Medical Ethics and Health Policy

652: Medical Ethics and Health Policy Minor (21 credits)

The minor in Medical Ethics and Health Policy enables undergraduate students to explore the conceptual foundations of medical ethics as well as develop an appreciation of how they inform contemporary health policy in an era of major scientific innovation, technological advances, and resource constraint.

Core: 6 credits

• 10:652:201 or 01:730:248 Foundations of Medical Ethics & Policy
• 10:652:400 or 01:730:348 Research Ethics (Prereq: 10:652:201 or 01:730:248)

6 credits selected from the following SAS courses

• 01:730:105 Current Moral and Social Issues
• 01:730:107 Introduction to Ethics
• 01:730:242 Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and Other Technologies
• 01:730:249 Bioethics
• 01:730:250 Environmental Ethics
• 01:730:298, 299 Independent Study*
  • Permission of Department & Prereqs: 10:652:201/01:730:248 AND 10:652:400/01:730:348
• 01:730:330 The Ethics of Harm and Helping
• 01:730:371 Philosophies of Death and Dying
  • Prereq: One course in philosophy equal to or greater than 01:730:103
• 01:730:442 Moral Responsibility
• 01:512:229 History of Medical Ethics
• 01:119:150 Biology, Society, & Biomedical Issues
• 01:119:154 Genetics, Law, and Social Policy
• 01:447:354 Social, Legal, and Ethical Implications of the New Genetics
  • Prereq: 01:447:380 or 01:447:384
• 11:680:401 Ethics & Issues in Microbiology (Existing per Degree Navigator)

6 credits selected from the following Bloustein courses

• 10:652:301 Topics in Medical Ethics
• 10:652:298, 299 Independent Study*
  • Permission of Department & Prereqs: 10:652:201/01:730:248 AND10:652:400/01:730:348
• 10:652:309 Ethical Challenges in America: Poverty, Stress & Health
• 10:501:260 or 10:832:260 Health Care Systems*
• 10:501:356 Health Care Ethics and Law
• 10:832:252 Health and Social Justice
• 10:832 302 Sexual and Reproductive Health Policy
• 10:832:338 or 10:833:338 Health and Public Policy*
• 10:832:356 Public Health, Law, & Ethics
• 10:832:414 Culture and Health
• 10:832:462 Health and Human Rights

3 additional credits from either the SAS or Bloustein courses listed above.

Courses taken in fulfillment of the Medical Ethics and Health Policy minor cannot be double-counted to fulfill the requirements of a major, except PH Law and Ethics (10:832:356) for Public Health majors. Credit issued only once for cross-listed courses. Not all courses are offered every semester.