Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Glide Year Opportunity: Online-Only Master of Science in Bioethics


Columbia's Bioethics Master of Science Program Launches Online-Only Option!
Columbia's Bioethics Master of Science Program Launches Online-Only Option!
We're excited to announce an online-only option for students pursuing a Master's degree in Bioethics. Like the on-campus option, the online program will feature rigorous coursework, world-class instruction by Columbia faculty, as well as career and professional development.
Online, students have weekly live web classroom meetings with professors and use a highly collaborative and interactive social learning platform to connect with their instructors and fellow students. Additionally, students participate in discussion groups, collaborative, and independent coursework, and prerecorded videos.
For more information, sign up for an online information session with esteemed Bioethics Program Director Robert Klitzman, MD on Monday, January 23 at 6:00 p.m. EST.
Monday, January 23 | 6:00 PM EST | Online
Program director Dr. Robert Klitzman will present along with admissions representatives to provide curriculum, application, and enrollment information. Audience questions are answered during the online forum.
Bioethics at Columbia University
Columbia's programs in Bioethics, which are ideal for physicians, nurses, lawyers, IRB professionals, pre-medical and pre-law students, journalists, and others, include the master's program, which can be taken on-campus or online, the online Certification of Professional Achievement, and individual online courses. Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit is available for any program option.
Students study with faculty from across the University, drawing on the extraordinary resources of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Mailman School of Public Health, and Columbia's Department of Psychiatry. Through elective coursework on campus, students may study with faculty from the schools of Law, Journalism, Nursing, International and Public Affairs, and Arts and Sciences.
Office of Enrollment Management
School of Professional Studies
Columbia University
Robert Klitzman, Program Director
Klitzman is the director of the M.S. in Bioethics program, and is a professor of clinical psychiatry at the College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Joseph Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. He co-founded and for five years co-directed the Columbia University Center for Bioethics, and is the director of the Ethics and Policy Core of the HIV Center.