Program Overview
M.A. in Bioethics (Off campus in Peoria)
Lincoln Christian University’s Hargrove School of Adult & Graduate Studies offers the Master of Arts in Bioethics.
The purpose of this program is produce professionals, especially in the medical field, who can think and live
critically, compassionately, and Christianly in the area of bioethics. It will provide students with the foundational
orientation, skills, and clinical experiences that are critical to the development of core competencies in bioethics—all
taught from a Christian worldview perspective. This program will be offered offsite with classes taught at the facilities
of Methodist Medical Center of Illinois in Peoria,
including some online components.
This M.A. in Bioethics is designed with three groups of students in mind: (1) health care professionals such as physicians,
advance practice nurses, parish nurses, paramedical personnel, medical school students in residence, nurse educators, and
hospital administrators; (2) pastors, church staff members, chaplains, and counselors; and (3) those whose professions/disciplines
are related to bioethics such as pharmaceutical representatives, hospital legal counsels, and students with majors in fields such
as theology, philosophy, sociology, and political science.
Classes will be offered mostly every other Saturday, with some online components, including clinical experiences at Methodist
Medical Center of Illinois (see this link
for a course calendar under “Graduate Programs”). For more information, please contact the program director,
Dr. Robert Kurka. Graduates of this program will…
- Live faithfully by integrating faith and learning for Christian service in medical, legal, pastoral, and academic contexts.
- Think biblically by understanding the foundations of ethical thought and enquiry through the lens of a Christian worldview.
- Grow intellectually by understanding the history of medicine and technology, understand clashing worldviews and value systems,
and understand the parameters set by case law/legal precedent.
- Improve professionally by experiencing the clinical environment and understand clinical expectations and outcomes
- Learn continually by mastering the literature of bioethics as a basis for life-long learning in the discipline.
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