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MA degree requirements

The following requirements are in addition to, or further elaborate upon, those requirements outlined in the Student Services section of this Web site.

Coursework Requirements

Courses#
Units
Core Courses (10 units) :
 

M1 Ethics and Human Values

.5
M1 Humanities Seminar
.5
M2 Profession of Medicine 
.5
M2 Humanities Seminar
.5
MHB 401 Foundations of Bioethics
1
MHB 402 Introduction to Law and Ethics
1
MHB 403 History of Medicine and Bioethics
1
MHB 404 Literature, Medicine, and Bioethics
1
MHB 405 Social Science and Bioethics
1
MHB 406 The Practice of MH&B
1
MHB 410 Special Topics in Medical Humanities and Bioethics I
1
MHB 420 Special Topics in Medical Humanities and Bioethics II 1
Thesis Requirement: both of the following courses
 
MHB Tutorial Readings for Research Project

.5

MHB Thesis Project
.5
Total required units:
11

# Substitutions may be made from existing upper-level under­graduate Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences courses offered by related disciplines: these WCAS 300-level courses are detailed elsewhere on this Web site.
 
Other MA Degree Requirements
  • Master's Thesis: comprehensive thesis