Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the Certificate program, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate a proficiency in thinking critically about contemporary ethical issues.
- Appreciate and effectively practice the application of ethical theories and concepts to questions concerning modern innovations.
- Identify and address, and help others to identify and address, the social and ethical aspects of technologies from early research and development phases to their use and possible regulation.
- Develop and present, orally and/or in writing, an original project addressing the intersection of emerging technology with its social and ethical impacts.
Course Requirements
The Embedded Ethics Certificate
Practical Ethics Proficiency (minimum 3 units from the following courses) | 3 | |
PHIL 321 | Social Ethics | |
PHIL 331 | Biomedical Ethics | |
PHIL 332 | Business Ethics | |
PHIL 337 | Mass Media Ethics | |
PHIL 338 | Environmental Ethics | |
PHIL 340 | Ethics of War and Peace | |
PHIL 344 | Environmental Justice | |
PHIL 346 | Public Health Ethics | |
PHIL 347 | Neuroethics | |
Technology-focused Practical Ethics (minimum 3 units from the following courses) | 3 | |
PHIL 342 | Engineering Ethics | |
PHIL 345 | Computer Ethics | |
PHIL 348 | Ethics of AI and Robotics | |
Elective Coursework (two additional courses from the preceding two groups or from the following list) | 6 | |
THRS 323 | War and Peace in the Christian Tradition | |
THRS 330 | Reproductive Justice and Catholic Theological Ethics | |
THRS 331 | Sexual Ethics in the Catholic Tradition | |
THRS 332 | HIV/AIDS and Christian Ethics | |
THRS 334 | Christian Social Ethics | |
Final Project | 1 | |
PHIL 395 | Embedded Ethics Capstone | |
Total Units | 13 | |
Additional courses may be used to satisfy the Electives requirement, depending on the topic. Consult the Program Director for information about these courses.
No more than 50% of the units used to satisfy the requirements for a certificate program may also be used to fulfill requirements for an academic major or minor.