With a public health degree at NYU GPH, you’ll have access to top-notch faculty, dozens of labs for collaboration, and countless opportunities to network with New York City-based global organizations. You can acquire the critical thinking skills and entrepreneurial opportunities needed to make a transformational impact in people’s lives.
Students in the Bioethics program will obtain the following competencies upon completion of the program:
- Understand the normative philosophical theories that underlie bioethics, clinical practice, research, neuroethics, the ethics of new biotechnologies, the ethics of global public health, and ethics of animals and the environment;
- Grasp key ethical issues and questions that arise in bioethics, clinical practice, research, neuroethics, the ethics of new biotechnologies, the ethics of global public health, and ethics of animals and the environment;
- Analyze and put forward original ideas and arguments that engage with scholarly work and public policy in bioethics;
- Understand how ethical issues are addressed in practical, medical and environmental settings.
In addition, students will be able to:
- Identify the background literature for a particular bioethical issue;
- Understand the relevant positions, distinctions, and arguments in a particular bioethical debate;
- Analyze existing arguments;
- Put forward original ideas and arguments;
- Provide empirical and theoretical support for one’s arguments;
- Explain why the considerations put forward support one’s arguments;
- Anticipate and respond to actual or possible objections to one’s arguments;
- Write in a clear, succinct, and analytic manner
- Identify ethical issues that arise in a professional setting and communicate those issues to a general audience.
Features of NYU GPH
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A Global Network University
With more than a dozen study abroad sites, NYU allows you to expand your classroom beyond borders so you can learn about public health in a global context.
New York City is Your Laboratory
Conduct research in GPH’s many Centers, Labs and Institutes, and work alongside faculty who have long standing connections to local and global health organizations.
One Global Center
Our research labs and initiatives in tandem with a broad network of health organizations offer learning and work opportunities found only in New York City.