The 4+1 Combined B.A./M.A. Program
This is a highly competitive program open by invitation only to students who have attained junior standing and shown academic excellence and achievement.  This program is available  to current Vanderbilt undergraduate students majoring in MHS. For details about this program, please consult pages 150-152 of the Undergraduate Catalog.

Graduate Study in Medicine, Health, and Society
Vanderbilt offers an interdisciplinary Master of Arts and a graduate certificate for other graduate students interested in studying health, health systems and health policies in their social and cultural contexts.  It is available to graduate and professional students from the six participating Vanderbilt schools (A&S, Divinity, Law, Medicine, Nursing, and Peabody).  External candidates are also considered for admission, as are Vanderbilt undergraduates applying through the 4+1 program in the College of Arts and Sciences.

MHS draws on a variety of fields in the social sciences and humanities–anthropology, economics, history, literature, psychology, sociology, philosophy/ethics, and religious studies. It should be of particular interest to students preparing for careers in a health-related profession, and those interested in examining an important part of human experience in contemporary society.

It is expected that students who can devote themselves to the MHS program full time will complete their studies in three terms (i.e., two semesters and one summer or three semesters).  However, the length of the program will be flexible to accommodate the needs of different constituencies.