The Master in Bioethics and Medical Humanities is a 30 credit hour program. Students completing the Traditional Program, Core Courses make up 16.5 credit hours and 13.5 will be Elective credits. This program has the flexibility to be full-time for one academic year or part-time for up to three academic years.
Make a study plan that works just for you
While our program provides several frameworks for concentrations, you are free to create your own. Our Medicine, Society, and Culture Concentration, Research Ethics Concentration, and Health Policy Concentration allow students to deep dive in those areas, but we also encourage you to explore the issues most relevant to your specific interests. We invite you to take advantage of all the opportunities available through CWRU. For instance, our students have taken electives in med school, law school, and business school as part of shaping their specific educational goals. Additionally, students may consider a dual-degree program.
Full-time students can complete our program in 9-months. Additionally, we offer a flexible part-time option which can be completed in up to 3 years.
All students regardless of concentration are required to take the core courses in the Traditional Program. We believe that laying a Foundation in Bioethics and Medical Humanities and Clinical Ethics is critical to those entering the healthcare world.
The Master of Arts in Bioethics & Medical Humanities program has engaged an amazing group of CWRU faculty from across campus to offer a robust selection of elective courses. Below is a representative sample of electives. This list is offered only to suggest the breadth of electives a student might consider. We encourage our students to range widely across all of the schools and departments of CWRU to identify and take courses that are relevant to their scholarly and professional interests.
MA in Bioethics and Medical Humanities students have a number of options to customize their program of study including concentrations within the program- Health Policy; Medicine, Society and Culture; or Research Ethics . Each area of concentration has its own requirements and elective choices. Concentrations allow students to take a deep dive into more specific areas within bioethics and medical humanities.
Clinical Ethics Rotations are a feature of our program that sets us apart from other Bioethics and Medical Humanities masters programs. These rotations allow you to be emersed in major teaching hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio alongside health care professionals and to see the bedside application of the ethics you are learning in the classroom.