Program Requirements
General Program Requirements:
Number of Credits Required Beyond the Baccalaureate: 32
Required Courses:
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| UBTH 5001 | Urban Bioethics 1 (Professional Students) | 3 |
| UBTH 5002 | Urban Bioethics 2 (Professional Students) | 3 |
| UBTH 5022 | Community Engagement I (Professional Students) | 2 |
| UBTH 5023 | Community Engagement II (Professional Students) | 2 |
| UBTH 5031 | The Values, Ethics, & Economics of Health Care Delivery in Urban Communities (Professional Students) | 2 |
| UBTH 5041 | Critical Social Science and Urban Bioethics (Professional Students) | 2 |
| Electives | 15 | |
| Research Course | ||
| UBTH 9996 | MA in Urban Bioethics Thesis (Graduate Students) | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 32 | |
Culminating Event:
Thesis:
The thesis should make a novel contribution to the field. Toward this end, the student conducts an original research project, empirical or non-empirical, and produces a publishable paper. The research is undertaken with guidance from an approved thesis advisor from the Lewis Katz School of Medicine, the Center for Urban Bioethics, or a dual-degree student’s home department.