Health Science Honors: Overview

Admissions to Tufts Summer Study 2008 is now closed. Please check back later this year for summer 2009 dates and deadlines.

Get the inside track on the contemporary world of medicine. As a Health Science Honors student, you will attend weekly physiology and anatomy lectures and labs, learning about the human body and its functions. You will participate in an exclusive series of behind-the-scenes visits to area hospitals, clinics, and medical laboratories. Through group sessions and the observation of patient treatments, you will discover the importance of thorough and compassionate patient interviewing skills.

In addition, the Health Science Honors program will give you experience in physical examination skills and diagnostic reasoning and show you firsthand the specialized procedures in diagnostic imaging, invasive cardiology, and general surgery. Alternative therapies, such as acupuncture and mind-body techniques, are also included.

The Health Science Honors program meets Tuesday and Thursday, from 1:00 – 4:30 p.m. The cost is $1,825.

You can also combine Health Science Honors with enrollment in another Tufts Summer Study option (The Writing Program or Ethics and Global Citizenship) or take a class in the College for Juniors (for Class of 2009 only).