The Urban Bioethics program has five student learning outcomes that students will master by the completion of their degree.
Foundational Knowledge: Upon graduation, the student will be conversant in the foundational texts and/or legal or medical cases from the field of bioethics.
Ethical Arguments: Upon graduation, the student will have gained the skills to recognize, analyze, and make ethical arguments.
Methodological Tools: Upon graduation, the student will have an understanding of the range of critical social science methodologies and appreciate their strengths and limitations for bioethics’ related research in order to evaluate and assess bioethics research and/or design, conduct, and analyze a research project
Apply Urban Bioethics: Upon graduation, the student will have the skills to apply the urban bioethics toolbox (critical thinking, reflexivity, ethical analysis, ability to effectively communicate, foregrounding social and structural determinants of health) to their respective disciplines (research, administration, clinical care, academics, other) as an aid in crafting more equitable care, research, or administration plans, lowering moral distress, contributing to the literature, or in another way based on the students’ particular career.
Engaging with Community: Upon graduation, the student will have gained the skills to approach a community site with humility, identify and engage with community members using qualitative methods, and be an advocate for the inclusion of community organizations and voices in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of health programs. Additionally, graduates will demonstrate awareness of how researchers’ positionality may lead to potential power imbalances between researchers and participants and will be knowledgeable about strategies for mitigating such imbalances or other conflicts.