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