Required courses (11 credits)

• BIOL 121 - General Biology I
• PHIL 205 - Biomedical Ethics

• or BIOL 314 - Bioethics  

• PHIL 260 - Philosophy of Science

• or PHIL 261 - SEISMIC Problems: Science, Values and Society  

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  Select one capstone course from the following options (approval required from minor coordinator):

• BIET 410 - Capstone Seminar in Bioethics
• BIET 498 - Capstone Bioethics Internship
• BIET 499 - Capstone Directed Study in Bioethics

Elective courses (3 or 4 credits)

Complete at least one BIOL course at the 300-level or above** or PHIL 215 - Environmental Ethics  , PHIL 219 - Public Health Ethics  or PHIL 241 - Philosophy of Medicine . (Elective courses may require prerequisite courses.)

**Students who choose to take BIOL 314 as a required course may not also use BIOL 314 to meet the elective course requirement.

Cognate Courses (4-6 credits)

Complete two courses, selected from the following (cognate courses may require prerequisite courses):

• ANTH 130 - Monkeys, Apes and Us
• ANTH 204 - Global Human Issues
• ANTH 226 - African Ethnomedicine
• ANTH 230 - Culture, Health and Illness
• ANTH 232 - Critical Issues in Global Health
• ANTH 405 - Forensic Anthropology
• COMM 317 - Health Communication
• CRJU 290 - Mental Health in the Criminal Justice System
• CRJU 406 - Ethics and the Criminal Justice System
• ECON 376 - Health Care Economics
• HEAL 102 - Health and Wellness
• HEAL 205 - Foundations of Public Health
• HEAL 210 - Issues in Male Health
• HEAL 300 - Current Issues in Health
• HEAL 315 - School and Community Health
• HEAL 360 - Health Care in the U.S.
• HEAL 385 - Epidemiology
• HEAL 401 - Human Sexuality
• HEAL 404 - Cultural Diversity in Health and Disease
• HEAL 405 - Drugs in Society
• HEAL 477 - Environmental and Consumer Health
• HEAL 484 - Death and Dying Education
• PHIL 220 - Ethics Bowl: Making the Case for What’s Right
• PHIL 286 - Sophomore Honors Colloquium (1 credit, with approval from minor coordinator)
• PHIL 403 - Ethics and Action
• PHIL 406 - Applied Ethics
• SOCI 215 - Sociology of Health and Illness

Total minimum credits: 18