Bioethics/Medical Ethics

A program that focuses on the application of ethics, religion, jurisprudence, and the social sciences to the analysis of health care issues, clinical decisionmaking, and research procedures. Includes instruction in philosophical ethics, moral value, medical sociology, theology, spirituality and health, policy analysis, decision theory, and applications to problems such as death and dying, therapeutic relationships, organ transplantation, human and animal subjects, reproduction and fertility, health care justice, cultural sensitivity, needs assessment, professionalism, conflict of interest, chaplaincy, and clinical or emergency procedures.

Students who are passionate about Bioethics/Medical Ethics can study up to a Doctors degree research scholarship. Currently, 653 students earn a some level of degree in Bioethics/Medical Ethics around the US each year. More students graduate with a degree in Bioethics/Medical Ethics in the state of Virginia than any other state. The average starting salary for a graduate with a bachelor's degree in Bioethics/Medical Ethics is $44,000.