Bioethics Minor

A minor in Bioethics requires completion of six courses as described below. Note: Students who declare a major in Philosophy are not eligible to declare a minor in Bioethics; they may instead pursue the Bioethics track of the Philosophy major. 

Six required courses for the Bioethics minor as follows:

• PHIL 155 SC - Ethics of the Beginning and End of Life  
• PHIL 162 SC - Political Philosophy  
• PHIL 160 SC - Ethical Theory  
• PHIL 144 SC - Logic and Argumentation  
• Two elective courses in Bioethics, selected in consultation with and approved by minor advisor. Examples include:
  • ANTH107 PO Medical Anthropology
  • ANTH114 SC Science, Medicine, and Colonialism
  • BIOL057L KS Concepts in Biology for Non-majors
  • NEUR095L JT  Foundations of Neuroscience
  • BIOL143 KS Genetics
  • ECON129 PO Health Economics
  • GOVT105 CM Organization of Healthcare and Public Policy
  • PHIL035 PO  Autonomy and Well-Being   
  • PHIL038 PO Bioethics
  • PHIL103 PO Philosophy of Science: Historical Survey
  • PHIL104 PO Philosophy of Science: Topical Survey
  • PHIL106 PO Philosophy of Biology
  • PHIL126 CM Metaphysics
  • PHIL128 CM The Metaphysics of Persons
  • PHIL130 SC Philosophy of Mind
  • PHIL146 SC Temptation and the Will
  • PHIL180 CM Health, Measurement, and Justice
  • PHIL176 CM Philosophy of Law
  • PHIL185N JT Topics in Neurophilosophy
  • PPA 001 PO Introduction to Public Policy Analysis
  • PPE 160 PO Freedom, Markets, and Well-Being
  • PSYC118 PZ Health Psychology
  • PSYC176 PO The Psychology of Health and Medicine
  • SOC 122 PZ Sociology of Health and Medicine
  • SOC 170 PZ Internship: Sociology of Health and Medicine