AMBI+501


 * (AMBI 501)** __Methods in Empirical Bioethics__: This course is designed to give students an orientation to common quantitative and qualitative empirical research methods as applied to the field of bioethics. We will review how such research originating primarily from the disciplines of anthropology and sociology can be used for further scholarship in bioethics. The course will briefly address the interface between the social sciences and bioethics by examining some theoretical perspectives and selected contributions that empirical research has made to bioethics. The bulk of the course will consist of providing students the tools to undertake a research project (mock) by illustrating and practicing each step in the research process utilized in thorough scientific explorations.