What We Teach

The center is involved in teaching ethics at every level. A variety of topics are addressed in ethics courses at Emory College and in the professional and graduate schools. Ethics is a key theme in the health sciences schools, and an ethics minor is available to undergraduates pursuing any major. A master’s program in bioethics prepares leaders in the field.

Faculty at the Center for Ethics teach the Ethics curriculum at the Emory School of Medicine. Faculty also collaborate with other health science schools in teaching.

Teaching in the School of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing

Our scholars serve on national working groups and grants—for example, participating in discussions about ethical practice related to COVID-19, addressing ethical issues for NASA, and serving on national and state boards. They have written ethical guidelines with the CDC, worked with legislators in revising Georgia’s advance directive law, and more.

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Our senior faculty fellows teach and write in medicine, law, religion, and the life sciences, including patient/doctor care communication, organizational ethics, neuroscience, pediatrics, and end-of-life care.

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Master of Arts in Bioethics

The Master of Arts in Bioethics program provides rigorous, advanced, interdisciplinary study in bioethics for professionals and students interested in the social and ethical challenges facing medicine and the life sciences. Given Emory's status as a leading research and teaching university, graduates of the Masters in Bioethics program will be trained to help advance the national conversation on important issues influencing public policy, scholarship, practice, and education in the field.

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Academic Programs

Undergraduate Programs

The Ethics Center welcomes and encourages participation and involvement from Emory undergraduates.

Master's in Bioethics

The Master of Arts in Bioethics program provides rigorous, advanced, interdisciplinary study in bioethics.

Graduate and Professional Programs

The Ethics Center offers a Bioethics Certificate for any student enrolled in a PhD program at Emory.

Academics

Ethics Courses at Emory

A listing of ethics-related courses.

Food Studies and Ethics

The Food Studies and Ethics program aims to train the next generation of leaders to build a food system that better nourishes humans, the economy, and the environment.

Ethics and Servant Leadership (EASL)

EASL shapes and forms future community leaders by teaching servant leadership to and promoting ethically engaged practice by Emory students, faculty, administrators, and staff.

EASL Summer Internship Program

The EASL Internship Program is a funded summer internship program that places qualified Emory students in Atlanta-area nonprofit, government agencies, and socially responsible businesses.

EASL Forum

The EASL Forum is a weekly, interdisciplinary forum focused on service, community building, and leadership development.

Boozer-Noether Internships

The Jack Boozer Fund and the Hermann and Janet Noether Funds provide support for Emory College students undertaking internships and service-learning programs in social ethics and community service both in the United States and internationally.

Healthcare Ethics Leadership Academy

This 18-month certificate program is designed for physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, health care administrators, lawyers, and other professionals who seek to enhance their knowledge and skills in health care ethics.