Ethics Minor Program

Curriculum:

The Ethics minor requires 18 hours of coursework. 

Required Courses – 6 hours (students must receive a B- or better in both courses to be eligible for the Ethics minor):

PHIL 121 Introduction to Ethics

REL 201 Christian Ethics

Additional Courses – 9 hours – In addition to the required courses listed above, students must complete at least 3 of the following courses from at least 2 disciplines:

PHIL 316 Environmental Ethics

PHIL 416 Bioethics

PHIL 446 Philosophy of Law

REL 350 God, Suffering and Evil

REL 445 Religion, Peace and Justice

COMM 485 Media Law and Ethics

HSA 406 Jurisprudence and Ethics in Health Care

Other courses (especially special topics or discussion courses) may potentially count toward the minor with the approval of the Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion.

Required Integration Project – 3 hours:

ETH 401 Ethics Integration Project – Required of all minors.  Provides opportunity for the integration of the academic study of ethics with a specific ethical problem, usually connected to one’s major field of study or to a service learning experience, drawing on multiple disciplines to present a response to the problem.  Projects require independent study supervised by a faculty member in the Department of Philosophy and Religion, often in conversation with faculty members from other areas as appropriate for the project.  Students must have completed both required ethics courses and at least 2 additional upper-level courses in ethics from those listed above prior to enrolling in this course.