Ethical issues in medicine and the life sciences are addressed in different ways around the globe; reflective of different cultural traditions and social systems. Understanding these global perspectives is essential for students of bioethics and can be a deeply enriching intellectual experience.
These 3-credit courses are open to all undergraduate and graduate students from Case Western Reserve University and no prerequisite courses are required.
Each course has a unique Bioethics and Medical Humanities focus, length of stay, and cost. Students are required to interview with the Bioethics Study Abroad Program Director as part of the application.
To set up a program interview email: bioethics@case.edu
BETH 315C/415C: Health and Health Care: A Comparative Perspective: Costa Rica and the United States
Will not be offered Winter Break 2025-2026
BETH 315F/415F: Bioethics: Comparison in Bioethics, Spanish and American Perspectives on Health, Wellness, Medicine, and Culture
May Abroad 2025 (confirmed)
May Abroad 2026 (tentative)
BETH 315J/415J: Dutch Perspectives: Drugs, Detention, and Decriminalization
Spring semester 2026 (tentative)
BETH 315G/415G: The Netherlands: Death, Dying, and Euthanasia
Spring semester 2026 (tentative)
BETH 315Y/4315Y: Environmental Ethics, Human Health, and The US National Parks
May Abroad 2026 (tentative)
BETH 315D/415D: Culture and Bioethics in France
Spring Break 2025 (confirmed)
Spring semester 2026 (tentative)
BETH 315A/415A: Women's Health and Public Health Ethics in The Netherlands
Spring semester 2026 (tentative)
To set up a program interview email: bioethics@case.edu