A general introduction to ethics, examining both the historical development of ethical theory and its application to selected contemporary issues. (C4)
Undergraduate Courses
Course Delivery DEFINITIONS:
- Online Courses: In online teaching, 100% of instruction takes place online via Canvas and with supplemental platforms like Zoom. There are two types of online courses: asynchronous and synchronous.
- Asynchronous online: Course is fully online, with lessons, assignments, and activities posted in Canvas with due dates. Students complete coursework, engage in discussions, etc., based upon their own schedules, but are required to meet posted deadlines.
- Synchronous online: Online course that includes real-time class meetings using technology (e.g. Zoom). The number of required meetings varies based upon the particular class, but meetings take place during the scheduled class times. Faculty will inform students of the schedule for real-time meetings in their courses.
- Hybrid Courses: Hybrid courses combine both in-person, on-campus meetings with online instruction. All face-to-face activities take place during the regularly-scheduled meeting times in the rooms assigned on the course listing. The number of in-person meetings varies by course. Faculty will notify students of the exact meeting schedule for their courses.
If your class is not listed as online or hybrid, it will meet fully face-to-face following the noted class schedule.
A general introduction to ethics, examining both the historical development of ethical theory and its application to selected contemporary issues. (C4)
Online Asynchronous course
A general introduction to ethics, examining both the historical development of ethical theory and its application to selected contemporary issues. (C4)
Online Asynchronous course
A cross-cultural and historical study of sex/gender systems, examining the ways in which sexual difference shapes the institutions of work, family, sexuality, ideology, economies, politics and religion. Fulfills diversity requirement. (C4)
Online Synchronous course
Online synchronous course meets at days and times listed.
This course equips students with the theoretical and practical tools needed to identify, analyze, and resolve ethical issues in business. Possible topics include: the social responsibilities of corporations, product and workplace safety, advertising, consumerism, human rights and global markets, and/or economic development versus environmental protection. Drawing on everyday ethical dilemmas arising in the workplace, course materials also teach practical critical thinking and problem-solving skills. (C4)
Online Asynchronous course
This course equips students with the theoretical and practical tools needed to identify, analyze, and resolve ethical issues in business. Possible topics include: the social responsibilities of corporations, product and workplace safety, advertising, consumerism, human rights and global markets, and/or economic development versus environmental protection. Drawing on everyday ethical dilemmas arising in the workplace, course materials also teach practical critical thinking and problem-solving skills. (C4)
Synchronous meetings via Zoom on days and times listed
A discussion of the moral issues arising from a consideration of the relationship between human beings and their environment. Issues include: global warming, anthropocentrism, holism, pollution, animal rights, and interspecies relations. (C4)
A discussion of the moral issues arising from a consideration of the relationship between human beings and their environment. Issues include: global warming, anthropocentrism, holism, pollution, animal rights, and interspecies relations. (C4)
A study of religious experience, the relationship between reason and belief, global and critical issues in the study of religion, consideration of the difficulties of the language of religion, the believer's arguments for God's existence, and the atheist's arguments against beliefs in transcendent realities. (C4)
Hybrid
8/30/21-10/17/21 will be held in person. Starting 10/18/21 this course will meet synchronously via Zoom.
An opportunity for a student to study a topic not offered this semester, or not in the catalog, one on one with a professor. The topic must be arranged with an instructor prior to registration. (C4)
Independent Study Application Arranged with instructor