Courses Archive
Current Courses
Fall 2026
The courses are arranged according to the minor area requirements.
Intro Health Ethics and Society Courses
ANTH 2280 Medical Anthropology | Jarrett Zigon We 3:30-5:10pm
PHIL 1740 Issues of Life and Death | Justin Bernstein MoWe 12:00-12:50pm
HES Requirement
ANTH 3290 Life, Technology, and the Contemporary Condition | Jarrett Zigon Th 3:30-6:00pm
Ethics Courses
PHIL 2510 Environmental Ethics | Mara Harrell TuTh 12:30-1:45pm
PHIL 2510 Ethics of Social Media | Jordan MacKenzie MoWe 2:00-3:15pm
HHE 5800 Introduction to Clinical Ethics | Julia Taylor, Mary Faith Marshall Th 2:00-4:00pm
PHIL 3710 Ethics | Talbot Brewer TuTh 9:30-10:45am
RELG 2210 Religion, Ethics, & Global Environment | TBD TuTh 2:00-3:15pm, 3:30-4:45pm
RELG 2630 Business, Ethics, and Society | Charles Mathewes MoWe 2:00-2:50pm
Political Theory Courses
PHIL 1730 Introduction to Moral and Political Philosophy | Rebecca Stangl TuTh 3:30-4:20
PHIL 2060 Philosophical Problems of Law | Alexander Motchoulski TuTh 9:30-10:20am
PHIL 2510 History of Political Philosophy | Alexander Motchoulski TuTh 2:00-3:15pm
PLAP 2250 American Political Tradition | Samuel Rosenblum TuTh 12:30-1:45pm OR Daniel Blinderman TuTh 11:00am-12:15pm
PLPT 1010 Introduction to Political Theory | Tom Donahue-Ochoa MoWe 8:00-8:50am
PLPT 3010 Ancient and Medieval Political Theory | Colin Bird MoWe 9:00-9:50am
PLPT 3200 African-American Political Thought | Lawrie Balfour MoWe 12:00-12:50pm
PPL 2010 Morality, Law, and the State | Justin Snedegar TuTh 9:30-10:45am
RELG 2266 Religion, Media, and Democracy | Nichole Flores MoWe 11:00-11:50am
Bioethics Electives
AAS 2220 Introduction to Race, Class, Politics and the Environment | Kimberly Fields Tu 6:00-8:30pm
AAS 3235 The Plantation | Alisha Gaines MoWe 3:30-4:45
AAS 3500 Monsters, Mad Scientists, and Black Trans Bodies | Jovon Moses TuTh 11:00am-12:15pm
AAS 3500 Race, Ethnicity, and Health in the US | Liana Richardson Tu 6:00-8:30pm
ASL 3081 History of the American Deaf Community | Christopher Krentz MoWeFr 12:00-12:50pm
AMST 3500 U.S. Cultures of Disability | Fiona Ngo MoWe 3:30-4:45pm
ANTH 2285 Anthropology of Development and Humanitarianism | Sylvia Tidey Th3:30-6:00pm
ANTH 3332 Anthropology of Disability | Aron Marie MoWe 2:00-3:15pm
ARTH 3591 Art, Death, and Ritual: Mysteries of Ancient China | Dorothy Wong MoWe 5:00-6:15pm
BIOL 3450 Biodiversity and Conservation | Jessamyn Manson MoWe 3:30-4:45pm
EDHS 2895 Mental Health and Schools | Scott Gest TuTh 9:30-10:45am
EDHS 3110 Understanding Autism | Rose Nevill TuTh 9:30-10:45
EVSC 4340 Human Biometeorology: Weather, Climate and Human Health | Robert Davis MoFr 10:00-10:50
GNUR 5110 Historical Foundations of Health Disparities in the U.S. | Dominique Tobbell We 2:00-4:50pm
GNUR 5240 Ethics and Clinical Practice | Ashley Hurst We 2:30-5:00pm
GNUR 5390 Introduction to the U.S. Health Care System | Rick Mayes We 3:00-5:30pm
GNUR 6058 Nursing, Ethics, and the Larger Healthcare Arena | Ashley Hurst Th 9:30am-12:20pm
HHE 5500 Nothing About Us Without Us: Illness in American Arts and Culture | Ethan Evans, Donna Chen, and Mary Faith Marshall Tu 2:00-4:30pm
HHE 5600 Health, Aging, and Society | Justine Mutter We 2:00-4:30pm
HIST 3281 Genocide: A Global History | Jeffrey Rossman MoWe 12:00-12:50pm
