Recent Mount Allison Science graduate Risha Minocha-McKenney, who was the Loewen Health Intern 2019, working out of the Port Elgin Health Centre in 2019. (Photo: submitted)
Mount Allison University is introducing a Bachelor of Arts and Science in Interdisciplinary Health Studies.
The “multifaceted” approach to health will provide students with a better understanding of health and health care through different perspectives.
“As the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us, understanding health is much more than understanding the body’s physiological processes,” said Mount Allison University President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Jean-Paul Boudreau in a news release.
“Individuals also need to understand the social, cultural, economic, and political contexts in which our conception of health is formed.”
Through the degree program, students will prepare for a career in health-related sectors, including health-care professions, policy work, advocacy, and government.
“The interdisciplinary nature of the new health studies degree program will enable students to look at health through multiple critical lenses including social determinants, ethics, bio-medical, historical, cultural, policy, and data analytics,” said University Provost and Vice-President, Academic and Research Dr. Jeff Hennessy in a news release.
If approved by the Maritime Provinces of Higher Education Commission, between 40 and 50 students will be accepted into the program starting in the Fall of 2022.
