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):
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| 4 |
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 take a total of four courses, in addition to the foundational bioethics course, in accordance with the following distribution:
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| 4 |
NEU 228 | NEUROETHICS | |
PHL 200 | ETHICAL THEORIES | |
PHL 206 | TOPICS AND CONTROVERSIES | |
PHL 208 | WHAT IS A PERSON? | |
PHL 228 | NEUROETHICS | |
PHL 230 | CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN ETHICS | |
PHL 241 | ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY | |
PHL 314 | SURVEY OF ETHICS | |
| 4 |
REL 227 | RELIGIOUS ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE | |
REL 251 | THE IDEA OF "EVIL | |
REL 252 | FORGIVENESS AND RECONCILIATION | |
REL 253 | DESPAIR AND HOPE | |
REL 257 | DEATH AND ITS BEYOND: EXPERIENCE, MYTH AND RITUALS | |
| 4 |
HLTH 200 | FOUNDATIONS OF HEALTH SCIENCES | |
HLTH 329 | HEALTH HUMANITIES | |
HLTH 341 | DEATH AND DYING | |
| 4 |
ANT 272 | INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY | |
ANT 360 | ISSUES IN GLOBAL HEALTH | |
ANT 361 | GLOBAL ISSUES IN WOMEN'S HEALTH | |
ANT 362 | GLOBAL HISTORY OF HEALTH | |
SOC 221 | INTRODUCTION TO THE U.S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM | |
SOC 321 | HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS | |
SOC 353 | SOCIOLOGY OF MENTAL ILLNESS | |
SOC 373 | PUBLIC HEALTH AND HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR | |
Note: Other courses may be substituted for those listed here at the discretion of the Director(s) 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/HLTH 339
Students seeking to enroll in PHL 339/HLTH 339 must have successfully completed one of the following courses:
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