700.654.01
Bioethics, New Narratives and Storytelling
Location
East Baltimore
Term
1st Term
Department
Berman Institute (Bioethics)
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2025 - 2026
Instruction Method
In-person
Tuesday, 3:30 - 6:20pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
Yes
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Course Instructor(s)
Lauren Arora Hutchinson
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
No prerequisites for this course.
Enrollment Restriction
Enrollment priority given to MBE students, Bioethics Certificate students, Berman Postdocs & bioethics focused PhD students
Are you curious about how to tell stories at the heart of science, health, medicine and ethics? What are the different ways this can be done? How can you bring creativity into bioethics? Do you want to think about how to reach new audiences? How can you include personal testimonies in your ethics work?
Introduces students to different forms of storytelling. Explores the use of narrative structure, editing, sound and testimony in telling stories about ethics. Provides students with tools to critically consider how different techniques impact on the way these stories are received by audiences
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Apply the techniques of storytelling to the planning of their own bioethics’ media project
- Differentiate between different relationships with ‘truth’ in approaches to storytelling and ethics
- Articulate and critique ways in which bioethics has featured in popular media
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
- 30% Presentation(s)
- 20% Pitch Deck
- 50% Project(s)