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.

The Minor Adviser will determine whether courses transferred from other institutions qualify for the minor. No more than two transferred courses may count toward the minor.

This minor may not be combined with any BA in Philosophy. It may be combined with either the BS in Philosophy or the BS in Philosophy with a Concentration in Logic, Representation and Reasoning providing no more than one course is "double counted" toward both the minor and the departmental requirements of the applicable BS in Philosophy.

When the minor is combined with any other major, no more than two courses may be "double-counted" toward both the minor and the departmental requirements of the major.

Requirements for the Minor in Ethics

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. Two of the following courses (6 credit hours):
• PHI 375 Ethics
• PHI 376 History of Ethics
• PHI 475 Ethical Theory
  
  
2. Two additional courses from the following (6 credit hours):
• PHI 214 Issues in Business Ethics
• PHI 221 Contemporary Moral Issues
• 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 420 Global Justice
• PHI 475 Ethical Theory
• REL 473 Religion, Gender, and Reproductive Technologies
  
  
3. One additional course from the following (3 credit hours):
• Courses listed under # 2 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 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

Procedures

1. As soon as you are ready to declare the minor, you should complete and sign the NC State “Declare a Minor” form (available here) and bring it to the Department’s Student Services Assistant, Mr. Ken Peters, in Withers Hall, Room 340.
2. Mr. Peters will obtain the required departmental signatures and submit the form to Registration and Records on your behalf so that a minor degree audit can be added to your record.
3. You should consult with the Minor Adviser, Dr. Robert Mabrito, during each registration period to ensure that you are making headway toward completing the requirements of the minor.
4. After registering for your last semester and before submitting your on-line application to graduate, you should complete a “Minor Certification Form” with Mr. Ken Peters in Withers Hall, Room 340.

Contacts

• Minor Adviser: Dr. Robert Mabrito, 434C Withers Hall, 919-513-7978, robert_mabrito@ncsu.edu

• Departmental Student Services Assistant: Mr. Ken Peters, 340 Withers Hall, 919-515-6100, kepeters@ncsu.edu