Overview

Medical Anthropology from University of California, San Francisco offers a combination of excellence in critical medical anthropology; studies of science, technology, and modernity; and training in historically informed, pedagogically rigorous social theory.

Students in the Medical Anthropology program from University of California, San Francisco will:

develop original, creative, and relevant scholarship that makes contributions across the medical and social science fields.

learn about formation of subjectivities and the governance of populations around forms of life; how populations are constituted for care or violence; the structuring logic of markets in the provision of aid and health; and the constitution of truth through particular conceptualizations of life, ethics, and personhood.

Programme Structure

Thematic areas include:

Social inequality

Differential access to care

Race

Violence

The biomedical economy

Science and technology studies

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-09-26 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

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Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

A minimum of a bachelor's degree (BA/BS) or the equivalent from an accredited institution is required. (Some programs or pathways may require a master’s degree. Please check the program that you are interested in to confirm the application requirements.)

To be eligible for admission, you must have at least a 3.0 (B) grade point average.

You may apply to only one graduate program per application cycle/year.

Unofficial transcripts may be submitted for review purposes only. Final official transcripts must be submitted upon matriculation if an offer of admission is made.

Upon completion of the application and receipt of the non-refundable application fee

Tuition Fee

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International

27366 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 27366 USD per year during 36 months.
National

27366 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 27366 USD per year during 36 months.
In-State

12264 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 12264 USD per year during 36 months.

Living costs for San Francisco

2206 - 4119 USD /month

Living costs

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