Bioethics Certificate Approved Elective Courses

Please visit the Undergraduate Bioethics Certificate page for the most current list of approved electives.

For all Public Health students, other undergraduates admitted with permission numbers.

• PUBHLT 0452 - HUMAN GENETICS, SOCIETY, & LAW  
• PUBHLT 0410 - DATA FOR GOOD: BIOSTATISTICS IN ACTION  
• PUBHLT 0462 - HISTORIC AND CONTEMPORARY SOCIETAL IMPACTS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES  

For all students, eligible to take Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences electives.

• ANTH 1722 - CULTURE AND POLITICS OF MENTAL HEALTH   
• ANTH 1726 - GLOBAL PHARMACEUTICALS   
• ANTH 1727 - HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT IN PITTSBURGH   
• ANTH 1761 - PATIENTS AND HEALERS: MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 1  
• ANTH 1785 - COMPARATIVE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS   
• ANTH 1793 - ASIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS  
• HIST 0709 - HISTORY OF GLOBAL HEALTH  
• HIST 1725 - DISEASE AND HEALTH IN MODERN AFRICA   
• HPS 1623 - DEATH AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONS  
• RELGST 0505 - RELIGION IN ASIA  
• RELGST 0525 - RELIGION AND CULTURE IN EAST ASIA  
• RELGST 1135 - ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY  
• RELGST 1171 - HEALTH AND ILLNESS IN ISRAELI SOCIETY  
• RELGST 1402 - HEALTH AND RELIGION  
• RELGST 1500 - RELIGION IN INDIA  
• RELGST 1520 - BUDDHISM ALONG THE SILK ROAD  
• RELGST 1521 - ASIAN RELIGION PERSPECTIVES ON BIOETHICS  
• RELGST 1550 - EAST ASIAN BUDDHISM  
• RELGST 1570 - RELIGION IN JAPAN  
• RELGST 1575 - LAW AND MEDICINE IN ASIAN RELIGIONS  
• RELGST 1722 - HEALING, SHAMANISM, AND SPIRITUAL POSSESSION  
• RELGST 1726 - HEALING AND HUMANITY  
• AFRCNA 1418 - FROM VODOU TO SANTERIA: RELIGIONS OF THE WEST AFRICAN DIASPORA  
• AFRCNA 1710 - AFRICAN AMERICAN HEALTH ISSUES  
• ENGCMP 0213 - SEMINAR IN COMPOSITION: DISABILITY STUDIES  
• ENGCMP 0540 - INTRODUCTION TO DISABILITY STUDIES  
• PSY 1361 - DIVERSITY IN CLINICAL PRACTICE  
• SOC 0473 - SOCIOLOGY OF GLOBALIZATION AND HEALTH  
• SOC 1450 - HEALTH AND ILLNESS  

For Rehabilitation Science students, unless permission is granted by the school hosting the course.

• REHSCI 1230 - REHABILITATION ETHICS  
• REHSCI 1240 - ISSUES IN HEALTH CARE  
• REHSCI 1292 - DIVERSITY AND CULTURAL ISSUES IN HEALTH, DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION   

For Nursing Students, unless permission is granted by the school hosting the course.

• NUR 1085 - ETHICS IN NURSING AND HEALTH CARE  
• NUR 1829 - CONTEM ISSUES CROSS CULTL HEALTH  

For Bioengineering students

• BIOENG 1241 - SOCIETAL, POLITICAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN BIOENGINEERING   

The proposed certificate allows for classes to be added at the discretion of the leadership of the Bioethics Certificate.

The process also allows for students to propose additional courses that have not yet been formally added to the list. Please contact Dr. Cindy McCarthy to inititate this process.