HIST 3501 A Moral History of the Rich | Brian Owensby Th 5:00-7:30
HIUS 3611 Gender and Sexuality in America, 1600-1865 | Caroline Janney MoWe 10:00-10:50
HIUS 3853 From Redlined to Subprime: Race and Real Estate in the US | Andrew Kahrl MoWe 9:00-9:50
LPPS 5335 Wicked Problem of Gun Violence | Brian Williams Tu 5:00-7:30
MDST 3402 War and the Media | Bruce Williams MoWe 2:00-3:15pm
MDST 3510 Democratic Politics in the New Media Environment | Bruce Williams Mo 3:30-6:00pm
MDST 3510 Children on Social Media | Ashleigh Wade Th 2:00-4:30
PHIL 2350 Minds, Machines, and Persons | Zachary Irving TuTh 5:00-6:15pm
PHIL 2500 Justice and Healthcare | Justin Bernstein MoWe 10:00-10:50am
PHIL 2920 Philosophy of Health and Health Care | Elizabeth Barnes TuTh 8:00-8:50am
PHIL 3520 Philosophy of Neuroscience | Zachary Irving TuTh 12:30-1:45pm
PHIL 3830 Philosophy of Mental Health | Elizabeth Barnes TuTh 11:00am-12:15pm
PHS 3050 Fundamentals of Public Health | Paige Hornsby TuTh 12:30-1:45pm
PHS 3104 Introduction to Epidemiology | Jean Eby MoWe 2:00-3:15pm
PHS 3620 Built Environment & Health Impact | Schaeffer Somers TuTh 8:00-9:15am
PHS 3825 Global Public Health: Challenges and Innovations | Chris Colvin Tu 2:00-4:30pm
PHS 4050 Global Public Health Policy | Kathryn Quissell TuTh 11:00am-12:15pm
PHS 4186 Comparative Health Care Systems | Kathryn Quissell MoWeFr 2:00-2:50pm
PLAP 4360 Campaigns and Elections | Kenneth Stroupe, Larry Sabato Mo 7:00-9:30pm
PLIR 4500 Perception of America Abroad | Gerard Alexander Mo 2:00-2:50pm
PLCP 4500 Making Rich Democracies | Gerard Alexander Mo 4:30-7:00pm
PSYC 3235 Epigenetics | Meghan Puglia TuTh 11:00am-12:15pm
RELG Religion, Culture, and the Body | TBD TuTh 11:00-12:15
SLTR 3300 Facing Evil in the Twentieth Century | Dariusz Tolczyk TuTh 12:30-1:45pm
SOC 2280 Medical Sociology | TBD
SOC 2442 Systems of Inequality | TBD TuTh 2:00-3:15pm
SOC 3320 Sociology of the Body | Esra Sarioglu TuTh 12:30-1:45pm
SOC 3700 Health, Illness, and Inequality | Allison Stolte MoWe 3:30-4:45pm
SOC 4280 Sociology of Mental Health and Illness | David Skubby TuTh 11:00am-12:15pm
SOC 4530 Universal Health Care | Allison Stolte MoWe 5:00-6:15pm
SPAN 3050 Spanish for Medical Professionals | Alicia Lopez Opere TuTh 11:00am-12:15pm
SPAN 3060 Writing for Social Justice and Change | Esther Poveda TuTh 9:30-10:45
WGS 2100 Introduction to Gender and Sexuality Studies | Corinne Field MoWe 10:00-10:50am
WGS 2600 Human Sexualities | Lisa Speidel TuTh 12:30-1:45pm
WGS 3150 Race & Power in Gender & Sexuality | Tiffany King MoWe 2:00-3:15pm
WGS 3500 Queer American History | Doug Meyer TuTh 5:00-6:15pm
WGS 3500 Issues and Controversies in Women’s Sports | Bonnie Hagerman TuTh 11:00am-12:15pm
WGS 3559 Gender, Power, and the Politics of Health | Lanice Avery MoWe 5:00-6:15pm
The courses are arranged according to the minor area requirements. If you have a course that is not listed below, please contact Prof. Nichole Flores at nmf5q@virginia.edu
Intro Health Ethics and Society Courses
ANTH 2280 Medical Anthropology | Jessica Mulligan or Kasey Jernigan | TuTh 12:30-1:45, TuTh 3:30-4:45, 9:00-9:50, or 11:00-11:50
Biopolitics and the Contemporary Condition Course
Not offered for S26 – 4th year students in final semester, please consult with HES program director to identify an alternative course.
