Major/Minor Requirements

Please note: The information displayed here is current as of Tuesday, March 3, 2015, but the official Course Catalog should be used for all official planning.

2014-2015 Course Catalog

Required for the minor in biomedical ethics

Completion of the following core courses:
1. BIET 120/PHIL 120: Applied Ethics: Introduction to Biomedical Ethics
2. BIOL 110: Principles of Biology, BIOL 103: Biotechnology and Society, or ANTH 140: Biological Anthropology
3. BIET 290/ECON 290: The Economics of Medical Care or BIET 495/GOV 495: Health Policy
4. PSYC 245: Health Psychology or ANTH 342: Medical Anthropology
5. BIET 370/PHIL 370: Advanced Studies in Bioethics, BIET 380/PHIL 380: Ethics of Technology or an approved independent study project on some aspect of biomedical ethics or health policy.
12 additional units from the courses listed below Independent study projects must be approved by the advisory committee. Possible contexts for projects include a Mielke, Kasel, or Hughes internship (page 65 of the Course Catalog), a tutorial, an independent study course, or a health care-related project in conjunction with an off-campus program.

Courses that fulfill requirement number two

ANTH210: Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 342: Medical Anthropology
BIOL 260: Genetics
BIOL 354: Molecular Biology
BIOL 453: Developmental Biology
ECON 270: Public Sector Economics: Taxation Analysis
ECON 275: Public Sector Economics: Expenditure Analysis
ECON 290: The Economics of Medical Care
ECON 400: Industrial Organization
ECON 440: Public Expenditure
GEOL 213: Geology and Health
GOV 380: Introduction to Public Policy
GOV 465: Environmental Politics
GOV 495: Health Policy
PHIL 320: Ethics
PHIL 350: Political Philosophy
PHIL360: Environmental Ethics
PHIL 370: Advanced Studies in Bioethics
PHIL 380: Ethics of Technology
PHIL 430: Philosophy of Law
PSYC 245: Health Psychology
PSYC 250: Psychopathology
PSYC 280 or 281: Research Methods I and II (only one term may count)