The MA in Bioethics consists of a total of 32 credits, including:
Four required courses (8-10 credits):
- GPH-GU 5170 Introduction to Public Health (0)
- GPH-GU 1005 Advanced Introduction to Bioethics (3)
- GPH-GU 1006 Advanced Introduction to Environmental Ethics (3) - OR - GPH-GU 1230 Advanced Introduction to Public Health Ethics (3)
- GPH-GU 3555 Bioethics Practicum (2-4)
The remaining credits based will be electives chosen from the following areas (22-24 credits):
- Ethical Theory
- Clinical Ethics
- Legal and Political Philosophy
- Philosophy of Biology and Medicine
- Environmental Law
- Health Law
- Anthropology and Sociology of Medicine
- Health Economics
- Public Health
- International and Community Health
- Health Policy
For a full list of courses and their descriptions, click here.
Fall (9 credits)
GPH-GU 1005 Advanced Introduction to Bioethics (3)
GPH-GU 1165 Research Ethics (3)
GPH-GU 1210 Justice in Healthcare (3)
Spring (13 credits)
GPH-GU 5170 Introduction to Public Health (0)
GPH-GU 1006 Advanced Introduction to Environmental Ethics (3)
PHIL-GA 3012 Topics in the Philosophy of Psychology (4)
GPH-GU 2085 Autonomy, Capacity, and Consent (3)
GPH-GU 2222 Clinical Ethics (3)
Summer (10 credits)
GPH-GU 1230 Advanced Introduction to Public Health Ethics (3)
GPH-GU 1225 Democracy and Scientific Expertise (3)
GPH-GU 3555 Bioethics Practicum (4)
NOTE: This is a sample sequence; electives may vary, as will semester credits.
Spring (14 credits)
GPH-GU 5170 Introduction to Public Health (0)
GPH-GU 1006 Advanced Introduction to Environmental Ethics (3) - OR - GPH-GU 1230
Advanced Introduction to Public Health Ethics (3)
GPH-GU 2026 Neuroethics (4)
GPH-GU 2222 Clinical Ethics (3)
GPH-GU 2027 Moral Indeterminacy (4)
Summer (6 credits)
GPH-GU 1225 Democracy and Scientific Expertise (3)
GPH-GU 1230 Advanced Introduction to Public Health Ethics (3) (if not already taken in the Spring)
Fall (12 credits)
GPH-GU 1005 Advanced Introduction to Bioethics (3)
GPH-GU 1165 Research Ethics (3)
GPH-GU 2025 Reproductive Ethics (4)
GPH-GU 3555 Bioethics Practicum (2)
NOTE: This is a sample sequence; electives may vary, as will semester credits.
Bioethics electives:
GPH-GU 2085 Autonomy, Capacity, and Consent (3)
GPH-GU 2033 Advanced Introduction to Ethics of Technology (3)
GPH-GU 1230 Advanced Introduction to Public Health Ethics (3)
GPH-GU 2222 Clinical Ethics (3)
GPH-GU 2029 Controversies & Politics (3)*
GPH-GU 1225 Democracy and Scientific Expertise (3)
GPH-GU 2032 End of Life (3)*
GPH-GU 1210 Justice in Health & Healthcare (3)
GPH-GU 1175 Life & Death (Cross-listed with PHIL-GA 1175) (4)
GPH-GU 2017 Longtermism, Intergenerational Ethics, and Catastrophic Risk (3)
GPH-GU 2027 Moral Indeterminacy (3)*
GPH-GU 2026 Neuroethics (4)
GPH-GU 2028 Nonconsequentialism (4)*
GPH-GU 2019 Political Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence (3)
GPH-GU 2025 Reproductive Ethics (4)
GPH-GU 1165 Research Ethics (3)
GPH-GU 2105 Thinking Critically & Ethically in Public Health (1.5)
GPH-GU 1215 20th Century Contemporary Philosophy (Cross-listed with PHIL-GA 1211) (4)
* Prior to Spring 2023, these courses were previously Topics courses under course number GPH-GU 1008
Non-Bioethics GPH electives:
GPH-GU 2435 Advanced Health & Human Rights (3)
GPH-GU 2995/5995 Biostatistics for Public Health (3)
GPH-GU 2265 Climate Change in Global Public Health (3)
