox, Churchill, Jones, Chambers, Jonsen, Walker, and Montgomery are assigned. The course grade is based 25% on class participation and 75% on paper assignments. Students are given options to write three separate papers or to do one short and one long paper.

Prerequisite: None
Term offered: Spring
Year offered: Biennially-Even
Hours per week: Lecture 3
Instructor: Howard Brody, Ph.D, M.D.
Changed effective Spring Term, 2012
MEHU 6382-CLINICAL ETHICS PRACTICUM

(3 credit hours)
This course is designed to provide an opportunity for graduate students in the IMH to learn about the culture of clinical medicine by engaging them in health-care encounters and relationships that typify medical practice. Students will be introduced to basic concepts of clinical ethics through observation of the patient-doctor relationship in various practice sites. The student, with guidance, will select a pre-approved clinical site or sites (i.e., clinical practice, medical ICU, hospice) and observe and interact with the care team, on a weekly basis, for three hours. Further objectives of the course will be dependent on individual student needs but may include understanding of medical terminology and the vocabulary of medicine, readings in a particular area of clinical ethics or ethics consultation, and observation of ethics consultations, clinical ethics teaching, and ethics committee meetings. Students will complete a project (paper, presentation, or case analysis). Grading will be determined as 20% from attendance and participation, 40% from discussions of readings and clinical experiences, and 40% from the project.

Prerequisite: Students must contact the instructor for prior approval at least 30 days before class begins
Maximum number of students: 3
Term offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Year offered: Annually
Hours per week: Lecture 2; Clinical 3
Instructor: Cheryl J. Ellis Vaiani, PhD
Changed effective Spring Term, 2011

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Elective Courses

MEHU 6283-ART PRACTICUM (2 credit hours)

MEHU 6283-ART PRACTICUM (2 credit hours)
A hands on, studio-based introduction to the visual arts and medical humanities. After an introduction to papermaking and printmaking techniques, students will develop a project which will be produced during the class period. In addition to learning techniques for presenting visual information, the students will develop an expanded appreciation for the visual arts' unique contribution to medical humanities. Students will be evaluated as follows: 1) attendance; 1) class participation; and 3) the completion of independent projects which are reviewed during the course and presented as the class final.

Prerequisite: Students must contact the instructor for prior approval at least one month before the course
begins.
Maximum number of students: 2
Term offered: Summer
Year offered: Annually
Hours per week: Laboratory 3, Lecture 1
Instructor: Eric N. Avery, MD
Changed effective Spring Term, 2012
MEHU 6304-BIOETHICS AND THE LAW (3 credit hours)

MEHU 6304-BIOETHICS AND THE LAW (3 credit hours)
This seminar will bring together perspectives from bioethics and law on selected topics in health care. To develop these perspectives in seminars and research projects, students will explore a broad range of philosophical, political, social, and economic topics and issues that bear on such matters as the formulation of health policies, classic cases, and controversies about informed consent and respect for persons, beginning and end-of-life decisions, the physician-patient relationship, the legal regulation of medical practice, and specific topics such as organ transplantation, privacy and confidentiality, and access to health care. Lectures, readings, and discussions. Students are evaluated on the basis of their participation in class discussion (25%) and on the basis of written work including research papers and conceptual analysis of textual materials (75%).

Prerequisite: None
Term offered: Summer
Year offered: Biennially-Even
Hours per week: Lecture 3
Blackboard: Yes
Instructor: Laura Hermer, J.D., LLM
Changed effective Spring Term, 2011
MEHU 6306-FOUNDATIONS OF BIOETHICS (3 credit hours)

MEHU 6306-FOUNDATIONS OF BIOETHICS (3 credit hours)
Bioethics emerged in recent decades as a field of inquiry that explores and clarifies moral dimensions in medical practice. Weekly seminars will explore ethical aspects of various bioethical problem areas. Topics will include the role ethical theories, principles and cases, ethical reasoning, and ethical decision making. Leading texts such as The Principles of Biomedical Ethics will be carefully and critically studied. Students are evaluated on the basis of their participation in class discussion (25%) and on the basis of written work including research papers and conceptual analysis of textual materials (75%).

