2015-2016 Undergraduate Course Catalog 
    
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2015-2016 Undergraduate Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Ethics, BS


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Integrated Learning Major In Ethics


Contact:

Ben Bradley
541 Hall of Languages
315-443-5813
wbradley@syr.edu

Faculty: Kenneth Baynes, Elizabeth Cohen, Samuel Gorovitz, Glyn Morgan, Hille Paakkunainen, David Sobel, Laurence Thomas, Ernest Wallwork

Professionals in technically demanding fields are commonly asked to apply their expertise to other seemingly unrelated disciplines. As a result, they must have a comprehensive understanding of not only their own field, but also secondary knowledge of another broadly based, often interdisciplinary, field of study. A chemist might lend his or her expertise to a matter of legal or ethical importance. A curator might evaluate scientific and historical evidence about a painting’s authenticity. A journalist might research a story involving science, medicine, and technology.

The major in Ethics will integrate with the following majors: management, television/radio/film, broadcast/newspaper journalism, engineering, computer science, biology, biomedical and chemical engineering, political science, public health, anthropology, psychology, sociology, and international relations, but other combinations may also be possible with approval of the director.

This synergistic approach adds scholarly mettle to both the major and the interdisciplinary program, while exploiting their connective properties. First- and second-year courses contemplating the Integrated Learning Program in Ethics are advised to take one of the following courses: ANT 185 , PHI 191 /PHI 192 /PHI 209 , REL 252 , or WGS 230 /SOC 230 .

Admittance requires an overall 3.0 GPA and a B or better in both PHI 391  and PHI 393 .

Requirements


Students must successfully complete all the requirements necessary to obtain a major in one of the following: Management, Television/Radio/Film, Broadcast/Newspaper Journalism, Engineering, Computer Science, Biology, Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Political Science, Public Health, Anthropology, Psychology, Sociology, and International Relations, but other requisite majors may also be possible with approval of the director.

To complete, 24 credits of approved ethics courses are required. Of those, at least 18 must be numbered 300 or higher. In addition, there are the following specific requirements:

  1. two courses in contemporary and historical philosophical theory: PHI 391  and PHI 393 ;
  2. one ethics course related to the student’s requisite major (from A), and another course that deals with ethical issues from outside of the requisite major’s division, from courses listed in (B) or (C), as described below:

(A) Required Course from the requisite major:


Management

Journalism

Television/Radio/Film

Political Science/International Relations

Biology, Biomedical and Chemical Engineering

Engineering, Computer Science

Environmental Engineering

Public Health

Sociology

Senior Capstone Project for Ethics


Three additional courses from the list below


(remember that at least 18 credits must be completed in courses numbered 300 or higher in order to fulfill this requirements of the degree).

Other courses as approved by the director of the Ethics major

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