Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in Bioethics and Medical Humanities

The Bioethics and Medical Humanities concentration is a special track within the Interdisciplinary M.A. awarded by the School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies. As currently practiced, Bioethics is an inherently interdisciplinary field, located principally at the intersection of philosophy, the law, and the health care professions, such as clinical medicine and nursing, but drawing as well from social science disciplines as diverse as sociology, clinical psychology, and social work. The aim of the program is to provide students with the skills necessary to work in their chosen field from an enriched ethical knowledge base. Students will be exposed to the philosophical underpinnings of health care ethics as well as real-time clinical moral decision-making. This program examines concepts of race, gender, and culture as well to incorporate an ethically sound appreciation of difference and diversity.