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Virginia Tech

PHIL-3324: Biomedical Ethics

Description: Philosophical analysis of ethical issues in medicine and biotechnology, such as problems arising in connection with the relations between physicians and patients, the challenges of cultural diversity, practices surrounding human and animal research, decisions about end of life care, embryonic stem cell research, genetic engineering, biotechnological human enhancement, and social justice in relation to health-care policy.

Pathways: 2 Critical Thinking Humanities, 10 Ethical Reasoning

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 36

Average GPA: 3.57 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 46.85%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.87%

Short Hannah R Wildman202470.5%21.1%5.3%1.0%1.3%0.8%3.5423
Justin M Horn202472.6%18.7%4.5%1.4%1.2%1.6%3.568
Zachary L Thornton202471.0%25.9%0.0%0.0%3.2%0.0%3.571
Melissa R Schwartz2021100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.001
Souza Charles R De2021100.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.941
Jordan Mackenzie202077.5%21.0%1.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.642

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Fall 2019Spring 2020Summer I 2020Fall 2020Spring 2021Summer I 2021Fall 2021Spring 2022Summer I 2022Fall 2022Spring 2023Summer I 2023Fall 2023Spring 2024Fall 2024Term050% W