Prerequisite: None
Term offered: Fall
Year offered: Biennially-Even
Hours per week: Lecture 3
Blackboard: Yes
Instructor: William J. Winslade, PhD, JD, PhD
Changed effective Spring Term, 2011
MEHU 6315-CLINICAL ETHICS (3 credit hours)

MEHU 6315-CLINICAL ETHICS (3 credit hours)
This seminar is a comprehensive examination of the dominant methods, themes, cases, and contemporary issues associated with the field of clinical ethics. The course examines ethical, legal, historical, and cultural aspects of bioethical issues in the health-care arena, with particular emphasis on modes of reasoning in clinical ethics consultation. There are three graded assignments: a critical essay (30%), an argument/case analysis (30%), and an Ethics Grand Rounds presentation (20%). Specific details of these assignments will be provided. All students are expected to complete all reading assignments before each seminar session and to participate in seminar discussions (20%).

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor
Term offered: Spring
Year offered: Biennially-Odd Years
Hours per week: Lecture 3
Blackboard: Yes
Instructor: Michele A. Carter, PhD, and Cheryl J. Ellis Vaiani, PhD
Changed effective Spring Term, 2011
MEHU 6308-TOPICS IN THE MEDICAL HUMANITIES (3 credit hours)

MEHU 6308-TOPICS IN THE MEDICAL HUMANITIES (3 credit hours)
Readings, tutorial studies, or written papers dealing with topics in the medical humanities, depending on the needs of the student. Course may be taken more than one time for credit with the consent of advisor and graduate program director.

Prerequisite: Consent of advisor and graduate program director
Term offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Year offered: Annually
Hours per week: Lecture 3
Instructor: IMH Faculty
Changed effective Spring Term, 2011

This course should not be mistaken for MEHX 6000 or MEHU 6396: Special Topics.
MEHU 6317-ADVANCED PRACTICUM IN HEALTH-CARE ETHICS (3 credit hours)

MEHU 6317-ADVANCED PRACTICUM IN HEALTH-CARE ETHICS (3 credit hours)
This course is designed to offer an in-depth exploration of ethical issues in health care with specific attention to the development of practical skills in bioethics problem solving, case analysis, policy development, clinical teaching, and/or intradisciplinary field work. Students work independently under the supervision of a designated mentor who will assist the instructor in providing access to a variety of teaching-learning venues in health-care ethics. In most cases the Advanced Practicum is an opportunity for concentrated study of a theme, problem or issue to be further developed at the thesis or dissertation stage. Grading will be based on practicum performance, project presentations, and a written essay.
Prerequisite: MEHU 6315, MEHU 6382, and consent of the instructor. At the discretion of the course
instructor, MEHU 6315 and MEHU 6317 may be taken concurrently.
Term offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Year offered: Annually
Hours per week: Clinical 3, Lecture 2
Blackboard: Yes
Instructor: Michele A. Carter, PhD
Changed effective Spring Term, 2011
MEHU 6331-INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE (3 credit hours)

