Capstone Project in Medical Humanities and Bioethics

1 Unit · Graduate

The final requirement of the MHB program, this course challenges students to analyze topics in bioethics or medical humanities and to employ the field’s multiple disciplines in their analysis. Students may choose between two rigorous capstone options: a comprehensive exam, which requires long-form essay responses to four questions; and a master’s thesis, which is a writing project intended to produce a knowledgeable survey of the current thinking about a specific topic in the field. Both options require analytical and writing skills, a mastery of the disciplinary approaches covered in the MHB core courses, and the ability to justify one’s work in an oral defense.