GPH-GU 3260 Complex Systems, Disasters, and the Social Ecology of Health (3)
GPH-GU 2242 Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication (3)
GPH-GU 2106/5106 Epidemiology (3)
GPH-GU 2217 Food Policy for Public Health (3)
GPH-GU 2153/5153 Global Environmental Health (3)
GPH-GU 9228 Global Food Policy in Public Health (3)
GPH-GU 9130 Global Health Diplomacy (3)
GPH-GU 2140/5140 Global Issues in Social & Behavioral Health (3)
GPH-GU 5312 Global Perspectives in Reproductive Health & Human Rights (3)
GPH-GU 2285 Global Women's Health Programs: Analyzing the Evidence to Improve Women's Lives (3)
GPH-GU 2250/5250 Health & Human Rights (3)
GPH-GU 2110/5110 Health Care Policy (1.5)
GPH-GU 3185 Health Services and Policy Research (3)
GPH-GU 2357 LGBTQ Health Disparities (3)
GPH-GU 5288 Perspectives on Migrant Health & Human Rights (3)
GPH-GU 9345 Public Health Emergency Preparedness & Response: A Global Perspective (3)
GPH-GU 2292/5292 Public Health Law (3)
GPH-GU 2112/5112 Public Health Management & Leadership (1.5)
GSAS Electives:
PHIL-GA 1104 Advanced Introduction to Ethics
EHSC-GA 2033 Aerosol Science
POL-GA 3500 Comparative Political Seminar: Sustainable Economic Development
PHIL-GA 2284 Contemporary Ethical Theory
ANTH-GA 3393 Cultures of Biomedicine
EHSC-GA 1005 Ecotoxicology: Hudson River Case Study
EHSC-GA 2301 Radiological Health
SOC-GA 2401 Sociology of Medicine
EHSC-GA 1006 Toxicology
EHSC-GA 1007 Terrorism: Biological, Chemical, and Psychological Warfare
EHSC-GA 1010 Weather, Air Pollution, and Health
Steinhardt Electives:
ENYC-GE 2020 Contemporary Environmental Debates
ENYC-GE 2021 Environmental Politics
ENYC-GE 2070 Environmental Education
ENYC-GE 2019 Fundamentals of Environmental Thought
OT-GE 2764 Scholarly Inquiry in Occupational Therapy III: Philosophical
MCC-GE 2295 Values Embodied in Information and Communications Technology
Law School Electives:
LAW-LW 11551 Animal Law Seminar
LAW-LW.3528 Bioethics
LAW-LW 10591 Climate, Ethics, & the Law Seminar
LAW-LW 3563 Environmental Values, Policies, and the Law
LAW-LW 10211/BIOE-GA 1211 Health Policy Seminar
LAW-LW 10797/BIOE-GA 1797 Health Law
LAW-LW 3377 Human Dignity Seminar
LAW-LW 3049 Introduction to Moral and Political Philosophy
LAW-LW 3635 Seminar in Environmental Law: Writing Credit
Wagner Graduate School of Public Service Electives:
URPL-GP 2612 Adapting the Physical City
HPAM-GP 2466 Current Issues in Environmental Politics
HPAM-GP 2836 Current Issues in Health Policy
URPL-GP 2665 Decentralized Development Planning and Policy Reform in Developing Countries
URPL-GP 2234 Ecoleadership
HPAM-GP 2849 Economic Analysis of Global Health
URPL-GP 2615 Environment and Urban Dynamics
URPL-GP 2610 Environmental Impact Assessment
URPL-GP 2127 Environmental Law
HPAM-GP 4652 Ethical Issues in Healthcare Management
PADM-GP 2472 Environmental Economics
HPAM-GP 1830 Health and Medical Care
URPL-GP 1603 Introduction to Urban Planning, Development, and Decision Making
URPL-GP 1605 Land Use Law: Planning Perspective
URPL-GP 2126 Risk Management in Environmental Health and Protection
URPL-GP 2613 Sustainable Cities in a Comparative Perspective
URPL-GP 2470 Transportation Policy
URPL-GP 2641 Urban Transportation Planning
URPL-GP 2237 Urbanization in Developing Countries
URPL-GP 2666 Water Sourcing and Delivery in an Era of Climate Change
URPL-GP 2625 Workshop in Environmental Planning-Urban Waterfront