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Jun 04, 2026
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2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
Ethics, Major
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The Ethics major combines training in ethical reasoning with instruction about professional arenas and subject areas where ethical dilemmas arise in order to prepare students for a variety of career paths in which knowledge of applied ethics will be in demand. This interdisciplinary major is grounded in the disciplines of Philosophy and Religion as well as the interdisciplinary field of Global Studies and its component disciplines (Anthropology, Political Science and History). Students will learn to theorize and explain social and political structures that shape systems of morality and belief and will in turn understand how ethical reasoning cuts across and through these systems. These deep and nuanced understandings will equip students with the tools to apply ethical reasoning to a variety of academic and professional fields including the natural sciences, health, law, criminal justice, international relations, diplomacy and humanitarianism. This major aspires to make students future ready by equipping them with ethical tools to meet the needs of industries becoming more reliant upon AI and cognitive augmentation, in an age of political, economic, and environmental disruptions.
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Four Required Core Courses
Three Applied Ethics Courses
Take three of the following: Four “Ethics in the World” Courses
Take four of the following: Note:
At least three classes in the Applied Ethics or Ethics in the World clusters must be at the 200-level and at least three classes must be at the 300-level. Research Writing Sequence (2 Courses)
- At least one of the classes taken for the major at the 200 or 300-level must have a RW designation
- At least one of the classes taken at the 300-level must have a W designation
- Senior Capstone: PL490 & PL491
One Professional Practice Course
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