Ethics Courses
ANTH 3020 Using Anthropology | Lise Dorbin | MoWe 3:30-4:45pm
HHE 5701 Clinical Ethics
HHE 5705 Sexual Health and Reproductive Justice and Ethics | Lois Shepherd | Th 1-3
PHIL 1730 Introduction to Moral and Political Philosophy | Jordan MacKenzie | TuTh 8:30am-9:20am
PHIL 3720 Contemporary Ethics | Jordan MacKenzie | TuTh 2:00-3:15
RELG 2210 Religion, Ethics, and Global Environment | Devin Zuckerman | TuTh 3:30-4:45 or TuTh 12:30-1:45
RELG 2300 Religious Ethics and Moral Problems | Charles Mathewes | MoWe 2:00-3:15
RELG 2464 Latino Religions and US Democracy | Nichole Flores | TuTh 11-12:15
RELI 5094 What is Love? Reflections from the Islamic Tradition | Oludamini Ogunnaike | T 2-4:30pm
RELJ 3310 Jewish Law | Elizabeth Alexander | TuTh 12:30-1:45pm
Political Theory Courses
PHIL 3520 Justice, Law, and Morality | Talbot Brewer | TuTh 9:30-10:45
PHIL 3640 Political Philosophy | Alexander Motchoulski | TuTh 2:00-3:15
PLPT 1010 Introduction to Political Theory | Kevin Duong | MoWe 9:00-9:50
PLPT 3020 Modern Political Thought | Colin Bird | MoWe 9:00-9:50
PLPT 3050 Survey of American Political Theory | James Savage | We 2:00-4:30
PLPT 3220 Liberalism and Its Critics | Colin Bird | MoWe 3:30-4:45
RELG 2266 Religion, Media, and Democracy | Nichole Flores | Th 2-4:30pm
Electives
AAS 3500 Race Ethnicity and Health in the US | Liana Richardson | Tu 3:30-6:00
AAS 3500 Race and Medicine in America | Liana Richardson | Tu 6:00-8:30
GETR 3559 Illness and Disability | Julia Gutterman | TuTh 2:00-3:15
PHIL 2500 Justice and Health Care | To Be Announced | TuTh 12:30-1:20pm
PHS 3050 Fundamentals of Public Health | Paige Hornsby | TuTh 12:30-1:45
PHS 3104 Introduction to Epidemiology: Methodological and Ethical Considerations | Jean Eby | TuTh 2:00-3:15
PHS 3825 Global Public Health: Challenges and Innovations | Chris Colvin | Th 9:30-12:00
PSYC 4500 Social Media and Mental Health | Lanice Avery | Th 2:00-4:30
RUTR 3500 Medicine and Madness in Russian Literature | Madelyn Stuart | TuTh 3:30-4:45
SOC 2280 Medical Sociology | Allison Stolte | MoWe 3-3:50pm
SOC 3320 Sociology of the Body | Ersa Sarioglu | MoWe 3:30-4:45pm
The courses are arranged according to the minor area requirements. If you have a course that is not listed below, please contact Prof. Nichole Flores at nmf5q@virginia.edu
Introduction to Bioethics Courses
ANTH 2280 Medical Anthropology | Jarrett Zigon W | 3:30-5:10
PHIL 1740 Issues of Life and Death | Rebecca Stangl | MW 1:00-1:50
Biopolitics and the Contemporary Condition Course
ANTH 3290 Life Technology and the Contemporary Condition | Jarrett Zigon | Th 3:30-6:00
Ethics Courses
