SAMPLE SYLLABUS
SYLLABUS BIOETHICS (0122-400-06) Spring, 2001
Raymond Dennehy CA-D6; 422-6456 Fax: 422-5356 e-mail: dennehyr@usfca.edu
Office Hours T 11am, TR 1pm & by appt.
Required Texts available in USF bookstore:
Healthcare Ethics in a Diverse Society, ed. by Brannigan & Boss (Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company; 2001)
Culture of Death, Wesley Smith (San Francisco: Encounter Books; 2000)
Course Objectives:
To introduce the student to familiarize the student with the principal ethical theories and to address the central disputes amongst the different ethical theories; to apply these distinct ethical theories to ethical concerns specific to the health sciences and the practice of health care; e.g., abortion, physician-assisted suicide, the delivery of health care, and laboratory reproduction,etc.
Grading:
The final course grade will be based on a midterm test (3 essays) and a final examination (3 essays); the midterm will count for 1/3 of the grade and the final examination for 2/3. The midterm test and final examination must be written in a bluebook; otherwise it will be treated as a failure to take the test or examination. THE STUDENT MUST TAKE THE MIDTERM TEST AND FINAL EXAMINATION ON THE DATE, TIME, AND AT THE PLACE ASSIGNED FOR THE CLASS. NO MAKE-UP EXAMINATIONS WILL BE GIVEN EXCEPT IN CASES OF A PHYSICIAN’S WRITTEN STATEMENT OF THE STUDENT’S INCAPACITY TO TAKE THE TEST AND WHERE THE TEACHER JUDGES THAT THE STUDENT’S CIRCUMSTANCES JUSTIFY A MAKE-UP.
The midterm test date is WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 4:35 PM; the final examination date isWEDNESDAY, MAY 16th, 3:30 pm.
ASSIGNMENTS
Ethical Theory
M 1/22	Introductory lecture: What is Bioethics?
W 1/24	Topic: Moral Theory; text, 1-19
M 1/29	20-37
W 1/31	39-53
M 2/5	Topic: Abortion & Maternal-Fetal Conflicts; text, 175-196
W 2/7	196-218
M 2/12	219-226
W 2/14	Topic: Euthanasia: End of Life Decisions; 475-495
M 2/19	HOLIDAY; no class
W 2/21	496-515
M 2/26	516-532
W 2/28	532-548
M 3/5	Review
W 3/7	Midterm test
M 3/12	SPRING BREAK; no class
W 3/14	SPRING BREAK; no class
M 3/19	Topic: Genetic Engineering, Reproductive Technology, and Cloning; 249-268
W 3/21	268-290
M 3/26	291-326
W 3/28	Topic: Wesley Smith, Culture of Death, Introduction & Ch 1
M 4/2	Ch 2
W 4/4	Ch 3
M 4/9	Ch 4
W 4/11	Ch 5
M 4/16	Ch 6
W 4/18	Ch 7
M 4/23	Topic: Challenges in Healthcare Policy and Reform, 606-623
W 4/25	624-650
M 4/30	Topic: Class Critique of Culture of Death
W 5/2	continue critique
M 5/7	Review for final examination
W 5/9	Last Day of Class: Review for final examination
W 5/16	FINAL EXAMINATION