COWL 156M

Medical Ethics

5credits
About this course

How do we understand pain? How do we make ethical decisions on topics like organ transplantation and reproduction? What is the role of genetic technology in the future of medicine? What are the ethics of healthcare? What does climate change have to do with bioethics? In this interdisciplinary course, students delve into the morality and ethics of medicine, using bioethical frameworks to take on important scientific and human questions. This course is suitable for everyone, but in particular those interested in medical anthropology, pre-med, environmental studies, sociology, history of science, and philosophy. (Formerly Medical Ethics and Justice in Literature and Film.)

All available terms

1 term

Avg. GPA
3.68
Grades
35
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University of California, Santa Cruz

COWL 156M at UCSC: average GPA 3.68 across 35 students. Grade distribution by term. How do we understand pain? How do we make ethical decisions on topics like…

Average GPA: 3.68

Grade distribution records: 35 students across 1 terms.

Grade distribution

GradeStudentsPercent
A1748.6%
A-822.9%
B+514.3%
B411.4%
B-12.9%

Based on 35 student grade records across 1 term and 1 professor.

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