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U-ETHIC-C - Ethics & Society Certificate

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Ethics & Society

Program Summary

Requirements

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Students pursuing the Ethics & Society Certificate have the opportunity to pursue two different pathways.

 The first is a course-based pathway consisting of six courses (including the Gateway and Capstone courses, which every certificate student is required to take). The experiential pathway combines four courses with two experiential components: a faculty mentored independent research project and community-based field work.

In the standard course-based version, six courses are required for completion of the certificate program:

  • Ethics 101D/Ethics 101 (Gateway - The Challenges of Living an Ethical Life)

  • Ethics 497S (Capstone Seminar)

  • Four additional electives approved by the department  in the categories of Philosophical Ethics, Cross-Cultural Ethical Traditions, Ethics in Historical Perspective, Ethics in Literature and the Arts, and Ethics of Contemporary Issues. Students must take one Philosophical Ethics course and one Cross-Cultural Ethical Traditions course. They must take one course in either Ethics in Historical Perspective or Ethics in Literature and the Arts. The final elective course may come from any of the five elective categories.

     

In the Experiential Pathway, students work with the Ethics & Society Certificate Director to craft their own coherent pathway bringing together coursework, research, and community engagement in a concentration of their choosing. Concentrations may focus on ethical issues within topics such as (but not limited to): environmental justice; civil and civic engagement; medicine; race and the United States. Four courses and two experiences are required:

  • Ethics 101D/Ethics 101 (Gateway - The Challenges of Living an Ethical Life) (introductory course). Students may complete no more than one experience before taking the gateway course.

  • Ethics 497S (Capstone Seminar). The capstone cannot be taken until all other requirements are complete.

  • Two ethics courses of the students’ choosing, approved by the department.

  • Two experiences are also required. The first must be a faculty-mentored research experience amounting to at least 150 hours and the second must be a community-based field experience of at least 300 hours.

 See the ethics and society certificate program website for more information and additional certificate sequencing requirements and restrictions: https://kenan.ethics.duke.edu/ethics-society-certificate

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