Minor in Ethics

Ethical issues arise in every field of human endeavor, so knowledge of ethics is beneficial to students regardless of their majors. The minor in Ethics is designed to provide students with systematic exposure to the fundamental theories and concepts of ethics together with the opportunity to explore one or more fields of applied ethics. The minor requires a solid core of philosophy courses on ethics, but also allows students to take one course from a list of relevant courses in other disciplines, including Anthropology, Genetics, History, Microbiology, Political Science, Sociology, and Science, Technology & Society. The minor is highly desirable because it demonstrates interest in and knowledge of ethics to employers, graduate schools, and professional schools.

Requirements

The minor requires 15 credit hours, distributed as follows. A grade of C or better is required in all courses counting toward the minor.

1. Either PHI 375 Ethics or PHI 376 History of Ethics (3 credit hours)
   
   
2. PHI 475 Ethical Theory (3 credit hours)
   
   
3. Two additional courses from the following (6 credit hours):
• PHI 309 Contemporary Political Philosophy
• PHI 313 Ethical Problems in the Law
• PHI/STS 325 Bio-medical Ethics
• PHI 375 Ethics
• PHI 376 History of Ethics
• PHI 415 Life Science Ethics
• PHI 420 Global Justice
• PHI 422 Philosophical Issues in Environmental Ethics
• REL 473 Religion, gender, and Reproductive Technologies (planned)
  
  
4. One additional course from the following (3 credit hours):
• Courses listed under # 3 above
• ANT 420 Biological Bases for Human Social Behavior
• ENG/WGS 327 Language and Gender
• GN 301 Genetics in Human Affairs
• HI/AFS 455 History of the Civil Rights Movement
• MB 200 Microbiology and World Affairs
• PHI 214 Issues in Business Ethics
• PHI 221 Contemporary Moral Issues
• PHI 310 Existentialism
• PHI 312 Philosophy of Law
• PS 204 Problems of American Democracy
• PS 205 Law and Justice
• PS/WGS 306 Gender and Politics in the United States
• PS 309 Equality and Justice in United States Law
• PS 361 Introduction to Political Theory
• PS/AFS 409 Black Political Participation in America
• PS/WGS 418 Gender, Law, and Policies
• PS 462 Seminar in Political Theory
• SOC/WGS 304 Women and Men in Society
• SOC/AFS 305 Racial and Ethnic Relations
• SOC/WGS 407 Sociology of Sexuality
• SOC 428 Formal Institutions of Social Control
• STS 304 Ethical Dimensions of Progress
• STS 320 Ethics in Engineering

Applying for this minor

1. Application forms are available from Ken Peters, 340 Withers Hall, 515-6100, kepeters@ncsu.edu.
2. The Minor Advisor is Dr. Robert Mabrito, 434-C Withers Hall, 513-7978, robert_mabrito@ncsu.edu.

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