Microcredentials

The Department coordinates two integrative curricular microcredentials:

Engaged Philosophy

The ICM in Engaged Philosophy encourages students to apply philosophical concepts to real-world problems, and to use real-world experiences to reflect upon and refine their understanging of philosophical concepts.

Requirements:

  1. Academic Content: Any two PHIL courses (6 credits)

  2. PHIL-sponsored Integrative and Applied Learning Experience (e.g., serving as a TA for a PHIL course, completion of an internship via PHIL 395, participation in the Department's outreach program, serving as a student representative to the Department, serving in a leadership role in Philosophy Club, completing a Philosophy faculty-led study abroad program)

  3. Self-reflective statement

Faculty coordinator: David Levy (levy@geneseo.edu)

Bioethics

The ICM in bioethics is aimed at providing students with a strong basis in ethics, especially bioethics, which can then be applied regarding issues of values and politics to all areas of health, medicine, and technology. The microcredential is open to all students, but might be of special interest to those pursuing career paths or future education in medicine or health sciences, public health, biology, social science and humanities based study of health/medicine, philosophy, or bioethics.

Requirements:

  1. TWO Core Bioethics/Philosophy courses (6 credits)
  • OPTION A:
    • PHIL 236 Medicine & Morality
    • PHIL 336 Topics in Bioethics
  • OPTION B:
    • PHIL 236 Medicine & Morality
    • One additional PHIL course in Ethics, Reasoning, or Science:
      • PHIL 100 Introduction to Philosophy
      • PHIL 108 Critical Thinking
      • PHIL 111 Introduction to Logic
      • PHIL 130 Ethics
      • PHIL 131 Justice & Ethics in Modern America
      • PHIL 201 Environmental Ethics
      • PHIL 202 World Religions & Contemporary Issues
      • PHIL 203 Ethics & Technology
      • PHIL 210
      • PHIL 235 Philosophy of Biology
      • PHIL 362 Philosophy of Science
      • PHIL 420 Applied Ethics (approved topics only)
      • PHIL 430 Ethical Theory
  1. ONE course in Health, Medicine, or Biotechnology (3-4 credits)

  • ANTH 202 Nutrition, Disease and Health

  • ANTH 238 Ethnomedicine in Latin America and the Caribbean

  • ANTH 302 Medical Anthropology**

  • ANTH 306 Human Growth and Development**

  • ANTH 311 Language of Healing**

  • ANTH 313 Global Health Issues**

  • ANTH 317 Human Osteology**

  • ANTH 319 Cross-Cultural Politics of Reproduction

  • ANTH 343 Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women’s Health**

  • BIOL 210 Nutrition**

  • BIOL 222 Genetics**

  • BIOL 271 Heredity**

  • BIOL 318 Health & the Developing World**

  • BIOL 330 Immunology** [restricted to BIOL majors]

  • BIOL 334 Biology of Cancer** [restricted to BIOL majors]

  • BIOL 342 Parasitology** 

  • BIOL 344 Biology and Global Health in Ghana**

  • ENGL 112 Literature, Medicine, and Racism

  • ENGL 427 Literary Representations of Disability**

  • HIST 275 Global History of Sexual Science 

  • PSYC 260 Intro to Psychopathology**

  • PSYC 268 Health Psychology**

  • PSYC 236 Human Sexual Behavior** 

  • PSYC 268 Health Psychology 

  • PSYC 335 Behavioral Pharmacology**

  • PSYC 365 Clinical Psychology** 

  • PSYC 452 Adv Res in Psyc: (Biomarkers for Mental Health)** [restricted to PSYC majors]

  • SOCL 213 Sociology of Medicine 

  • SOCL 281 Topics: Gender and Health

  • SOCL 314 Illness, Self, and Society**

  • WGST 201 Historical, Political, Activist Topics: (subtitle: Women’s Health)

(**) indicates that the course has a prerequisite  

  1. High Impact Experience--at least one of:
  • Directed Study (1-3 credits)
  • Capstone project on relevant topic for one's major or minor (3-4 credits)
  • Internship (0-3 credits)
  • TA for PHIL 236 or PHIL 3xx (1-3 credits)
  • Student leadership within relevant student organization, volunteer experience, health professional shadowing experience, employment as a medical professional, etc. (0 credits)
  1. Self-Reflective Element
  • Self-reflective element may be built into the high impact experience
  • Otherwise, completion of a self-reflective essay and submission to the coordinator of the microcredential

Faculty coordinator: Amanda Roth (rothal@geneseo.edu)