Bioethics Minor (M)
This 21-credit undergraduate Minor in Bioethics offers undergraduate students the opportunity to engage in discussion and examination of the ethical questions that arise in biology and health care. Topics are examined from theoretical as well as practical perspectives through the analysis of specific cases and issues from a variety of disciplines such as medicine, law, theology, philosphy, political science, and psychology. A Minor in Bioethics is a perfect complement to many majors and career paths:
- Pre-medicine
- Nursing
- Rehabilitation sciences
- Exercise physiology
- Athletic training
- Theology
- Philosophy
- Social work
- Pre-pharmacy
- Business
- Pre-law
- Education
Concordia University Wisconsin is a unique institution in the Concordia University System because we have a large population of health care students who would especially benefit from a Minor in Bioethics. Students with a Minor in Bioethics would be qualified to serve on hospital ethics committees, institutional review boards, and other ethics committees. This added qualification would make any student an attractive hire for the health care field, the private sector, and governmental agencies. This program accepts 6 credits of elective courses, allowing students to tailor their own programs to their specific needs and interests.
Minor Program Goals
- Foster students’ sensitivity to the moral dimensions of science, health care delivery, and research.
- Develop a deep appreciation for confessional, Lutheran approaches to life issues.
- Provide students with the knowledge and methods to analyze ethical issues in biology and health care.
- Enable students to make the best possible decisions when faced with dilemmas involving bioethics.
- Promote student involvement in bioethical dialog at the local, state, and national levels.
- Model an attitude of respect for all points of view.
- Enable students to be leaders in the church as it attempts to address troubling ethical issues involving biology and health care.
Curriculum
Prerequisites: none
Transfer credits: case-by-case basis
Code | Title | Hours |
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Required Core Courses | ||
Western Thought & Worldview | ||
Old Testament (Bible Content) | ||
Biblical Theology (Christian Doctrine) | ||
Recommended Liberal Arts Dimensions Courses | ||
Moral Philosophy | ||
REL XXX Theology elective | ||
Required Minor Courses | ||
PHIL 221 | Human Dignity | 3 |
PHIL 350 | Bioethical Dilemmas | 3 |
POLS 285 | American Politics and Health Care Policy | 3 |
REL 203 | New Testament 1 | 3 |
REL 287 | Christian Care Giving | 3 |
Minor Electives | ||
Select two of the following: 2 | 6 | |
Environmental Ethics | ||
History and Philosophy of Science | ||
Christian Apologetics | ||
Christ and Culture | ||
Research Ethics | ||
Christian Ethics | ||
Social Psychology | ||
Cosmogony | ||
Understanding Death and Dying | ||
Aging and the Social Environment | ||
Total Hours | 21 |
- 1
To complete the pair with REL 201 Old Testament in the core.
- 2
At least one elective must carry an REL or PHIL prefix.