Bioethics Minor

Schedule of Classes

Specific offerings for each semester may be found in the Schedule of Classes.

Requirements

The minor in bioethics prepares students to address issues of ethics and justice in patient-level and population-level approaches to the provision, promotion, and governance of health. Students who study bioethics develop valuable skills that are applicable in many healthcare and health policy professions. 

To earn a minor in bioethics, students must complete a minimum of 16 credits, including:

• PHL 1320 - Introduction to Ethics for Healthcare Professions (4) or PHL 1300 - Introduction to Ethics (4)  

• or PHL 1310 - Introduction to Ethics in Science and Engineering (4)  

• PHL 3500 - Clinical Ethics (4)
• PHL 3520 - Public Health Ethics (4)

Four credits in courses chosen from:

• BIO 3000 - Biology and Society (4)  
• BIO 4930 - Introduction to Human Subjects Research I (4)  
• BIO 4970 - Scientific Inquiry and Communication (4)  
• CHM 3000 - Chemistry, Society Health (4)  
• COM 4402 - Health Communication (4)  
• CNS 3030 - Mental Health Policy (4)  
• CRJ 3300 - Alcohol, Drugs and Society  (4)
• ENV 3550 - Public and Environmental Health (3)  
• HS 3430  / SOC 3430 - Sociology of Health and Medicine (4)  
• HS 4500 - Ethics in Health Care (4)  
• NRS 4012 - Nursing Leadership (2)  
• NRS 4015 - Nursing Care of Communities and Populations (5)  
• NRS 4026 - Nursing Capstone (5)  
• NRS 4551 - Population Health (4)  
• NTR 4500 - Professional Practice and Ethics in Nutrition (4)  
• PH 4650 - Social Determinants of Health (4)  
• PH 4750 - Global Health and Social Issues (4)  
• PHL 2100 - Fact, Value, and Knowledge (4)  
• PHL 3120 - Philosophy of Law (4)  
• PHL 3140 - Philosophy of Sexuality (4)  
• PHL 3300 - Ethical Theory (4)  
• PHL 3310 - Ethics, Language and Reality (4)  
• PHL 3600 - Political Philosophy (4)   
• PHL 3630 - Philosophy of Crime, Policing and Punishment (4)   
• PHL 3910 - Ethics Bowl Preparation and Competition (4)  
• PS 3340 - Public Policy and Health Care (4)  
• SOC 2220 - Sociology of Mental Illness (4)  
• SOC 3110 - Human Sexuality (4)  
• SW 3312 - Death and Dying (4)  
• WHP 3250  / WGS 3890 - Issues in Women’s Health (4)  
  WHP 4350 - Environmental Justice  (4)
• WHP 4850 - Population Health, Health Policy, and Healthcare Delivery (4)  

Applicable Majors

All Majors can declare this Minor.