Ethics (Minor)

Overview

Faculty: Professors Kelley, Oliver;  Associate Professor Zaborowski (chair)

The ethics minor at Bradley is administered by the Department of World Languages and Cultures. The program in ethics is designed to provide a methodologically and theoretically grounded curriculum in ethical studies. The program will challenge students to deepen their thinking about ethics through multiple approaches drawn from philosophy and religious studies. Students electing an ethics minor will select an advisor from the participating Ethics minor program faculty to guide them in choosing 15 credit hours of courses in ethics. Where appropriate, the curriculum will include the opportunity to study ethics in the context of a student’s major.

Required: 

PHL 347 Ethics

Electives:

• ATG 268 Business Ethics
• BIO 505 Topics in Bioethics  
• BLW 342 Legal Environment of Business
• CRM 401 Ethics, Crime, and Criminal Justice 
• COM 330 Communication Law and Ethics 
• PLW 325 Legal Ethics 
• PHL 103 An Inquiry Into Values 
• PLS 207 Introduction to Political Thought 
• RLS 101 Comparative Religion 
• RLS 200 Contemporary Religion in the United States 
• RLS 300 Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 
• RLS 302 New Testament 
• RLS 305 Early Christianity: Monasticism 

To minor in ethics a student must:

1. Complete not less than 15 semester hours. Courses for the minor are as follows:

   Course List

   Code	Title	Hours
   Required
   PHL 347	Ethics	3.0
   Electives
   ATG 268	Business Ethics	3.0
   BIO 505	Topics in Bioethics	3.0
   BLW 342	Legal Environment of Business	3.0
   COM 330	Communication Law and Ethics	3.0
   CRM 401	Ethics, Crime, and Criminal Justice	3.0
   PHL 103	An Inquiry Into Values	3.0
   PLW 325	Legal Ethics	3.0
   PLS 207	Introduction to Political Thought	3.0
   RLS 101	Comparative Religion	3.0
   RLS 200	Contemporary Religion in the United States	3.0
   RLS 300	Hebrew Bible/Old Testament	3.0
   RLS 302	New Testament	3.0
   RLS 305	Early Christianity: Monasticism	3.0

   Topics courses, independent studies, and other courses in in Philosophy and Religious Studies will be recognized when the course content substantially addresses the study of ethics as determined by the Ethics minor faculty. Three credits may be taken in ethics courses in the department(s) of the student’s major(s), as approved by the Ethics minor faculty.
2. Have a minimum grade point average of 2.0 in all courses.
3. Select an advisor from the faculty who will guide the student in choosing courses.