Courses such as
Empirical Research Methods in Bioethics are designed to introduce students to empirical research methods commonly used in bioethics.
The Reproductive Ethics course, taught by Bonnie Steinbock, who serves on the Ethics Committee of the
American Society For Reproduction And Medicine (ASRM), allows students to explore controversial areas in the ethics of artificial reproduction, ranging from surrogate motherhood, to cloning, to stem cell research. The course on
Clinical Ethics functions as an elective for students who take
Research Ethics as their fourth core course, and, similarly,
Research Ethics serves as a an elective for students who take
Clinical Ethics as their fourth core course. We are also developing additional electives in Animal Ethics, Jewish Bioethics, Medicine and Social Justice, Neuroethics, and Veterinary Ethics.