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Spring 2026 Courses

This is a partial, rough-cut list of health, ethics, and society minor-related courses for the Spring 2026 semester.  The courses are arranged according to our grid of minor requirements. If anyone spots a relevant course on SIS that is not listed below, please contact Prof. Flores at nmf5q@virginia.edu 

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Introductory Courses 

ANTH 2280 Medical Anthropology | Jessica Mulligan TuTh 12:30-1:45, TuTh 3:30-4:45 | Kasey Jernigan MoWe 9:00-9:50 

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Biopolitics Course

Not offered for S26 

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Ethics Courses

HHE 5705 Sexual Health and Reproductive Justice and Ethics | Lois Shepherd | Th 1:00-3:00 

PHIL 3520 Justice, Law, and Morality | Talbot Brewer | TuTh 9:30-10:45 

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 2266 Religion, Media, and Democracy | Nichole Flores | Th 2:00-4:30 

RELG 2300 Religious Ethics and Moral Problems | Charles Mathewes | MoWe 2:00-3:15 

RELI 5094 What Is Love? Reflections in the Islamic Tradition | Oludamini Ogunnaike | Tu 2:00-4:30 

RELJ 3310 Jewish Law | Elizabeth Alexander | TuTh 12:30-1:45 

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Political Theory Courses

PHIL 1730 Introduction to Moral and Political Philosophy - Jordan MacKenzie TuTh 8:30am-9:20am 

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 2464 Latino Religions and US Democracy - Nichole Flores TuTh 11:00-12:15 

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Bioethics 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 

GNUR 5230 Ethics and Legal Issues in Health Care - Ashley Hurst Tu 1:00-4:00 

GNUR 5390 Introduction to the U.S. Healthcare System - Rick Mayes We 5:00-7:30 

HHE 5635 A Cure Without Care: Hepatitis C and the U.S. Healthcare System - Margaret Hayden Th 9:00-11:00 

PHIL 2500 Justice and Health Care - TBA TuTh 12:30-3:15 

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 3:00-3:50 

SOC 3320 Sociology of the Body - Esra Sarioglu MoWe 3:30-4:45