PHIL 1710 Human Nature | Ian McCready-Flora | TuTH 3:30-4:20
PHIL 3710 Ethics | Talbot Brewer | MW 2:00-3:15
RELG 2210 Religion, Ethics, & Global Environment | Devin Zuckerman | TuTh 3:30-4:45
Political Theory Courses
PHIL 3640 Political Philosophy | Nate Adams | TuTh 2:00-3:15
PLAP 2250 American Political Tradition | Samuel Rosenblum TuTh 9:30-10:45 | Daniel Blinderman TuTh 11:00-12:15
PLPT 1010 Introduction to Political Theory | Colin Bird | MW 4:00-4:50
PLPT 3010 Ancient and Medieval Political Theory | Colin Bird | MW 3:00-3:50
PLPT 3200 African American Political Thought | Lawrie Balfour | MW 12:00-12:50
PLPT 4200 Feminist Political Theory | Lawrie Balfour | M 4:00-6:30
PLPT 4305 American Political Thought to 1865 | James Savage | W 2:00-4:30
Electives
AAS 3810 Race, Culture and Inequality | Sabrina Pendergrass | Th 2:00-4:30
AMST 2559 New Course: AMST (Healthcare in Filipino/American History) | Reynaldo Capucao | TuTh 9:30-10:45
ANTH 2620 Sex, Gender, and Culture | Ernesto Benitez | TuTh 2:00-3:15
BIOL 3450 Biodiversity and Conservation | Jessamyn Manson | MW 2:00-3:15
CS 4501 Special Topics: Law and AI | David Evans | F 9:00-11:30
ENGL 3922 Deafness in Literature and Film | Christopher Krentz | MWF 12:00-12:50
HIST 3281 Genocide: A Global History | Jeffery Rossman | MW 1:00-1:50
MDST 3402 War and the Media | Bruce Williams | MW 2:00-3:15
MUSI 4509 Music in Relation to Sexuality and Disability | Fred Maus | We 2:00-4:30
PHIL 2820 Philosophy of Health and Health Care | Elizabeth Barnes | TuTh 8:00-8:50
PHIL 3830 Philosophy of Mental Health | Elizabeth Barnes | TuTh 11:00-12:15
PHS 3050 Fundamentals of Public Health | Paige Hornsby | TuTh 12:30-1:45
PHS 3104 Introduction to Epidemiology | Jean Eby | MoWe 2:00-3:15
PHS 3620 Built Environment and Health Impact | Schaeffer Somers | MoWeFr 10:00-10:50
PHS 3825 Global Public Health: Challenges and Innovations | Chris Colvin | Tu 2:00-4:30
PHS 4050 Global Public Health Policy | Kathryn Quissell | TuTh 12:30-1:45
PLAD 2500-2 Politics, Poverty, and Health | Carol Mershon | TuTh 11:00-12:15
SOC2052 Sociology of the Family | William Wilcox | MW 9:00-9:50
SOC 2280 Medical Sociology | Natalie Aviles | TuTh 9:30-10:20
SOC 3700 Health, Illness, and Inequality | David Skubby | MW 2:00-3:15
SOC 4057 Family Policy | William Wilcox | MW 3:00-4:15
SOC 4280 Sociology of Mental Health and Illness | David Skubby | TuTh 11:00-12:15
SOC 4530 Universal Health Care: Could It Work Here? | Natalie Aviles | TuTh 12:30-1:45
SOC 4530 Race, Medicine, and Health | TBA | MoWe 4:00-5:15 or TuTh 12:30-1:45
WGS 2600 Human Sexualities | Lisa Speidel | TuTh 3:30-4:45
WGS 4325 Feminist Disability Politics | Sarah Orsak | We 2:00-4:30