Ethics Minor
Understanding ethical practices and increasing ethical knowledge is important to a successful life, both personally and professionally. Tailored to students majoring in other disciplines, UM-Missoula s Ethics Minor is designed to enhance the capacities of critical thinking, social engagement, and reflection on major moral issues. The interdisciplinary curriculum provides students with training in ethical frameworks and methods to help ensure successful execution of both future professional duties and personal endeavors. Students will acquire tools for critical reflection that will help them to address the major moral challenges of the 21st century, and strengthen their ability to pursue careers in business, science, journalism, advocacy, nonprofit work, law, and health care (among others).
Minor - Ethics
College of Humanities & Sciences
Degree Specific Credits: 18
Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0
Catalog Year: 2021-22
Note: Students must complete a minimum of 18 credits in ethics/value courses; at least 6 credits must be in courses numbered 300 and higher.
Summary
Lower Division Ethics/Value Requirement | 3 | |
Upper Division Ethics/Value Requirement | 6 | |
Elective Ethics/Value Requirement | 9 | |
Total Hours | 18 | |
Lower-Division Ethics/Value Requirement
Note: PHL 110E, PHL 112E, and PHL 114E fulfill the Ethical & Human Values General Education requirement. PHL 210E fulfills the "Approved Writing Course" and "Ethical & Human Values" General Education requirements.
Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
Complete one of the following courses: | 3 | |
PHL 110E | Introduction to Ethics | |
PHL 112E | Intro Ethics and Environment | |
PHL 114E | Intro to Political Ethics | |
PHL 210E | Moral Philosophy | |
Total Hours | 3 | |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Upper-Division Ethics/Value Requirement
Note: Special Topics courses taught at the 300- or 400-level (PHL 391, PHL 491) may count as upper-division ethics/value courses at the discretion of the Philosophy Department advisor provided that the course has suitable content.
Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
Complete two of the following courses: | 6 | |
PHL 311 | The Good, Right, Beautiful | |
PHL 317E | Law and Morality | |
PHL 321E | Philosophy & Biomedical Ethics | |
PHL 323 | Ethics of Climate Change | |
PHL 351 | Philosophy and Feminism | |
PHL 412 | Ethics and Public Affairs | |
PHL 422 | Environmental Philosophy | |
PHL 427 | Topics in Philosophy of Art | |
PHL 429 | Philosophy in Literature | |
PHL 449 | History of Moral and Political Philosophy | |
PHL 450 | Contemporary Moral/Political Theory | |
PHL 455 | Philosophy of Society and Culture | |
Total Hours | 6 | |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Elective Ethics/Value Requirement
Note: Courses that satisfy either the Lower-Division Ethics/Value requirement or the Upper-Division Ethics/Value requirement cannot also satisfy the Elective Ethics/Value requirement.
Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
Complete three of the following courses: | 9 | |
AHMS 270E | Medical Ethics | |
BGEN 220E | Business Ethics and Social Responsibility | |
CHMY 305E | Ethics, Literature and Writing in the Sciences | |
CLAS 365E | The Roots of Western Ethics | |
CSCI 215E | Social & Ethical Issues in CS | |
CSCI 315E | Computers, Ethics, and Society | |
EDU 407E | Ethics & Policy Issues | |
ENST 320E | Earth Ethics | |
GEO 304E | Science and Society | |
GH 316E | Talking to God: Bhagavad Gita | |
HONR 122E | Ways of Knowing II | |
HSTR 272E | Terrorism:Viol Mod Wrld | |
HTH 475E | Legal and Ethical Issues Health and Exercise Professions | |
NASX 303E | Ecological Perspectives in Native American Traditions | |
NASX 304E | Native American Beliefs/Philos | |
NRSM 349E | Climate Change Ethics/Policy | |
NRSM 389E | Ethics and Sustainability | |
PHL 110E | Introduction to Ethics | |
PHL 112E | Intro Ethics and Environment | |
PHL 114E | Intro to Political Ethics | |
PHL 210E | Moral Philosophy | |
PHL 311 | The Good, Right, Beautiful | |
PHL 317E | Law and Morality | |
PHL 321E | Philosophy & Biomedical Ethics | |
PHL 323 | Ethics of Climate Change | |
PHL 351 | Philosophy and Feminism | |
PHL 412 | Ethics and Public Affairs | |
PHL 422 | Environmental Philosophy | |
PHL 427 | Topics in Philosophy of Art | |
PHL 429 | Philosophy in Literature | |
PHL 449 | History of Moral and Political Philosophy | |
PHL 450 | Contemporary Moral/Political Theory | |
PHL 455 | Philosophy of Society and Culture | |
PSCI 250E | Intro to Political Theory | |
RLST 281E | Comparative Ethics | |
S W 410E | Social Work Ethics | |
Total Hours | 9 | |
Minimum Required Grade: C-