Bioethics and Society (Minor)

​​​​​​The Minor in Bioethics and Society offers students an interdisciplinary approach to the various moral, social, political, and conceptual issues that arise at the ever changing intersection of the life sciences, health, and society.

Course Requirements

 The minor requires students to take a total of six courses (24 quarter hours) and, in addition, obtain certification in research ethics:

• Students must choose one of three foundational bioethics courses:
• HLTH 229 ETHICS FOR HEALTH SCIENCES
• PHL 229 BIOMEDICAL ETHICS
• REL 229 MEDICINE, ETHICS AND SOCIETY

Note: Only one of these courses may be counted towards satisfaction of the requirement for the minor.

• Students must complete the online Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) research ethics training (or produce a current certificate of training in this area).

• Students must take a total of four courses, in addition to the foundational bioethics course, in accordance with the following distribution:
• One Ethical Theory Course:
• PHL 200 ETHICAL THEORIES
• PHL 206 TOPICS AND CONTROVERSIES
• PHL 208 WHAT IS A PERSON?
• PHL 230 CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN ETHICS
• PHL 241 ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY
• PHL 314 SURVEY OF ETHICS
• One Religious Ethics Course:
• REL 201 RELIGION AND ETHICS I
• REL 202 ETHICAL WORLDS: MORAL ISSUES ACROSS CULTURES
• REL 205 RELIGION AND ETHICS II
• One Health Science Course:
• HLTH 201 INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH SCIENCE
• HLTH 329 HEALTH HUMANITIES
• HLTH 341 DEATH AND DYING
• One Sociology Course
• SOC 221 INTRODUCTION TO THE U.S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
• SOC 223 SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS
• SOC 235 ADOLESCENT HEALTH
• SOC 236 IMMIGRATION, HEALTH AND ILLNESS
• SOC 351 HEALTH DISPARITIES
• SOC 353 SOCIOLOGY OF MENTAL ILLNESS
• SOC 365 HEALTH AND GLOBALIZATION
• SOC 370 PEOPLE, PLACES, AND FOOD
• SOC 373 PUBLIC HEALTH AND HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR

Note: Other courses may be substituted for those listed here at the discretion of the Director of the minor if the focus of the specific class is deemed appropriate to satisfy the distribution requirements of the minor.

• Finally, students must take the minor capstone course:
• PHL 339 BIOETHICS IN SOCIETY CAPSTONE SEMINAR/HLTH 339 BIOETHICS IN SOCIETY CAPSTONE SEMINAR
  Students seeking to enroll in PHL 339/HLTH 339: Bioethics in Society must have successfully completed one of the following courses:
• PHL 229 BIOMEDICAL ETHICS
• HLTH 229 ETHICS FOR HEALTH SCIENCES
• REL 229 MEDICINE, ETHICS AND SOCIETY

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