Around the world, ethical issues in medicine and the life sciences are addressed in different ways, reflecting different cultural traditions and social systems. Gaining an appreciation for this international diversity is critical to students of bioethics around the world, and can be an illuminating intellectual experience.
These 3-credit courses are open to all undergraduate and graduate students from Case Western Reserve University and other universities that will allow the CWRU credits to transfer. No prerequisite courses are required. Most courses are approved for Global and Cultural Diversity Credit in the College of Arts and Sciences and Humanities Credit in the School of Engineering.
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
Winter Break 2024-2025 (tentative)
BETH 315F/415F: Bioethics: Comparison in Bioethics, Spanish and American Perspectives on Health, Wellness, Medicine, and Culture
May Abroad 2023 (confirmed)
BETH 315J/415J: Drugs, Detention, and Decriminalization
Spring Break or May Abroad 2024 (tentative)
BETH 315G/415G: The Netherlands: Death and Dying
Spring Break or May Abroad 2024 (tentative)
BETH 315Y/4315Y: Environmental Ethics, Human Health, and The US National Parks
May Abroad 2024 (tentative)
BETH 315D/415D: Culture and Bioethics in France
Spring Break 2025 (tentative)
BETH 315A/415A: Women's Health and Public Health Ethics in The Netherlands
May Abroad 2025 (tentative)
