BIOEMA - Bioethics
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Program Type
Master of Arts
College
College of Medicine - Phoenix
Career
Graduate
Program Description
The MA in Bioethics is offered 100% online and was developed to serve emerging and seasoned health professionals in Arizona, nationally and globally. The advanced study of bioethics at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix brings together liberal arts disciplines including philosophy, history and sociology of science, psychology, sociology, and anthropology, with the expertise from the University of Arizona, College of Medicine - Phoenix faculty and other key university partners. Bioethics is a discipline dealing with the social, legal, and ethical implications of biological research and applications, especially in medicine. It includes medical ethics which focuses on issues in healthcare, research ethics which focuses on the conduct of research, and with public health ethics which addresses ethical issues in public health. We aim to give clinicians, social workers, chaplaincy, nurses, and lay individuals who wish to seek out a Master of Arts in Bioethics the background and training to engage in the teaching of ethics, ethics research, ethics consultations, and difficult bedside ethical issues.
Thirty credits are necessary to complete the degree with 12 core credits and 18 elective credits. The core courses prepare you to explore how ethical issues underlie the decisions that shape our minds, lives, and society as we move through bedside medical decisions, the difficult decisions related to diversity, equity, inclusion, the rights of people and everyday decisions that we make in our lives.
The elective courses will allow you explore your areas of interest within the field. You will apply your learning in the culmination of a final master's project (ETH 909) in a topic of you choosing.
Note: The MA in Bioethics is offered to Arizona residents through the Phoenix Campus. It is offered to national and international students through Arizona Online. All courses are 7.5 weeks long, asynchronous, and offered through iCourse. Many courses are available for graduate students from other programs to take as electives.
Questions? Please contact Molly Kurtz, mgittelm@arizona.edu
Thirty credits are necessary to complete the degree with 12 core credits and 18 elective credits. The core courses prepare you to explore how ethical issues underlie the decisions that shape our minds, lives, and society as we move through bedside medical decisions, the difficult decisions related to diversity, equity, inclusion, the rights of people and everyday decisions that we make in our lives.
The elective courses will allow you explore your areas of interest within the field. You will apply your learning in the culmination of a final master's project (ETH 909) in a topic of you choosing.
Note: The MA in Bioethics is offered to Arizona residents through the Phoenix Campus. It is offered to national and international students through Arizona Online. All courses are 7.5 weeks long, asynchronous, and offered through iCourse. Many courses are available for graduate students from other programs to take as electives.
Questions? Please contact Molly Kurtz, mgittelm@arizona.edu