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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 

 

Ethical and Political Theory 

HHE 5800 Introduction to Clinical Ethics 

Julia Taylor, Mary Faith Marshall Th 2:00-4:00pm 

 

PHIL 1730 Introduction to Moral and Political Philosophy 

Rebecca Stangl TuTh 3:30-4:20 

 

PHIL 2510 Environmental Ethics 

Mara Harrell TuTh 12:30-1:45pm 

 

PHIL 2510 Ethics of Social Media 

Jordan MacKenzie MoWe 2:00-3:15pm 

 

PHIL 2510 History of Political Philosophy 

Alexander Motchoulski TuTh 2:00-3:15pm 

 

PHIL 3710 Ethics 

Talbot Brewer TuTh 9:30-10:45am 

 

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 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 

 

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 and in American Arts and Culture from 1980s Onwards

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 Irviing 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 

Intro Health Ethics and Society Courses 

ANTH 2280 Medical Anthropology 

Jessica Mulligan TuTh 12:30-1:45, TuTh 3:30-4:45; Kasey Jernigan MoWe 9:00-9:50 

HES Requirement 

Not offered for S26 – 4th year students in final semester, please consult with HES program director to identify an alternative course.   

Ethical and Political Theory (E denotes ethical theory, P denotes political theory) 

ANTH 3020 Using Anthropology (E) 

Lise Dorbin, MoWe 3:30-4:45pm 

HHE 5701 Clinical Ethics

HHE 5705 Sexual Health and Reproductive Justice and Ethics (E)
Lois Shepherd Th 1-3

PHIL 1730 Introduction to Moral and Political Philosophy (E) 

Jordan MacKenzie TuTh 8:30am-9:20am 

 

PHIL 3520 Justice, Law, and Morality (E & P) 
Talbot Brewer TuTh 9:30-10:45 

 

PHIL 3640 Political Philosophy (E&P) 

Alexander Motchoulski TuTh 2:00-3:15 

 

PHIL 3720 Contemporary Ethics (E) 

Jordan MacKenzie TuTh 2:00-3:15 

 

PLPT 1010 Introduction to Political Theory (P) 

Kevin Duong MoWe 9:00-9:50 

 

PLPT 3020 Modern Political Thought (P) 

Colin Bird MoWe 9:00-9:50 

 

PLPT 3050 Survey of American Political Theory (P) 

James Savage We 2:00-4:30 

 

PLPT 3220 Liberalism and Its Critics (P) 

Colin Bird MoWe 3:30-4:45 
 

RELG 2210 Religion, Ethics, and Global Environment (E) 
Devin Zuckerman TuTh 3:30-4:45, TuTh 12:30-1:45 
 

RELG 2266 Religion, Media, and Democracy (E & P)  
Nichole Flores Th 2-4:30pm 
 

RELG 2300 Religious Ethics and Moral Problems (E) 

Charles Mathewes MoWe 2:00-3:15 
 

RELG 2464 Latino Religions and US Democracy (E) 
Nichole Flores TuTh 11-12:15 
 

RELI 5094 What is Love? Reflections from the Islamic Tradition (E) 
Oludamini Ogunnaike T 2-4:30pm  
 

RELJ 3310 Jewish Law (E)  
Elizabeth Alexander TuTh 12:30-1:45pm 
 

Bioethics Electives  
Please consult with program director for approval of courses not listed here 

 

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 

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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

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Biopolitics and the Contemporary Condition Course

ANTH 3290 Life Technology and the Contemporary Condition | Jarrett Zigon | Th 3:30-6:00

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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

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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

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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