Ethics, Law & Society Certificate
The Ethics, Law, and Society (ELS) certificate program is designed to encourage the study of normative and value issues in the humanities and social sciences. As ethical competence becomes increasingly important in professional life, students who aspire to careers in the law, the health professions, or business need to be able to demonstrate formal training in ethics. Moreover, competency in ethics requires a broader understanding of the complex relationship between the normative enterprises of law, morality, and politics.
The certificate program in Ethics, Law, and Society requires students to take two courses in philosophy, one of which must be Ethics (PHI 4661), two courses in political science, and one course that takes a normative approach or addresses normative issues in a third discipline, e.g. anthropology, communications, sociology, women’s studies, or criminal justice, nursing, medicine, etc. For additional information contact the Director, Rebecca LeMoine at rlemoine@fau.edu.
Requirements: Five courses (15 credits) passed with a grade of “B” or better from upper-division courses which include the study of values, either substantively or systematically, relating to law, politics, or ethics in the professions, with the following distribution:
- Two courses from Philosophy, one of which must be Ethics (PHI 4661)
- Two courses from Political Science
- One course from another discipline (including those offered outside of the College of Arts and Letters)
Philosophy: (two courses including required PHI 4661 Ethics)
- Ethics* (REQUIRED)
PHI 4661 - Philosophy of Law
PHM 3440 - Social and Political Theory
PHM 3200 - Biomedical Ethics
PHI 4663 - Environmental Ethics
PHI 3640 - Philosophy of Sexuality
PHI 3637 - Feminist Philosophy
PHM 3123
Political Science: (two courses)
- Law and American Society
POS 3691 - Constitutional Law I
POS 4603 - Constitutional Law II
POS 4604 - International Law
INR 3403 - Women and the Law
POS 3693 - War and Peace
INR 4006
Other (one course)
The list below is not exhaustive; other courses may be approved by the Director based on catalog description or submission of the course syllabus. Contact the Dean's office at (561) 297-3800 for more information.
- Applied Anthropology
ANT 4701 - Social Anthropology
ANT 4412 - News, Media, Ethics
COM 4621 - Mass Comm. Law and Regulation
MMC 4200 - International Human Rights
IDS 3188 - Contemporary Social Theory
SYA 4015 - Social Control and Deviance
SYP 4570 - Gender and Society
SYD 4800 - Class Status and Power
SYO 4530 - Women of Color in U.S.
WST 4404 - Women, Violence, and Resistance
WST 3225 - Administrative Process and Ethics
PAD 4604 - Other Law
BUL, HFT - Ethics in Nursing
NUR 4826 - Electrical Engineering Practice
EEL 3012 - Honors Conservation Biology
EVS 4414