Bioethics Minor Overview

BIOETHICS MINOR

An Interdisciplinary Program

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Since its inception in 1999, the 精东AV National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care has been committed to stimulating interest in and maintaining a national focus on the moral issues underlying biomedical research and medical treatment of African Americans and other underserved populations in this country. Designed as a program in cooperation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Center

for Bioethics provides national leadership in the bioethics community through ongoing education, training, research, scholarship, and publications. The Center for Bioethics seeks to increase the number of African Americans and other minorities trained and working in bioethics.

Bioethics weaves throughout the work of nurses, doctors, public health workers, social workers, lawyers, veterinarians, psychologists, community outreach persons, sociologists, engineers, biomedical resarchers, environmental specialists, and public policymakers. Technological advances raise many bioethics issues. Examples are stem cell research and genetic engineering. Bioethics is concerned with protecting vulnerable populations from exploitation and insuring their fair share of healthcare and public health opportunities, as well as just participation in research.

In human endeavors there is often potential to benefit or harm, to be just (fair) or unjust, to respect or disrespect peoples鈥� dignity and freedom of choice, to treat with care and empathy or disinterest and insensitivity, to include or exclude, and to be racist or antiracist. In all cases, bioethics works to understand and聽promote ethical practices.

Careers and Professions

Bioethics studies are beneficial for all careers. Healthcare professionals (human and animal) encounter bioethics issues throughout their work, as do psychologists, sociologists, and biomedical researchers. Many areas in the law, business, and public policy involve bioethics. A background in bioethics is helpful in applying to health professional schools.

Bioethics Minor

All 精东AV students are eligible to pursue the minor. The Bioethics Minor includes courses from the following disciplines: Philosophy (PHIL), Political Science (POLS), Sociology (SOCI), Social Work (SOWK), Nutritional Science (INSC), Physics (PHYS), Nursing (NURS), Health Science (IHSC), and Occupational Therapy (IOTH).聽Note: All courses are three credits except IOTH 0421.

Basic Requirements

Eighteen credit hours, at least 鈥淐鈥� grade in each course

Six credit hours in core courses

PHIL 205 or PHIL 347

Core Courses

PHIL 203 Ethics and Values

PHIL 204 Ethics and Values: Applied Concentration

PHIL 205 Introduction to Bioethics

PHIL 347 Medical Ethics

Other Qualifying Courses

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PHIL 0201聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Introduction to Philosophy

PHIL 0238聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Argumentation and Discourses

PHIL 0310聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Issues in the Sciences and Humanities

PHIL 0325聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Philosophy of Science

PHIL 0341聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Social and Political Philosophy

PHIL 0342聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Philosophy of Law

PHIL 0348聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Business Ethics

PHIL 0350聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Theories of Nature, the Cosmos, and the Environment

PHIL 0351聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Philosophy of Mind

PHIL 0357聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Africana Philosophy

POLS 0208聽聽聽聽聽聽 Ethics and Politics

SOCI 0402聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Social Mental Health

SOCI 0443聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Minority and Ethnic Group Relations

SOCI 0470聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Sociology of Health Care

SOCI 0541聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Socio-Cultural Problems of the South

SOWK 0235聽聽聽聽聽 Human Behavior and the Social Environment

College of Agricultural, Environmental and Natural Sciences

INSC聽聽聽聽 0580聽聽聽聽 International Nutrition聽聽聽聽 Problems and Policies

College聽of Engineering, Architecture and Physical Sciences

PHYS聽聽 0512聽聽聽聽 History of Science

College聽of Veterinary Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health

NURS聽聽 0303聽聽聽聽 Nursing and the Community III

IHSC聽聽聽聽 0409聽聽聽聽 Psycho-Social Aspects of Rehabilitation

IOTH聽聽聽聽 0421聽聽聽聽 Organization, Administration, and

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Other Student Opportunities in Bioethics

Student Council

Students discuss cases of bioethics interest (such as whether to allow stem-cell research), develop presentations, attend conferences, and compete in the Ethics Bowl of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics.

Reading Group

Faculty, students, staff, and community members read bioethics articles about important issues and meet to discuss them.

Lecture Series

Public lectures and panels address important issues in bioethics.

Films

Participants view and discuss films of bioethical importance.

Visiting Scholars

Outside bioethics scholars work with students, faculty, and community members.

Orientation

In orientation sessions for first-year and transfer students, cases of bioethics importance, methods of case analysis, and bioethics principles are discussed.

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