Ethics and Society Mission:
The minor aims to acquaint students with the ethical insights derived from philosophical and religious traditions and to allow them to apply such insights in response to concrete social problems.
Learning Outcomes:
- Graduates will possess knowledge of a range of religious worldviews.
- Graduates will develop facility in philosophical argumentation and analysis.
- Graduates will understand the dialectical relationship between religious and philosophical worldviews and the societies within which they are embedded.
- Graduates will understand how worldviews and philosophical analysis might be applied to analyze and respond constructively to issues of societal concern.
Minor Requirements
CORE - PHIL125 OR RE150
+ 1 course from PHIL100, RELN100 OR RELN 215
+ 1 course form Ethical Issues from Public Life: PHIL150, PHIL215, PHIL225, RELN250
+ 3 courses from Thinking about Society: CRMJ115, CRMJ205, CRMJ22, CRMJ305, CRMJ307, CRMJ330, CRMJ380, CRMJ385, ECON435, ECON450, ECON455, HIST330, HIST355, HIST412, HIST420, MASC150, POLS215, POLS300, POLS350, POLS420, PSYC331, PSYC341, PSYC342, SOCL100, SOCL232, SOCL275, SOCL320, SOCL321, SOCL326, SOCL329, SOCL340, SOCL450
Note:
- HONR 490 substitutes for PHIL 125 or RELN 150
- HONR 390 substitutes for one Thinking About Society course
- Students may “double dip” no more than 12 hours total from general education and major coursework, with no more than 6 hours from either
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Title
Hours
Sub-Total Hours
6
plus one course from
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Title
Hours
Sub-Total Hours
9
Ethical Issues in Public Life - one course from
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Title
Hours
Sub-Total Hours
6
Thinking about Society - 3 courses from
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Title
Hours
Sub-Total Hours
78
Total Credits
18