Social Welfare and Social Research — Ph.D. with Bioethics — M.A.
Closed to admission for the 2020-2021 academic year.
Program director, Bioethics
Whitny Braun
Program director, Social Welfare and Social Research, Department of Social Work and Social Ecology
Larry Ortiz
Faculty
The faculty for the combined M.A./Ph.D. in Bioethics with Social Welfare and Social Research Program is drawn from the School of Religion and from the Department of Social Work and Social Ecology in the School of Behavioral Health.
Purpose of the program
The purpose of the combined M.A./Ph.D. in Bioethics with Social Welfare and Social Research Program is to facilitate an integrated and more efficient completion of two graduate degrees for students with strong interests in both bioethics and social policy. Students who complete this combined degrees program will be prepared to make significant interdisciplinary contributions to the field of social policy and ethics. Individuals working in the area of social policy must be able to undertake and publish research on social problems. This requires the ability to apply ethical theory to real-world policy scenarios. Graduates will be able to provide leadership to the social policy arena by conducting interdisciplinary research on various issues and agendas that have significant moral implications.
Admissions
To enter the proposed program, students must gain separate acceptance to both graduate programs. The Social Policy and Social Research Program director recommends students. This recommendation triggers a streamlined admissions process for the M.A. degree in bioethics.
Coursework requirements
If an M.A. degree in bioethics is taken as a stand-alone degree, the requirement is 48 units. However, the M.A./Ph.D. combined degrees student is able to double count 13 of the needed 48 units.
To the extent possible, research projects in both programs focus on the interface of ethics and social policy.
M.A.
Ethics core | ||
RELE 524 | Bioethics and Society | 3 |
RELE 545 | Bioethics Case Conference I | 1 |
RELE 589 | Biblical Ethics | 3 |
RELE 598 | Master's Seminar I | 3 |
RELE 599 | Master's Seminar II | 2 |
RELG 510 | Christian Service (1-2) 2 | 2 |
Electives | 21 | |
Ethics for Scientists | ||
Christian Social Ethics | ||
Clinical Ethics Practicum I | ||
Clinical Ethics Practicum II | ||
Clinical Practicum III | ||
Ethics and Health Disparities | ||
History of Health-Care Ethics | ||
World Religions and Bioethics | ||
Bioethics and the Law | ||
Shared units with social welfare and social policy (Ph.D.) | ||
The folowing 13 units are doubled counted | ||
RELE 588 | Philosophical Ethics | 3 |
SPOL 613 | Social Science Concepts I | 3 |
SPOL 614 | Social Science Concepts II | 3 |
SPOL 655 | Research Methods II | 4 |
Total Units | 48 |
Ph.D.
Theory | ||
SPOL 610 | Diversity Theory and Global Perspectives | 3 |
SPOL 613 | Social Science Concepts I | 3 |
SPOL 614 | Social Science Concepts II | 3 |
Policy | ||
SPOL 616 | History and Philosophy of Social Welfare Policy | 3 |
SPOL 658 | Advanced Policy Analysis and Research | 3 |
Research | ||
SPOL 654 | Research Methods I | 4 |
SPOL 655 | Research Methods II | 4 |
SPOL 667 | Research Methods Practicum Seminar | 2 |
Statistics | ||
CFSD 601 | Statistics I | 4 |
or PSYC 501 | Advanced Statistics I | |
CFSD 602 | Statistics II | 4 |
or PSYC 502 | Advanced Statistics II | |
CFSD 603 | Statistics III | 4 |
or PSYC 503 | Advanced Multivariate Statistics | |
SPOL 665 | Statistical Practicum Seminar | 2 |
Advanced statistics electives | 4 | |
Integrative seminars | ||
SPOL 601 | Integrative Seminar: Pro-seminar 1 | 3 |
SPOL 602 | Integrative Seminar: Global Perspective 1 | 6 |
SPOL 603 | Integrative Seminar: Implementation Science 1 | 3 |
SPOL 604A | Integrative Seminar: Academic Practice | 1 |
SPOL 604B | Integrative Seminar: Academic Practice | 1 |
SPOL 604C | Integrative Seminar: Academic Practice | 1 |
Dissertation | ||
SPOL 681 | Dissertation Proposal I | 3 |
SPOL 682 | Dissertation Proposal II | 3 |
SPOL 683 | Dissertation Proposal III | 3 |
SPOL 697 | Research 1 | 12 |
Religion | ||
RELE 588 | Philosophical Ethics | 3 |
RELR 540 | Wholeness and Health 2 | 3 |
RELT 557 | Theology of Human Suffering | 3 |
Electives | 4 | |
Total Units | 92 |
1 | Course repeated to full unit requirement |
2 | Fulfills service learning requirement |