MEHU 6331-INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE (3 credit hours)
The purpose of this course is to explore the history of medicine as one of social and cultural transformation in the conception of disease and what constitutes illness and health, all within the context of transforming conceptions of the human body and its place in the animal kingdom. The course locates the practice of medicine at the intersection of the social and biological sciences, and will utilize sources from the disciplines of the history of medicine, sociology of medicine, and medical anthropology. The 15 week semester will be divided to cover the following themes: 1) Methodological approaches to the history of science and medicine; 2) Comparative cultural systems of healing – a historic review; 3) Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Islamic Medicine; 4) Medicine and Religion; 5) Internal medicine vs. public health; 6) Bacteriology and germ theory; 7) The therapeutic revolution; 8) The rise of the hospital; 9) The social construction of disease. Course Objectives: 1) Students should come away with a sound historical understanding of the cultural transformations that led to the current system of medicine as practiced in America; 2) Students will also develop the skills to make use of primary source documents to write a historical-analytic essay that discusses such documents in the context of the history of medicine. Students will be graded according to their written work and class participation; Class participation: 15%; Short Essay #1: 20%; Short Essay #2: 25%; Final Research Essay: 40%. There will be three essays for this course, two small 8-10 and a 10-12 page essay and one final 25-30 page research essay on a topic approved by the instructor. The small essays will be to analyze the regular readings of the course, to give students experience searching for and analyzing primary sources, and to give the instructor an opportunity to help the students develop the proper historical-analytic methods in their writing. The final longer essay will be graded according to the student’s ability to use both primary and secondary sources in developing a piece of original research that incorporates the lessons learned throughout the course. The course will also include a guided tour of the Blocker History of Medicine Collection in the Moody Medical Library. Students will be encouraged to make use of the Blocker Collection to find primary source materials for their research essay. Class participation is evaluated based on each student’s weekly preparedness and productive contribution to class discussions. During the second half of the course each student will also be asked to assume responsibility for contextualizing the week’s readings to the class, introducing the major themes, and facilitating the class discussion. Students will also make a class presentation of their research during the final session.

Prerequisite: None
Enrollment Restrictions: Minimum 1, Maximum 12
Term offered: Spring
Year offered: Biennially-Odd Years
Hours per week: Lecture 3
Blackboard: Yes
Instructor: Jason E. Glenn, PhD
Changed effective Spring Term, 2011
MEHU 6332-HISTORY OF MEDICAL RESEARCH ETHICS (3 credit hours)

MEHU 6332-HISTORY OF MEDICAL RESEARCH ETHICS (3 credit hours)
The purpose of this course is to explore the historical development of medical research ethics. The course is organized around the question of how persons and bodies are constructed, defined, and framed as legitimate sites on which to conduct biomedical research and experiments. The course will investigate this question by looking at the history of the development of ethical guidelines for research and experimentation on prisoners, the terminally ill, the indigent, the self, and war personnel, as well as general, non-suspecting patients. As this is a history course, students will be required to master analyzing both primary and secondary sources and writing sound historical arguments. Students will be graded according to their written work and class participation. There will be three essays for this course, two small essays (8-10 and 10-12 pages) and one final research essay (25-30 pages), on a topic approved by the instructor. The small essays will be to analyze the regular readings of the course, to give students experience searching for and analyzing primary sources, and to give the instructor an opportunity to help the students develop the proper historical-analytic methods in their writing. The final longer essay will be graded according to the student’s ability to use both primary and secondary sources in developing a piece of original research that incorporates the lessons learned throughout the course. Class participation is evaluated based on each student’s weekly preparedness and productive contribution to class discussions. During the second half of the course each student will also be asked to assume responsibility for contextualizing the week’s readings to the class, introducing the major themes, and facilitating the class discussion. Students will also make a class presentation of their research during the final session. Class participation (15%); short essay #1 (20%); short essay #2 (25%); final research essay (40%).

Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. This course will function as a recommended precursor but not a
required prerequisite to MEHU 6310-Ethics and Regulation of Clinical Research.
Enrollment Restrictions: Minimum 1, Maximum 12
Term offered: Fall
Year offered: Biennially-Odd Years
Hours per week: Lecture 3
Blackboard: Yes
Instructor: Jason E. Glenn, PhD
Changed effective Spring Term, 2011
MEHU 6343-SOCIAL JUSTICE IN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH (3 credit hours)

