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The Graduate Certificate in Bioethics is an option for doctoral candidates in Philosophy who want (a) to cultivate their ability to engage in critical analysis of bioethical issues, and (b) to train to teach bioethics to a variety of different kinds of students.

Course Requirements: 16 total credit hours

Course Title Quarter Hours
PHL 529THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF BIOETHICS4
Choose 3 of the following:12
ARISTOTLE II
AQUINAS
KANT II
MARX I
MARX II
SEMINAR ON THE CONTINENTAL TRADITION IN ETHICS
SEMINAR ON SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT
SEMINAR IN FEMINIST ETHICS
TOPICS IN FEMINIST THEORY


Training / Teaching Requirements

1.  Students must participate in the Biomedical Ethics Training Program or serve as a Teaching Assistant for PHL 229: Biomedical Ethics with a tenured or tenure-line faculty member.

2.  Upon completion of the training program or assistanship, students must teach at least two sections of Biomedical Ethics (PHL 229).