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Our Mission: Providing quality professional graduate education in bioethics for those unable to participate in campus based programs because of the demands of work or obstacles of distance. Our History: The Bioethics Program was founded by Union College and the Albany Medical College in 2001 at the request of working health care professionals seeking a quality graduate education that would provide them with the knowledge and skills essential to practicing competently and professionally. The Bioethics Program’s distinctive hybrid mix of ten-week on-line courses and short on-site intensive seminars was designed to suite the schedule of working professionals who need a flexible schedule, who often need to take courses while traveling, and who have limited time and few opportunities to enroll in on-site courses. The Bioethics Program’s mix of professionalism, practicality and flexibility made it attractive to working professionals in non-health related fields (educators, corporate lawyers, CPAs), and to students applying to and enrolling in graduate and professional schools. The Bioethics Program responded by offering dual degree programs with graduate and professional schools in law, medicine, philosophy, public health (pending) and social work. Our Future: After a half decade of collaboration with Albany Medical College and its Alden March Bioethics Institute (AMBI), in February 2007 Union Graduate College found a new medical partner, the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. The Union-Mount Sinai Bioethics Program continues the tradition of competency-based professional bioethics education and welcomes quality applicants from all backgrounds who have a passion for bioethics and compassion for patients. |
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"I can honestly say that I would not be at Harvard, or have the opportunities to do such fascinating research, if it were not for the education and mentorship provided to me by the Union Graduate College Bioethics Program. Dr. Robert Baker, Ph.D., director of the bioethics program, is a highly-respected philosopher and leader in bioethics. He, along with many other members of the UGC faculty, fostered an excellent educational environment for me to learn about the fundamentals of bioethics. I thoroughly enjoyed my time at UGC."
