Subject Course Number Long Course Title Description
BIET 120 Applied Ethics: Introduction to Biomedical Ethics The course will examine moral dilemmas created or intensified by recent advances in medical technology and study ways of analyzing those dilemmas to make them more tractable. We will focus on examples such as euthanasia and the right to die, abortion, behavior modification, allocation of scarce medical resources, in vitro fertilization, genetic screening and engineering, and human experimentation.
BIET 190 Tutorial Studies in Biomedical ethics  
BIET 199 Independent Study in Biomedical ethics  
BIET 245 Health Psychology This course explores the link between mind and body from various psychological perspectives such as social, clinical, and psychobiological. We will survey the role of stress, emotion, self-regulation, and individual differences as predictors of health and illness. We also will examine assessment, diagnostic, treatment, and ethical issues in psychophysiological disorders.
BIET 290 The Economics of Medical Care An analysis of how the economic organization of medical care affects the health and well-being of the population. Topics include who is treated, how much the treatment costs, and who pays the bill. Particular emphasis given to the roles of insurance and various national health policies and reform proposals.
BIET 370 Advanced Studies in Bioethics A seminar examining one particular issue or set of issues in bioethics.
BIET 390 Tutorial Studies in Biomedical ethics  
BIET 399 Independent Study in Biomedical ethics  
BIET 495 Health Policy A seminar addressing present and prospective health care policy in the United States. Emphasis on various contemporary health care problems, including high and rising costs, differences in access to medical service, and trade-offs between cost and quality. Specific topics include Medicare, Medicaid, medical malpractice, profit versus not-only-for-profit producers of care, and alternative delivery systems.
BIET 590 Tutorial Studies in Biomedical ethics  
BIET 599 Independent Study in Biomedical ethics  
BIET 690 Tutorial Studies in Biomedical ethics  
BIET 699 Independent Study in Biomedical ethics