Program Overview
The minor in ethics allows undergraduate students in any field to pursue a concentration of studies in ethics from multiple perspectives: theoretical and practical, philosophical and empirical/ interdisciplinary. The goal is to encourage analytical reflection on the principles and situations of ethical action, social, interpersonal, or individual, in historical and contemporary contexts.
Undergraduate Policies
For undergraduate policies and procedures, please review the Office of Undergraduate Studies section of the General Bulletin.
Program Requirements
The ethics minor requires a total of 15 credit hours (i.e., five 3-credit hour courses), as follows: PHIL 101, PHIL 305, two other PHIL courses at the 200-300 level, and one of several identified courses in a field other than philosophy.
Course List Code | Title | Hours |
| |
PHIL 101 | Introduction to Philosophy | 3 |
PHIL 305 | Ethics | 3 |
| 6 |
| Good Relationships | |
| Bioethics: Dilemmas | |
| Science of Ethics: The Neuroscience, Psychology, and Behavioral Economics of Morality | |
| Selected Topics in Philosophy | |
| War and Morality | |
| People and Planet | |
| Topics in Ethics | |
| Political and Social Philosophy | |
| Comparative Philosophy | |
| Advanced Bioethics | |
| Issues in Aesthetics | |
| Ethics and Public Policy | |
| Philosophy Honors Thesis | |
| 3 |
| International Bioethics: Policy and Practice | |
| International Bioethics Policy and Practice: Public Health in the Netherlands | |
| Morality and Mind | |
| Law and Economics | |
| Economic Perspectives | |
| Health Care Economics | |
| Introduction to Environmental Thinking | |
| Political Movements and Political Participation | |
| Religion and Ecology | |
RLGN 311 | | |
RLGN 350 | | |
| Law & Society: Law, Rights and Policy | |
| Social Inequality | |
| Economic Sociology: Money, Markets, Morals, and Social Life | |
| |
Total Hours | 15 |