MEHU 6343-SOCIAL JUSTICE IN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH (3 credit hours)
This seminar explores the relationships between the social and structural determinants of health, ideas of global justice and the ethical conduct of research in developing countries. It addresses both theoretical and practical aspects of the concept of social justice and related notions of human rights, national identities, poverty, moral agency, power, standards of care, access to care in research contexts, and the role of community in research partnerships. Course instructors will use a multidisciplinary approach that incorporates perspectives from philosophy, history, political theory, literature, law and policy, film studies, and cultural anthropology. Students will learn to interpret films, cases, and text-based narratives, think systematically about the issues that these narratives raise, and identify appropriate responses to ethical dilemmas in international research settings. Students will be evaluated on the basis of weekly journals, one midterm essay, student-led discussion presentation, a mock IRB presentation and paper, and a final comprehensive exam.

Prerequisite: None.
Enrollment Restrictions: None
Term offered: Fall, odd years
Year offered: Biennially-Odd Years
Hours per week: Lecture 3
Blackboard: Yes
Instructor: Michele A. Carter, PhD
Changed effective Fall Term, 2011
MEHU 6363-NARRATIVES OF ILLNESS (3 credit hours)

MEHU 6363-NARRATIVES OF ILLNESS (3 credit hours)
A study of the changing nature and importance of narratives of illness. Focus will be on the historical development of patients' autobiographical narratives of illness (pathographies); the historical development of physicians' narratives of patients' illnesses (expanded case histories); and representative contemporary patients' narratives of illness that exemplify different forms and styles. Special attention will be given to theoretical background works about pathographies (Anne Hunsaker Hawkins) and the first-person narrative of illness (Arthur Frank). Course grades will be determined by the quality of participation in class discussion of assigned readings (20%), two assigned essays about course readings (20% each), and a final course paper (40%).

Prerequisite: None
Term offered: Fall
Year offered: Biennially-Even Years
Hours per week: Lecture 3
Blackboard: Yes
Instructor: Anne Hudson Jones, PhD
Changed effective Spring Term, 2011
MEHU 6367-INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE AND MEDICINE (3 credit hours)

MEHU 6367-INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE AND MEDICINE (3 credit hours)
An introduction to the history, theory, and practice of literature and medicine. The first two parts of the course focus on two important traditional approaches to literature and medicine: 1) the historical development of literary images of healers; and 2) illness as metaphor or theme in classic medical novels, as well as in selected contemporary literary works. The third section of the course surveys and samples the dominant theories and methods of using literature in medical education. Particular attention is given to the aesthetic and ethical models. Students have the opportunity to practice these various approaches by reading and discussing selected works of literature. Course grades will be determined by the quality of participation in class discussion of assigned readings (20%), two assigned essays about course readings (20% each), and a final course paper (40%).

Prerequisite: None
Term offered: Spring
Year offered: Biennially-Even Years
Hours per week: Lecture 3
Blackboard: Yes
Instructor: Anne Hudson Jones, PhD
Changed effective Spring Term, 2011
MEHU 6370-PHILOSOPHICAL ETHICS (3 credit hours)

MEHU 6370-PHILOSOPHICAL ETHICS (3 credit hours)
This seminar is conducted as a modern Socrates Café. The course emphasizes the most important philosophical thinkers in the Western tradition on the question of the “good” or the “good life.” Students will read and critically examine major works in Virtue Theory, Utilitarianism, Kantianism, Moral Sense Theory, and other normative theories of ethics. The course aims to develop critical skills in the philosophical analysis of human action, character, duty, ethical reasoning, and moral judgment. Students are expected to be active participants in the exchange of ideas that is at the heart of all forms of Socratic inquiry. Grading is based on class participation, two written essays and two argument summaries.

Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. This course will function as a recommended precursor
but not a required prerequisite to MEHU 6378-Humanism and the Medical
Humanities
Enrollment Restrictions: Minimum 4
Term offered: Spring
Year offered: Biennially-Even Years
Hours per week: Lecture 3
Blackboard: Yes
Instructor: Michele A. Carter, PhD
Changed effective Spring Term, 2011
MEHU 6371-U.S. HEALTH POLICY: ACCESS TO COVERAGE (3 credit hours)

MEHU 6371-U.S. HEALTH POLICY: ACCESS TO COVERAGE (3 credit hours)
In this course, we will examine access to health coverage in the United States from legal, social, economic, and ethical perspectives. Starting with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, and moving to private health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, and other methods of legal and economic access, we will examine the legal and economic structure and workings of the U.S. health-care system, selected legal, social, economic, and ethical problems with respect to the access and delivery of services, and recommendations for change. Readings will include primary legal sources, key policy, economic, and scientific studies, and critical recent texts by health policy experts, physicians, lawyers, and ethicists. Informed and thoughtful class participation is crucial to the success of this seminar. Grading criteria: Course grading will be based on class participation (30%), initial essay (20%), and final essay (50%).

Prerequisite: None.
Enrollment Restrictions: Minimum 2, Maximum 10
Term offered: Fall
Year offered: Biennially-Odd Years
Hours per week: Lecture 3
Blackboard: Yes
Instructor: Laura Hermer, JD/LLM
Changed effective Fall Term, 2011
MEHU 6372- LAW, ETHICS, AND POLICY OF HUMAN REPRODUCTION (3 credit hours)

MEHU 6372- LAW, ETHICS, AND POLICY OF HUMAN REPRODUCTION (3 credit hours)
In this course, we will examine the law, policy, and ethics of reproduction, in the myriad ways that human reproduction can presently take place. In the process, we will not only study legal and bioethical issues related to reproduction, assisted reproduction, surrogacy, contraception, and abortion, but also investigate the ways in which law and society have shaped, and been shaped by, conceptions of motherhood and family. Cases and additional readings will be distributed on Blackboard. Informed and thoughtful class participation is crucial to the success of this seminar. Grading criteria: The course grade will be based on class participation (20%); in-class presentation of final paper (10%) ; two short papers (10% each); and final paper (50%).

Prerequisite: None.
Enrollment Restrictions: Minimum 2, Maximum 10
Term offered: Spring
Year offered: Biennially-Even Years
Hours per week: Lecture 3
Blackboard: Yes
Instructor: Laura Hermer, JD/LLM
Changed effective Spring Term, 2012
MEHU 6377-ETHICS OF HEALTH POLICY (3 credit hours)

MEHU 6377-ETHICS OF HEALTH POLICY (3 credit hours)
The objectives of this course are 1) to introduce students to the social and political context of health-care allocation in the U.S.; 2) to engage students in a conversation about justice in the distribution of health-care resources; and 3) to examine health-care issues raised by social inequality. The basis of our discussion will be important texts by philosophers, economists, and political theorists. The course will be a graduate seminar and students will be expected to participate in class discussion. Course grading will be based on three essays (30% each) and class participation (10%).

Prerequisite: Permission from instructor needed for non-MEHU graduate students only
Term offered: Summer
Year offered: Biennially-Odd Years
Hours per week: Lecture 3
Blackboard: Yes
Instructor: William J. Winslade, JD/PhD, Laura Hermer, JD, LLM
Changed effective Summer Term, 2009
MEHU 6386-PSYCHOANALYSIS, CONSCIOUSNESS, AND NEUROETHICS (3 credit hours)

MEHU 6386-PSYCHOANALYSIS, CONSCIOUSNESS, AND NEUROETHICS (3 credit hours)
Psychoanalysis will be critically examined through Freud's clinical cases, the interpretation of dreams, and selected theoretical essays. Recent developments in neuroscience and imaging techniques will provide a framework of relationships between the brain and consciousness including minimal consciousness and persistent vegetative states. The ethical implications of psychoanalysis and brain mind studies will be applied through topics such as moral and legal responsibilities. Grading criteria: (1) a book review of a relevant book on brain policy, 5-7 pages (20%); a seminar paper of at least twenty pages, exclusive of end notes (60%); class presentation and discussion of the seminar paper and class participation (20%).

