Ethics and Moral Philosophy Minor

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The aim of the minor is to provide students headed for medicine, biology, psychology and other health care professions with a broad humanistic perspective not found in professional education and the critical tools to deal with the ethical issues that may arise in their professional lives.

Students are required to take five courses in philosophy, at least four of which must be upper-division. Students must take at least one lower-division or 300-level course before taking any 400-level courses.

Students must take at least two courses from category one below, and at least one course from category two:

Ethics, History of Ethics and Value Theory:

PHIL 141gp The Professions and the Public Interest in American Life Units: 4
PHIL 340 Ethics Units: 4
PHIL 361 Philosophy of Religion Units: 4
PHIL 430 Philosophy of Law Units: 4
PHIL 431 Law, Society, and Politics Units: 4
PHIL 440 Contemporary Ethical Theory Units: 4
PHIL 442 History of Ethics to 1900 Units: 4

Systematic Philosophy:

PHIL 262g Mind and Self: Modern Conceptions Units: 4
PHIL 360 Epistemology and Metaphysics Units: 4
PHIL 385 Science and Rationality Units: 4
PHIL 427 20th Century Anglo-American Philosophy Units: 4
PHIL 428 Anglo-American Philosophy Since 1950 Units: 4
PHIL 460 Metaphysics Units: 4
PHIL 462 Philosophy of Mind Units: 4
PHIL 465 Philosophy of Language Units: 4
PHIL 470 Theory of Knowledge Units: 4