Philosophy majors do very well on the MCAT exam, and they achieve a higher acceptance rate to medical school than even majors from the physical sciences, social sciences, biological sciences, and health sciences. (See here.)
Because of these results, it’s smart to combine your pre-med curriculum with one of our degree programs or minors. Plus, this gives you a chance to deepen and enrich your experience of the medical sciences.
Here are some of the options for students planning on medical school:
PHIL-P 120 Ethics (3 cr.) An introductory course in ethics. Typically examines virtues, vices, and character; theories of right and wrong; visions of the good life; and contemporary moral issues.
PHIL-P 323 Society and State in the Modern World (3 cr.) Topics, issues, and key figures in modern political philosophy, e.g., distributive justice, state authority, and the political thought of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Mill, Marx, and Rawls.
PHIL-P 325 Social Philosophy: (variable title) (3 cr.) Concentrated study of one or more topics in social philosophy, e.g., human rights, political violence, civil disobedience, and legal paternalism. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
PHIL-P 326 Ethical Theory (3 cr.) Advanced consideration of one or more ethical theories or theoretical issues about the nature and status of ethics.
PHIL-P 371 Philosophy of Religion (3 cr.) Philosophical views regarding such topics as the meaning and purpose of religion, religious experience, religious knowledge, and the existence and nature of God.
PHIL-P 383 Topics in Philosophy: Death, Dying, and Immortality (3 cr.) A philosphical study of the nature of death, the afterlife, the nature of human beings, the soul, the value of immortality, the badness of death, and connected topics.
PHIL-P 393 Biomedical Ethics (3 cr.) A philosophical consideration of ethical problems that arise in current biomedical practice, e.g., regarding abortion, euthanasia, determination of death, consent to treatment, and professional responsibilities in connection with research, experimentation, and health care delivery.
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