The University offers many courses in bioethics, including several on foundational topics in disciplines of law, history, philosophy, and the social sciences. Courses regularly taught by Center and Center-affiliated faculty are in bold. The Center has traditionally focused on ethics of human health, healthcare, and research. Increasingly, however, the relevance of planetary well-being for human flourishing is recognized. Courses in environmental ethics, other areas of applied ethics, and public policy thus complement the bioethics courses listed below. In 2023, the School of Public Health initiated an undergraduate Bioethics Certificate, to which all undergraduates may apply. Inquiries about a proposed graduate Certificate in Bioethics may be directed to bioethics@pitt.edu.
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Lower-Level Undergraduate Courses:
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HIST 0791 |
Health Controversies in History: Ethics, Publics, Interventions |
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HPS 0613 |
Morality and Medicine |
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HPS 0633 |
Science, Philosophy, and Public Policy |
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PHIL 0214 |
Bioethics |
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PHIL 0360 |
Introduction to Biomedical Ethics |
| PUBHLT 0500 | Ethical Issues in Public and Community Health |
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RELGST 0770 |
Science and Religion |
Upper-level Undergraduate Courses
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ATHLTR 1816 |
Medical Ethics |
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BIOENG 1241 |
Societal, Political and Ethical Issues in Bioengineering |
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BIOETH 1001 |
Ethics and Aging |
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BIOETH 1660 |
Philosophy of Medicine |
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BIOETH 1664 |
Bioethics |
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BIOETH 1668 |
Sustainability in Latin America |
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BIOETH 1698 |
Special Topics in Bioethics |
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HI 1450 |
Security, Privacy, Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care |
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HPS 1623 or RELGST 1725 |
Death and the Healthcare Professions |
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HPS 1626 |
Neuroethics |
| NUR 1308 | Ethical and Social Implications of Biotechnology |
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NUR 1085 |
Ethics in Nursing and Health Care |
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NUR 1310 |
Ethical Dimensions of Professional Nursing |
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PHIL 1360 |
Biomedical Ethics |
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REHSCI 1230 |
Rehabilitation Ethics |
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RELGST 1726 |
Healing and Humanity |
Graduate Course
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BIOETH 2001 |
Ethics and Aging |
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BIOETH 2658 |
Philosophy of Medicine |
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BIOETH 2664 |
Bioethics |
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BIOETH 2668 |
Sustainability in Latin America |
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BIOETH 2698 |
Special Topics in Bioethics |
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BIOETH 2661 |
Theoretical Foundations of Bioethics |
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BIOETH 2667 |
Biopower: Biopolitical Readings of the Body |
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COUN 2742 |
Legal, Ethical, and Professional Issues in Counseling |
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DMED 5110 |
Foundations of Person-centered Care |
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DMED 5112 |
Principles of Professional Practice |
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CDENT 5241 |
Principles and Practice of Dental Public Health |
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GSWS 2240 |
Gender, Ethics, and the Body |
| HPM 2130 | Health Law Ethics |
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HPM 2131 |
Public Health Law and Ethics |
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HPS 2278 |
Race: History, Biology, Psychology, Philosophy |
| HRS 2041 |
Security, Privacy, Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care |
| HRS 2905 | Ethical Issues in Health Care |
| HRS 2906 | History of Medicine |
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HUGEN 2052 |
Ethical Issues in Clinical & Public Health Genetics |
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LAW 5083 |
Reproduction, Sexuality and the Law |
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LAW 5089 |
Public Health Law |
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LAW 5121 |
Biomedical Technology Law |
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LAW 5283 |
Mental Health Law |
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LAW 5313 |
Reproductive Law & Policy |
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LAW 5395 |
Health Law & Policy |
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LAW 5464 |
Bioethics and Law |
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LAW 5722 |
Technology, Race & the Law |
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LAW 5730-31, 5830-31 |
Current Issues in Health Law |
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LAW 5888 |
Reproductive Justice Seminar |
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MED 5910 |
Narrative and the Experience of Illness |
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MSELCT 5854 |
Ethical Issues in Clinical Practice |
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NROSCI 2010 |
Scientific Ethics |
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NUR 2308 |
Ethical and Social Implications of Biotechnology |
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NUR 2008 |
Ethics for Advanced Practice Nursing |
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PUBHLT 2030 |
Research Ethics and Responsible Conduct of Research |