Prerequisite: None
Enrollment Restrictions: None
Term offered: Spring
Year offered: Biennially-Odd Years
Hours per week: Lecture 3
Blackboard: Yes
Instructor: William J. Winslade, JD, PhD
Changed effective Spring Term, 2011
MEHU 6396-SPECIAL TOPICS (formally MEHX 6000)

MEHU 6396: SPECIAL TOPICS (formally MEHX 6000)
This course deals with various special topics in medical humanities. It will consist of readings, tutorial studies, or written papers in specific areas unrelated to the student’s thesis or dissertation project, depending upon the needs of the student.

The MEHU 6396 and MEHX 6000 Special Topics course requires a title (twenty-five characters), which appears on students’ official transcripts. Students must have approval from the designated professor several weeks before registration begins. The following information must be provided by the professor and submitted by the IMH graduate program director to the Graduate School: 1) title of course; 2) a brief description of the course; 2) method of evaluation; 3) grade determination; and 4) a sixteen-week syllabus. This information will then be submitted to the GSBS; two weeks are required for processing this information before registration.

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Term offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Year offered: Annually
Hours per week: Lecture 1-3
Instructor: IMH Faculty
Changed effective Spring Term, 2011

This course should not be mistaken for MEHU 6308: Topics in the Medical Humanities.

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Research Courses

MEHU 6097-RESEARCH (1-9 credit hours)

MEHU 6097-RESEARCH (1-9 credit hours)
This course is designed to afford the student the opportunity to develop a thesis or dissertation proposal under faculty guidance. The proposal development may involve a literature search, conceptual analysis, primary research, or a pilot field study. The research would be preliminary but relevant to the thesis or dissertation. Credit and hours to be arranged. Teaching technique is tutorial in nature. At the end of the term, the student must turn in a one-page report of the research completed during the semester, and the student’s advisor must turn in a completed Ongoing Research Assessment form to the graduate program coordinator. This form is a requirement of the SACS accreditation review of UTMB in 2008.

Prerequisite: Consent of advisor and graduate program director
Term offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Year offered: Annually
Hours per week: Lecture 1-9
Instructor(s): IMH Faculty
Changed effective Spring Term, 2005
MEHU 6098-THESIS (3-9 credit hours)

MEHU 6098-THESIS (3-9 credit hours)
Formal preparation and completion of the thesis for the Master of Arts degree under the direction of the student's supervisory committee. At the end of each term, the student must turn in an end-of-semester progress summary, and the student’s advisor must turn in a completed Ongoing Thesis/Dissertation Progress Assessment form to the graduate program coordinator. This form is a requirement of the SACS accreditation review of UTMB in 2008.

Prerequisite: Admission to candidacy for the Master's degree and consent of advisor and graduate
program director
Term offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Year offered: Annually
Hours per week: Lecture 3-9
Instructor(s): IMH Faculty
Changed effective Fall Term, 2004
MEHU 6099-DISSERTATION (3-9 credit hours)

MEHU 6099-DISSERTATION (3-9 credit hours)
Formal preparation and completion of the dissertation for the Doctor of Philosophy degree under the direction of the student's supervisory committee. At the end of each term, each student must turn in an end-of-semester progress summary, and the student’s advisor must turn in a completed Ongoing Thesis/Dissertation Progress Assessment form to the graduate program coordinator. This form is a requirement of the SACS accreditation review of UTMB in 2008.

Prerequisite: Admission to candidacy for the PhD degree and consent of advisor and graduate
program director
Term offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Year offered: Annually
Hours per week: Lecture 3-9
Instructor(s): IMH Faculty
Changed effective Fall Term, 2004

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