Bioethics, Certificate

Return to: Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

The Graduate Certificate in Bioethics is a 15-credit interdisciplinary program that provides broad education in the core concepts, methods, and topics in bioethics, providing a firm foundation for ethical analysis of clinical practice, health and institutional policy, emerging technologies and their social implications, and biomedical research. The curriculum comprises three core courses (totaling 9 credits)-Bioethics, Theoretical Foundations of Applied Ethics, and Philosophy of Medicine-and elective courses (totaling 6 credits) that enable students to bridge their primary academic or professional program to the fields of bioethics and health policy.
 

Students who complete the Graduate Certificate in Bioethics will be able to:

• Identify the ethical challenges that arise in particular health-related and healthcare contexts
• Apply normative frameworks and strategies to address ethical questions in healthcare, health policy, and health/biomedical research
• Assess health policies and clinical decisions from an ethical point of view
• Communicate analyses and recommendations to relevant stakeholders (e.g., clinical teams, policymakers, researchers, technology engineers, and patients, technology end-users, and interested publics)
• Recognize the social determinates of health, illness, and wellbeing
• Address the social implications of healthcare interventions, healthcare policies, and health-related technologies
• Interpret organizational, regional, and national health-, healthcare-, and research-related policy and guidelines

All certificate credits are stackable towards the Bioethics master’s degree.