Program Overview

Urban Bioethics Program

The Urban Bioethics program at Temple University offers a comprehensive curriculum that explores the intersections of bioethics, health justice, and social sciences. The program is designed for professional and graduate students, with a focus on addressing structural health inequities and promoting health justice.

Course Offerings

• UBTH 5001: Foundations of Health Justice and Bioethics I (Professional Students): This course introduces students to key ethical frameworks in bioethics, emphasizing their applications and limitations in addressing structural health inequities.
• UBTH 5002: Foundations of Health Justice and Bioethics II (Professional Students): This class examines the evolution and impact of bioethics as a field, critically analyzing how bioethical principles and policies shape healthcare, law, and public health.
• UBTH 5022: Community Engagement and Health Justice (Professional Students): This course explores the theory and practice of community engagement in healthcare, research, and advocacy, centering ethical, structural, and political considerations.
• UBTH 5023: Community Engagement II (Professional Students): This is the second of a two-course series that incorporates a hands-on, community-based approach to analyzing community strengths and challenges.
• UBTH 5031: Health Care Policy and Economics (Professional Students): This course focuses on the values, organization, funding, and logistics of health care delivery in the United States.
• UBTH 5041: Bioethics, Health Justice & the Social Sciences: Theory, Methods & Practice (Professional Students): This course provides an introduction to research methods and inquiry in bioethics and health justice.
• UBTH 5082: Independent Study 1 (Professional Students): Working in conjunction with an advisor, students will craft and complete an independent study course on a topic or area of interest relevant to their professional development.
• UBTH 5101: Foundations of Health Justice and Bioethics I (Graduate Students): This course introduces students to key ethical frameworks in bioethics, emphasizing their applications and limitations in addressing structural health inequities.
• UBTH 5102: Foundations of Health Justice and Bioethics II (Graduate Students): This class examines the evolution and impact of bioethics as a field, critically analyzing how bioethical principles and policies shape healthcare, law, and public health.
• UBTH 5122: Community Engagement and Health Justice (Graduate Students): This course explores the theory and practice of community engagement in healthcare, research, and advocacy, centering ethical, structural, and political considerations.
• UBTH 5123: Community Engagement II (Graduate Students): This is the second of a two-course series that incorporates a hands-on, community-based approach to analyzing community strengths and challenges.
• UBTH 5131: Health Care Policy and Economics (Graduate Students): This course focuses on the values, organization, funding, and logistics of health care delivery in the United States.
• UBTH 5141: Bioethics, Health Justice and the Social Sciences: Theory, Methods and Practice (Graduate Students): This course provides an introduction to research methods and inquiry in bioethics and health justice.
• UBTH 5182: Independent Study 1 (Graduate Students): Working in conjunction with an advisor, students will craft and complete an independent study course on a topic or area of interest relevant to their professional development.
• UBTH 5189: Field Study I: Students will identify a specific health justice or bioethics issue and collaborate with academic, medical, and community mentors to develop and begin implementation of an innovative intervention.
• UBTH 5210: Special Topics: Social Science Approaches to Health Justice and Bioethics: This course features a rotating set of topics exploring the intersections of social sciences, health justice, and bioethics.
• UBTH 5220: Special Topics: Clinical Bioethics and Health Justice: This course explores ethical challenges in clinical settings, with a particular focus on how health justice considerations influence patient care, provider decision-making, and institutional policies.
• UBTH 5230: Special Topics: Contemporary Issues in Bioethics and Health Justice: This course examines evolving and pressing issues at the intersection of bioethics, public health, and social justice.
• UBTH 5240: Special Topics: Research Ethics and Health Justice: This course explores ethical considerations in research involving human subjects, with an emphasis on the ethical implications of health disparities, power dynamics in research, and community-based research ethics.
• UBTH 5250: Advanced Topics in Health Justice: Advanced Topics in Health Justice is a four-week survey course of contemporary issues and questions in bioethics.
• UBTH 5260: Advanced Topics in Bioethics: Advanced Topics in Bioethics is a four-week survey course of contemporary issues and questions in bioethics.
• UBTH 9082: Independent Study 2 (Professional Students): Working in conjunction with an advisor, students will craft and complete an independent study course on a topic or area of interest relevant to professional development.
• UBTH 9182: Independent Study 2 (Graduate Students): Working in conjunction with an advisor, students will craft and complete an independent study course on a topic or area of interest relevant to professional development.
• UBTH 9189: Field Study II: Students will refine and evaluate their intervention, ensuring long-term sustainability and measurable impact.
• UBTH 9995: Thesis (Professional Students): Working in conjunction with a thesis advisor, students will conduct an original research project and produce a publishable-quality paper.
• UBTH 9996: Thesis (Graduate Students): Working in conjunction with a thesis advisor, students will conduct an original research project and produce a publishable-quality paper.

Level Registration Restrictions

• Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Law, Medicine, Graduate, Law Graduate.

Repeatability

• Courses may be repeated for additional credit, unless specified otherwise.

Pre-requisites

• Minimum grade of B- in prerequisite courses, unless specified otherwise.