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Dual Degrees

The MA-Bioethics Program is pleased to be able to partner with other schools at Emory to offer the following dual degree programs:

MD/MA

Students planning to pursue a career as a physician can also complete the requirements for the MA-Bioethics. This program is designed to prepare students from the very onset of their medical careers to be equipped to identify, address, and assess ethical issues as they appear in clinical practice.

Students who graduate with a dual MD/MA-Bioethics degree will not only be prepared to enhance the care they provide to patients, but also will be prepared to work on issues of public policy as it relates to the provision of clinical care, to serve on or chair ethics committees, or to conduct education on the ethical foundations of clinical practice.

All students in Medicine at Emory complete a 5-month Discovery Phase, which gives students an opportunity to participate in research in their individual areas of interest. Students with an interest in a  robust program in bioethics simply replace the 5-month Discovery Phase with the MA-Bioethics Program between years 4 and 5 of medical school.

Students will complete a substantive research project as part of the MA-Bioethics program that will also be suitable for the medical school capstone requirement.

For information about the MD/MA-Bioethics curriculum and schedule, please click here.

MTS/MA

Students interested in the intersection between religion/theology and bioethics may be interested in the dual Master of Theological Studies (MTS)/MA-Bioethics degrees. The purpose of the program is to train a small number of elite students to pursue careers in faith-based organizations, to teach at secondary schools, or to pursue advanced studies in bioethics and moral theology.

This dual degree will serve the needs of individuals whose career goals involve working in bioethics, patient advocacy, or pastoral care at a faith-based health care institution or organization who desire to have a robust understanding of the intersection of religion and health or health care. Additionally, combining the rigorous study of bioethics with a deep exploration of theological conceptions of health, illness, and disease may enable graduates to pursue careers in faith-based organizations, to teach at secondary schools, or to pursue advanced studies in bioethics, theology, or related fields.

 This program is designed to be value enhancing to students whose interests cross these two disciplines; such enhancement is accomplished through:

Students interested in the MTS/MA-Bioethics dual degree must apply separately to each program, and should be sure to indicate their interest in the dual degrees on both applications.

For more information about the specific degree requirements, please click here.