306.861.01
Graduate Doctoral Seminar in Bioethics
Location
East Baltimore
Term
3rd Term
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
1
Academic Year
2025 - 2026
Instruction Method
In-person
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Anne Barnhill
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
No prerequisites for this course.
Enrollment Restriction
Non HPM PhD bioethics students must obtain instructor consent to register
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:
- Understand the literature in bioethics and public health
- Analyze arguments in existing bioethics literature and respond to them independently
- Synthesize literature across different content areas of bioethics in order to provide linkages in the field
- Critique one another's work and scholarly arguments
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
- 40% Participation
- 60% Presentation(s)