Ethics Minor Courses

 List A: Normative thinking/conceptual analysis courses

(note: joint courses are listed once)

B H 402/PHIL 412: Ethical Theory  

B H 404/PHIL 413: Metaethical Theory  

B H 440/PHIL 459: Philosophy of Medicine  

B H 474/PHIL 411: Justice in Health Care 

ENVIR243/PHIL 234 : Environmental Ethics 

ENVIR416/PHIL 416 : Ethics and Climate Change 

ENVIR417/PHIL 417: Advanced Topics in Environmental Philosophy 

ETHICS207/PHIL 207/POL S 217: Issues of Global Justice  

ETHICS291/PHIL 291: Ethics in Science 

GWSS206/PHIL 206/POL S 212: Philosophy of Feminism 

PHIL 102: Contemporary Moral Problems  

PHIL 110: Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy 

PHIL 114: Philosophical Issues in the Law 

PHIL 118: Persuasion or Manipulation? The Ethics and Psychology of Influence  

PHIL 240: Introduction to Ethics  

PHIL 241: Topics in Ethics 

PHIL 242: Introduction to Medical Ethics 

PHIL 307: Justice Across Disciplinary Boundaries  

PHIL 314: Philosophy of Crime and Punishment  

PHIL 338: Philosophy of Human Rights  

PHIL 345: Moral Issues of Life and Death  

PHIL 346: Personal Values and Human Good  

PHIL 406: Philosophical Topics in Feminism  

PHIL 407: International Justice  

PHIL 408: Philosophy of Diversity 

PHIL 409: Philosophy of Disability 

PHIL 410: Social Philosophy  

PHIL 414: Philosophy of Law  

PHIL 415: Advanced Topics in Animal Welfare 

PHIL 440: Ethics  

PHIL 441: Public Health Ethics 

PHIL 442: Neuroethics  

List B: Values-laden issue courses

(note: joint courses are listed once)

AAS380: Asian American Community: Discrimination, Power, and Affirmation  

AAS385: Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans: Race, Law, and Justice  

AES 150: In-Justice for All: Intersection of Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender in the United States  

AES 211ANTH 211/ENVIR 211: Environmental Justice  

AES 487ANTH 487: Cultures and Politics of Environmental Justice 

AIS 461/JSIS A 426: First Nations Government and Politics in Canada 

ANTH 150: Culture and Rights: Exploring the Meaning and Practice of Human Rights 

ANTH 207: Class and Culture in America  

ANTH 215: Introduction to Medical Anthropology and Global Health 

ANTH 302: Body and Soul: Introduction to Medical Anthropology and Global Health as Social Justice Praxis  

ANTH 308: The Anthropology of Gender, Women's Health, and Reproduction  

ANTH 322/RELIG 320: Comparative Study of Death  

ANTH 323/LSJ 321: Human Rights Law in Culture and Practice  

ANTH 345JSIS B 345/GWSS 345: Women and International Economic Development 

ANTH 371ENVIR 371: Anthropology of Development  

ANTH 376: Anthropology of Disability  

ANTH 419: Collective Memory and Violence 

ANTH 459/ENVIR 459: Culture, Ecology, and Politics 

ANTH 474: Social Difference and Medical Knowledge  

ANTH 487/AES 487: Cultures and Politics of Environmental Justice  

ANTH 497LSJ 425: Domesticating International Human Rights: Perspectives on U.S. Asylum and Refugee Law  

ARCHY 467: Research Ethics in Archaeology: Conservation, Accountability, and Stewardship 

B H 201: Topics in Population Bioethics 

B H 311: Ethical Issues in Modern Medicine 

B H 339/JEW ST 339/NEAR E 328: Bioethics: Secular and Jewish Perspectives 

B H 409: Ethics and the Social Determinants of Health 

B H 420: Philosophical Problems in Bioethics 

B H 421: History of Eugenics  

B H 444: Ethical Implications of Emerging Biotechnology  

B H 456: Social Justice and Health 

B H 488/G H 419: Global Perspectives in Bioethics  

CEP 460: Planning in Context  

CEP 461: Ethics and Identity 

CHID 230/DIS ST 230/LSJ 230:Introduction to Disability Studies  

CHID 260: Re-Thinking Diversity 

CHID 332/DIS ST 332/LSJ 332: Disability and Society 

CHID 370/COM 302: The Cultural Impact of Information Technology  

CHID 433/DIS ST 433/LSJ 433: Disability Law, Policy, and the Community  

CHID 434/DIS ST 434/LSJ 434: Civil and Human Rights Law for Disabled People 

CHID 437/DIS ST 437/LSJ 437: Crime, Law, and Mental Illness  

CHID 487/JSIS A 485: Culture, Politics, and Violence in Latin America  

CHID 488: Encountering Animals: Ethics, Culture, and Politics  

CHSTU 405: Advanced Chicano Studies in Social Science  

COM 305/POL S 305: The Politics of Mass Communication in America  

COM 375: Communication Ethics  

COM 468: Media Ethics 

CSS 211: Computers and Society 

ECON 235/ENVIR 235/ESRM 235: Introduction to Environmental Economics  

ECON 435: Natural Resource Economics 

ECON 436: Economics of the Environment  

ECON 446: Economics of Education 

ECON 447/GWSS 447: Economics of Gender  

ECON 448: Population and Development  

EDLPS 302: Introduction to Education Policy: Research, Theory, and Practice  

EDPSY 420: Bullying, Revenge, and Belonging: Cultural Perspectives on Social Power  

