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.
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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 |
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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 Ethics 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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HIM 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 1XXX | 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 2XXX |
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 |