Bioethics Minor

Requirements total 25-26 hours. This includes 18 hours of core and 7-8 hours of Bioethics courses taken either at Trinity College or Trinity Graduate School. Bioethics credit may also be earned by enrolling in the Bioethics Conference institutes and wrap-around courses offered each summer (usually in mid-July). Students may register for these courses during May term. Three of the required hours meet general education requirements.

Core (18 hrs):
BIO 474X Introduction to Bioethics	3 hrs
BIO 475X Topics in Bioethics	3 hrs
PH 170 Logic	3 hrs
PH 180 Introduction to Philosophy	3 hrs
PH 182 Ethics	3 hrs
PH 242 Philosophy of Science	3 hrs
Electives (7-8 hrs):
Elective courses that may be taken at Trinity Graduate School under the BE designation
BE 5500 Bioethics and Public Policy	2 hrs
BE 5300 Readings In Bioethics	3 hrs
BE 6100 Clinical Issues in Bioethics	2 hrs
BE 6400 Bioethics Seminar	2-3 hrs
BE 6700 Bioethics Colloquium	1 hr
BE 7700 Personhood in Theological and Philosophical Perspective	3 hrs

NOTE: BIO 474X (graduate course BIO 774) and BIO 475X (graduate course BIO 780) have reduced in-course requirements for undergraduates. Courses taken under the BE ____ designation remain at the graduate level in course content but are designated on the transcript as fulfilling the undergraduate requirements for a minor. If applied toward a minor and/or toward the required hours for graduation, the course(s) may not subsequently be applied toward a graduate degree.

Updated to 2008-09 Catalog

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Bioethics Minor

Core (18 hrs):

Electives (7-8 hrs):

Updated to 2008-09 Catalog