MA/CT Emphasis in Bioethics Curriculum

The MA/CT emphasis in bioethics immerses students in the meeting point of law, philosophy, theology, and medicine as the context for discussions regarding society’s utilization of medical innovations. Enabling Christians to work, study, and research so that they can reach biblically based conclusions on these issues and proclaim them persuasively and intelligently to a secular world is the purpose of the emphasis. Trinity believes that answers to moral questions must be informed by a biblical perspective.

Physicians, nurses, healthcare workers, and medical students join lawyers, those with political and public policy interests, those preparing for a career in university teaching, and others in the pursuit of biblical answers on ethical issues. Emphasis participants automatically become members of The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity at no cost for the duration of their program and are eligible to participate in their initiatives.

Bioethics Required Courses:		8 hours
ID 7900	Theological Research Methods	2 hrs
BE 5000	Introduction to Bioethics: Matters of Life and Death -or-	3 hrs
BE 5100	Intensive Bioethics Institute	3 hrs
BE 5300	Clinical Issues in Bioethics	2 hrs
BE 6100	Bioethics Colloquium	1 hr
Bioethics Limited Electives (select from):		8 hours
ST 6210	Advanced Christian Ethics	3 hrs
BE 5500	Bioethics and Public Policy	2 hrs
BE 6400	Readings in Bioethics	3 hrs
BE 6700	Personhood in Theological & Philosophical Perspective	3 hrs
BE 7200	Bioethics Seminar	3 hrs
PR 7220	Ethical Theory	3 hrs
Cognate Field		8 hours
Biblical Studies (OT and/or NT)		6 hours
Elective		2 hours
PT 5090 Field Ed (two semesters) -or-		0 hours
PT 5090 Field Ed (one semester) and PT 5080 Formation Group (two semesters)		0 hours
Capstone: BE 7485 MA Thesis		0-3 hours
TOTAL hours required		32 hours