Bioethics (Collaborative Program)
Overview | Master's Level | Doctoral Level | Courses | Committee | Contact
Lead Faculty
Medicine
Participating Degree Programs
Health Administration – MHSc
Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation – MSc, PhD
Law – LLM, SJD
Medical Science – MSc, PhD
Nursing Science – MN, PhD
Philosophy – MA, PhD
Public Health Sciences – MPH, MSc, PhD
Rehabilitation Science – MSc, PhD
Religion – MA, PhD
Social Work – PhD
Overview
The graduate units listed above participate in the Collaborative Program in Bioethics at the master's and doctoral levels.
Students with an interest in bioethics register in one of the graduate units associated with the Collaborative Program in Bioethics (CPB). Upon successful completion, the student receives the master's or PhD degree in their discipline as well as the notation "Completed Collaborative Program in Bioethics" on the transcript.
Contact and Address
Web: www.jointcentreforbioethics.ca/education/cpb.shtml
Email: carmen.alfred@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 978-0871
Fax: (416) 978-1911
Joint Centre for Bioethics (JCB)
University of Toronto
Suite 754, 155 College Street
Toronto, Ontario M5T 1P8
Canada
Master's Level
Admission Requirements
- Applicants to the collaborative program must apply to and be admitted to both the collaborative program and a graduate degree program in one of the collaborating departments.
- Students interested in the master's programs apply simultaneously to both the collaborating graduate unit and the CPB. Applications for admission to the CPB are considered only after admission to the collaborating graduate unit. If a student applies to more than one unit, a copy of each file must be submitted to the Academic Secretary, Collaborative Program in Bioethics.
- Visit the CPB's website for the application form and details about supporting documentation. The application must be accompanied by:
- CPB's application form
- an up-to-date curriculum vitae
- up-to-date copies of all transcripts
- a one-page letter of intent
- two letters of reference
- Where a thesis is required, an email or note from the proposed supervisor indicating willingness to supervise the student should be submitted to the Academic Secretary. The Joint Centre for Bioethics website lists faculty and bioethicists who are available for advice relating to research proposals.
Program Requirements
- A student will be expected to meet the requirements of the home graduate unit as well as those of the collaborative program.
- Courses taken to complete degree requirements must include the following, which may be counted towards the degree in the home unit:
- PHL 2145H, a review of the philosophical foundations of bioethics
- MSC 3001Y, issues and case studies in bioethics
- 0.5 full-course equivalent (FCE), normally from the home unit; see suggested list below
- Master's programs require either a thesis or equivalent research project as determined by the home unit. The thesis will be supervised by a thesis committee comprising a supervisor and two other members. The thesis is evaluated according to the procedures and standards of the home graduate unit and must fall within the broad area of bioethics. Non-thesis projects require supervision; requirements for such projects will be determined by the home unit.
Doctoral Level
Admission Requirements
- Applicants to the collaborative program must apply to and be admitted to both the collaborative program and a graduate degree program in one of the collaborating departments.
- Students interested in the doctoral programs apply simultaneously to both the collaborating graduate unit and the CPB. Applications for admission to the CPB are considered only after admission to the collaborating graduate unit. If a student applies to more than one unit, a copy of each file must be submitted to the Secretary, Collaborative Program in Bioethics.
- Visit the CPB's website for the application form and details about supporting documentation. The application must be accompanied by:
- CPB's application form
- an up-to-date curriculum vitae
- up-to-date copies of all transcripts
- a one-page letter of intent
- two letters of reference
- For the doctoral thesis, an email or note from the proposed supervisor indicating willingness to supervise the student should be submitted to the Academic Secretary. The Joint Centre for Bioethics website lists faculty and bioethicists who are available for advice relating to research proposals.
Program Requirements
- A student will be expected to meet the requirements of the home graduate unit as well as those of the collaborative program.
- Courses taken to complete degree requirements must include the following, which may be counted towards the degree in the home unit:
- PHL 2145H, a review of the philosophical foundations of bioethics
- MSC 3001Y, issues and case studies in bioethics
- 0.5 full-course equivalent (FCE), normally from the home unit; see suggested list below
- All doctoral candidates must complete a thesis.
- Thesis supervisors must have appointments to the graduate faculty and will normally be members of the Bioethics Collaborative Program Committee. Ordinarily members of the thesis committee and examining professors are drawn from other relevant disciplines.
Course List
Please note that these courses are not offered every year. Consult each unit's website for details.
Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
HAD 5011H Canada's Health Care System
HAD 5306H Introduction to Health Care Research Methodology
HAD 5741H Health Law
HAD 5768H International Perspectives on Health Services Management
HAD 5771H Resource Allocation Ethics
Law
Participation in LAW courses is at the discretion of the Faculty of Law upon presentation, to the Faculty of Law Records Office, of a signed permission form from the student's home department. Note that preference is given to JD students and that many law courses are full by the end of the Faculty of Law add/drop period.
LAW 267H Medical Law
LAW 388H Public Health Law
LAW 582H Privacy, Property and the Human Body
Medical Science
MSC 1051H Research Bioethics
MSC 3002Y Foundations Seminar II
MSC 3003Y Empirical Approaches in Bioethics
MSC 3004Y Ethics Committees and Consultation
Nursing Science
NUR 1021H Nursing Ethics
Philosophy
PHL 2131H Ethics
PHL 2132H Seminar in Ethics
PHL 2133H Topics in Ethics
HPS 1105H Philosophy of Medicine
Public Health Sciences
CHL 5111H Qualitative Research Methods
CHL 5121H Genomics, Bioethics and Public Policy
CHL 5401H Epidemiology Methods I
CHL 5411H International Health
CHL 5124H Public Health Ethics
Religion
RLG 2007H Ethics, Society, and Technology
RLG 2018H Religion and Bioethics
Social Work
SWK 6101H Critical Evaluation of Social Work Practice Theories
SWK 6308H Designing and Implementing Quantitative Social Work Research
Program Committee
Miller, Fiona - PhD – Health Policy, Management & Evaluation
Lemmens, Trudo - CandIur, LicIur, LLM – Law
Upshur, Ross Edward - MA, MD, MSc, FRCP(C) – Medical Science
Peter, Elizabeth - BA, BSN, MSN, PhD – Nursing Science
Sepielli, Andrew - AB, JD, PhD – Philosophy
Daar, Abdallah - DPhil, FRCP(Lond), FRCS, FRCS(C) – Public Health Sciences, Medical Science
Nixon, Stephanie - BHSc(PT), BA, MSc, PhD – Rehabilitation Science
Secker, Barbara - BA, MA, PhD – Rehabilitation Science
Novak, David - AB, MHL, rabbinical diploma, PhD – Religion
Newman, Peter - BA, MSW, MS, PhD – Social Work