Interdisciplinary Ethics

(Minor Concentration)

Advisory Board:

Dr. Mark Tunick
Dr. Ashley Kennedy
Dr. Wairimu Njambi

The Interdisciplinary Ethics Minor engages students in the theoretical and practical study of moral values and ethical decision-making. At its core, ethics asks, "How ought I to act"—a question that becomes increasingly important as students encounter complex challenges across academic fields and professional environments and in an increasingly polarized society. Studying ethics cultivates empathy and sharpens critical reasoning, enabling students to balance competing interests, weigh consequences, and make principled choices. Every major profession recognizes the need to act ethically, as reflected in the codes of conduct that guide the practice of law, medicine, psychology, business, teaching, government, and scientific research.

 

Requirements

Students must take at least five classes in approved coursework in ethics.

Course list A

Students must take at least 3 courses in ethics from this list

Course #	Course Name	Credits
PHI 3670	Honors Ethical Theory	3
POS 2692 or CCJ 2002	Honors Punishment or Honors Law, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System	3
POS 3021 or POT 2002	Honors History of Political Theory or Honors Introduction to Political Theory	3
PHI 2642	Honors Ethics of Social Diversity	3
PHI 3653	Honors Ethics in Business, Government and Society	3
PHI 3633	Honors Biomedical Ethics	3
PHI 3682	Honors Environmental Philosophy	3
PHI 3692	Honors Artificial Intelligence Ethics	3

 

 

Course List B

Students may take up to 2 courses from this list

Course #	Course Name	Credits
AMS 4332	Honors Violence in the US	3
POS 3626	Honors Privacy	3
WST 3015	Honors Introduction to Women's Studies	3
WST 4504	Honors Feminist Theory	3