EDUC 340: Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies: Teaching and Learning for Justice in a Changing World 

EDUC 451: The Role of Sport in Social Justice and Change 

ENGL 259: Literature and Social Difference 

ENGL 265: Introduction to Environmental Humanities  

ENGL 270: The Uses of the English Language 

ENGL 478: Language and Social Policy ( 

ENV H 205: Environmental Health in Media 

ENV H 472: Environmental Risk and Society  

ENVIR 103/JSIS B 103/SMEA 103: Society and the Oceans 

ENVIR 360/JSIS B 350/SCAND 350: Environmental Norms in International Politics  

ENVIR 362/ESRM 362: Introduction to Restoration Ecology  

ENVIR 379/ESRM 371/SOC 379: Environmental Sociology  

ENVIR 384POL S 384: Global Environmental Politics 

ENVIR 431/ESRM 431/PSYCH 431: Ecopsychology  

ENVIR 439: Attaining a Sustainable Society  

ENVIR 460/ESRM 460/JSIS B 350: Power, Privilege, and Preservation 

ESRM 150: Wildlife in the Modern World  

ESRM 458: Management of Endangered, Threatened, and Sensitive Species  

ESRM 470: Natural Resource Policy and Planning  

FISH 480/SMEA 480: Human Dimensions of Fishery Management  

GEOG 123/JSIS 123: Introduction to Globalization 

GEOG 208: Geography of the World Economy: Regional Fortunes and the Rise of Global Markets  

GEOG 230: Geographies of Global Inequality  

GEOG 270: Geographies of International Development and Environmental Change  

GEOG 272: Geographies of Environmental Justice  

GEOG 370: Environmental Conservation: Geographic Perspectives  

GEOG 425: Qualitative Methodology in Geography 

GEOG 467/LSJ 467: Law, Justice, and the Environment 

GEOG 472: Race, Nature, and Power  

GEOG 478: Social Justice and the City 

GERMAN 285: Representation and Diversity 

GERMAN 385: Rhetoric and Social Justice  

G H 101/GEOG 180/JSIS B 180: Introduction to Global Health: Disparities, Determinants, Policies, and Outcomes  

G H 220/ENV H 220/G H 220: Global Environmental Change and Public Health  

G H 305/LAW 305: Global Health and Justice  

G H 415H/SERV 415: War and Health  

G H 456: Global Mental Health 

GWSS 244: Indigenous Feminisms  

GWSS 305: Feminism in an International Context  

GWSS 310: Women and the Law  

GWSS 333/JSIS B 333: Gender and Globalization: Theory and Process 

GWSS 355:  Men and Masculinity 

GWSS 391: Collaborations in Feminism and Technology  

HCDE300: Foundations of Human Centered Design and Engineering 

HCDE419: Concepts in Human-Computer Interaction  

HSTAA231: Race and American History  

HSTCMP446JSIS B 446: History, Memory, and Justice 

INFO 351: Information Ethics and Policy 

INFO 464: Value Sensitive Design  

JEW ST 130: Justice, Service, and Activism in the Jewish Tradition  

JSIS 310: Data Ethnography and Qualitative Methods  

JSIS D 450/SOC 450:Political Economy of Women and Family in the Third World  

LSJ320POL S 368: The Politics and Law of International Human Rights  

LSJ 327/POL S 327: Women's Rights as Human Rights  

LSJ 331/POL S 317: The Politics of Race and Ethnicity in the United States 

LSJ 375/SOC 372: Crime, Politics, and Justice  

LSJ 377: Punishment: Theory and Practice  

LSJ 444: Ethics in Law and Justice  

LSJ 476/SOC 476: Miscarriages of Justice  

MGMT 200: Introduction to Law  

MGMT 320: Business, Government, and Society 

N SCI 402: Naval Leadership and Ethics  

NURS 410: Legal and Ethical Issues in Clinical Practice 

POL S 201: Introduction to Political Theory  

POL S 273: The Concept of Political Power  

POL S 303: Public Policy Formation in the United States 

POL S 311: Individual and the State 

POL S 383: Environmental Politics and Policy in the United States  

POL S 422: International Environmental Politics Seminar  

POL S 465: Law and Public Policy in the United States  

POL S 464: The Politics of American Criminal Justice  

PSYCH 208: Happiness  

PSYCH 439: Psychology of Health Disparities  

PSYCH 456: Social and Moral Development  

RELIG 101: A Life Worth Living: Meaning, Morals and Money 

SMEA 430: Development and the Environment 

SMEA 485: Pacific Recreation and Tourism Issues 

SOC 211: Stability and Change in American Society  

SOC 225: Data and Society  

SOC 374: Law and Society  

SOC 375: Sociology of Juvenile Justice  

SOC WF 101: Social Work in Action: Bridging the Gap From Science to Service 

SOC WF 120: International Responses to Human Needs: Social Welfare Polices and Services 

SOC WF 404: Cultural Diversity and Justice  

SPH 481: Ethics, Social Justice, and Policy in Public Health  

UCONJ 442: Social and Cultural Aspects of Aging  


From time to time, courses may be reclassified, added to, or removed from the list of acceptable courses. Students who have planned their studies on the basis of an earlier list may fulfill the requirements of the minor as specified in the earlier list. In addition, students may petition the Ethics undergraduate advisor for approval for courses not listed. If there is a course that you think should be considered for the Minor, please let us know.

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