Academic Resources: graduate programs
Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
Degrees Offered
M.A., Medical Anthropology and International Health
M.A., Urban Anthropology
Ph.D., Anthropology
Medical Anthropology Faculty
URV, Tarragona, Spain:
Mabel Gracia Arnaiz, Ph.D
Angel Martínez-Hernáez, Ph.D
Oriol Romaní, Ph.D.
Marta Allué, Ph.D
Xavier Allué; M.D., Ph D.
Josep M. Comelles, M.D.,Ph.D
Joan Guix, M.D., Ph.D.
Susan M. DiGiacomo, Ph.D.
Barcelona:
Josep Canals, Ph.D.
Cristina Larrea, Ph.D
Jon Arrizabalaga, M.D., Ph.D
Oscar Guasch, Ph.D.
Grenada:
Arturo Alvarez-Roldán, Ph.D.
Rosa Medina, M.D.,Ph.D.
Nuria Romo, Ph.D.
Juan Gamella, Ph.D.
Basque Country:
Mari Luz Esteban, M.D., Ph.D.
Francisco Ferrandiz, Ph.D.
José M. Uribe, Ph.D.
Murcia-Alicante:
Enrique Perdiguero, M.D., Ph.D.
José Fernández-Rufete, Ph.D.
Madrid and Castile:
Rosario Otegui, Ph.D.
Luis Montiel, M.D.,Ph.D.
Gerardo Fernández, Ph.D.
Other Anthropology Faculty
International:
Els van Dongen. Ph.D. (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
François Laplantine, Ph.D.. (Université Lumière-Lyon 2)
Carl Kendall, Ph.D. (Tulane University)
Eduardo Menéndez, Ph.D.. (CIESAS, Mexico)
Rosa Osorio Ph.D. (CIESAS, Mexico)
Mabel Grimberg Ph.D. (Universidad de Buenos Aires)
Alberto Bialakowsky Ph.D. (Universidad de Buenos Aires)
Tullio Seppilli (Fondazione Angelo Celli, Perugia, Italy)
Michele Cros Ph.D. (Université Lumière-Lyon 2)
Paolo Bartoli Ph.D. (Università degli studi di Perugia)
Pino Schirripa Ph.D. (Università degli Studi la Sapienza)
Paola Falteri Ph.D. (Università degli Studi di Perugia)
Lionel Obadia Ph.D. (Université Lumière-Lyon 2)
Lateitia Atlani Ph.D. (Université Lumière-Lyon 2)
Michèle Cros Ph.D. (Université Lumière-Lyon 2)
Luis da Silva Pereira Ph.D. (ISPA, Lisboa)
Program Information
M.A. MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (2006-2008)
Beginning: September 2006
1c. Concentrations
A. Health professions track: ends with practicum and report
B. Academic/research track: ends with final research report
The M.A. program consists of a total of 120 European Credit Transfer System (1 ECTS equals 25 hours of student work)
Year 1: 60 ECTS
Year 2: 60 ECTS
2. Course work
2a. Course requirements and structure
Courses are scheduled in one intensive two-week period per month, beginning on Monday afternoon and ending on Friday at noon, and consist of lectures, seminars, workshops and individual tutorials (20 to 30 hours per week). In addition to class time, each course also requires 45-50 extra hours of student work outside of class. There is web support for e-mail tutorials as well.
Course titles, ECTS and type
Year 1, First Semester
Introduction to social and cultural anthropology, 3 ECTS
Elective
Introduction to the health sciences, 3 ECTS
Elective
The hegemony of Western biomedicine and the process of medicalization, 6 ECTS
Required
The ethnography of lay health practices, 6 ECTS
Required
Theory I: Medical paradigms, 3 ECTS
Required
Quantitative methods workshop, 3 ECTS
Required
Epidemiology, 3 ECTS
Required
Documentation in medical anthropology 3 ECTS
Required
Ethnographic methodology, 3 ECTS
Required
Year 1, Second Semester
Qualitative Research Methods, 9 ECTS
Required
Demography workshop, 3 ECTS
Required
Rapid Assessment Procedures workshop, 3 ECTS
Required
Projects in applied medical anthropology, 3 ECTS
Required
Multivariate analysis. Ethnographic analysis software, 3 ECTS
Required
Theory II: Gender, inequality and conflict, 3 ECTS
Required
Theory III: Phenomenology, body and emotions, 3 ECTS
Required
Theory IV: Sociological theories of personhood and illness, 3 ECTS
Required
Theory V: Critical medical anthropology, 3
Required
Year 2., Third Semester
Seminar 1: Mental health, 6 ECTS
Elective
Seminar 2: International health and infectious diseases, 6 ECTS
Elective
Seminar 3: Public policy and health care, 6 ECTS
Elective
Seminar 4. Food and nutrition, 6 ECTS
Elective
Seminar 5: Social problems and health care systems, 6 ECTS
Elective
Students may choose external seminars in other universities via student exchange programs (Erasmus-Socrates, etc…)
Year 2., Fourth Semester
Practicum, 24 ECTS
Elective
Research Report, 24 ECTS
Elective
Seminar, 3 ECTS
Required
Final Workshop, 3 ECTS
Required
3. Areas of research
Public health policy
Cultural psychiatry
Drugs
Disability studies
Migration and health
Gender and health
International health
Masculinity and health
Medical pluralism
Anthropological theory
Risk and violence
Contact
Angel Martínez-Hernáez, Ph.D, Professor
Departament d'Antropologia, Filosofia i Treball Social
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Pl. Imperial Tàrraco 1
43005 TARRAGONA
Spain
Tel.: +34977.55.97.48
Fax: +34.977.55.95.97
Email: angel.martinez@urv.net