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306.861.01
Graduate Doctoral Seminar in Bioethics

Location
East Baltimore
Term
4th Term
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
1
Academic Year
2013 - 2014
Instruction Method
TBD
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite

There is no formal prerequisite for the course, although it is recommended that students have taken Public Health and the Law, 306.650, Ethical Issues in Public Health, 306.655, and/or Legal and Ethical Issues in the Evolving Health Care System, 306.663.

Description
Familiarizes students with contemporary and classic literature in bioethics and demonstrates how to rigorously critique empirical and normative writings in the field of bioethics. Readings for the seminar include recent publications in bioethics and some classic pieces in the field. Students are primarily responsible for selection of articles and for presentation of articles for discussion.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Have a deeper awareness of and understanding of the literature in bioethics and public health
  2. Analyze arguments in existing bioethics literature and respond to them independently
  3. Synthesize literature across different content areas of bioethics in order to provide linkages in the field
  4. Critique one another's work and scholarly arguments