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Honors in Ethics in Society

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Undergraduate Programs in Ethics in Society

The honors program in Ethics in Society is open to majors in every field and must be taken in addition to a department major. Students should apply for entry at the end of Spring Quarter of the sophomore year or no later than the beginning of Autumn Quarter of the junior year. Applicants should have a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.3 (B+) or higher. They should also maintain this minimum average in the courses taken to satisfy the requirements. Required courses must be taken for a letter grade.

Requirements—

  1. Required courses (at least one of a or b must be taken at the 100 level):
    1. ETHICSOC 20. Introduction to Moral Theory; or ETHICSOC 170. Ethical Theory. Normally taken by the end of the sophomore year.
    2. ETHICSOC 30. Introduction to Political Philosophy; or ETHICSOC 171. Justice. Normally taken by the end of the sophomore year.
  2. Two 4- or 5-unit undergraduate courses* on a subject approved by the honors adviser, designed to encourage students to explore those issues in Ethics in Society that are of particular interest to them. Courses of relevance to the Program in Ethics in Society are offered by members of the steering committee and by other departments. Students may also take a course with the honors thesis in mind. To promote a broad interdisciplinary approach, this elective should normally be outside the Department of Philosophy. Students are not restricted to choosing from the cognate courses listed below.
  3. ETHICSOC 190. Honors Seminar.
  4. ETHICSOC 200A,B. Honors Thesis. On a subject approved by the honors adviser, with the work spread over two quarters. To receive honors in Ethics in Society, students must receive a grade of 'B+' on their thesis.

A typical student takes ETHICSOC 20 or 170 and 30 or 171 by the end of the sophomore year. Upon admission to the honors program as a junior, he or she takes ETHICSOC 190 in Winter Quarter and requirement 2 (the optional subjects) at any time during the junior year, or possibly Autumn Quarter of the senior year. The honors thesis is normally written during Autumn and Winter quarters of the senior year. Courses taken to fulfill the Ethics in Society honors requirement may be double-counted for Philosophy and other majors; Ethics in Society minors may not double count courses.

*The following courses may be used to fulfill requirement 2. The honors adviser can approve additional courses.

ANTHRO 90A. History of Archaeological Thought

ANTHRO 90B. Theory of Cultural and Social Anthropology

ANTHRO 179. Cultures of Disease: Cancer

ANTHRO 326B. Conduct and Misconduct in Science

ARCHLGY 103. History of Archaeological Thought

COMM 131. Media Ethics and Responsibilities

COMM 236G. Democracy, Justice, and Deliberation

COMM 238. Democratic Theory: Normative and Empirical Issues

ECON 224. Science, Technology, and Economic Growth

EDUC 137X. Social Justice in Education

EDUC 158. Children's Citizenship: Justice Across Generations

EDUC 167. Educating for Equity and Democracy

EDUC 179B. Youth Empowerment and Civic Engagement

EDUC 220C. Education and Society

EDUC 237X. Social Justice in Education

EDUC 247. Moral Education

EDUC 279B. Youth Empowerment and Civic Engagement

EDUC 304. The Philosophical and Educational Thought of John Dewey

OIT 333. Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability

HISTORY 236. The Ethics of Imperialism

HISTORY 243G. Tobacco and Health in World History

HISTORY 259A,B. Poverty and Homelessness in America I,II

HUMBIO 122S. Social Class, Race, Ethnicity, Health

IPS 241. International Security in a Changing World

INTNLREL 136R. Introduction to Global Justice

ME 206A. Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability

MED 83Q. Ethical Issues in Stem Cell Research

MS&E 197. Ethics and Public Policy (Same as PUBLPOL 103B.)

PHIL 174/274. Freedom and the Practical Standpoint

PHIL 242. The Philosophical and Educational Thought of John Dewey

PHIL 338. Hobbes and Rousseau (Same as POLISCI 338J.)

POLISCI 1. Introduction to International Relations

POLISCI 114S. International Security in a Changing World

POLISCI 123. Politics and Public Policy (Same as PUBLPOL 101.)

POLISCI 130B. History of Political Thought II: Early Modern Political Thought, 1500-1700

POLISCI 130C. History of Political Thought III: Freedom, Reason, and Power

POLISCI 131. Children's Citizenship: Justice Across Generations

POLISCI 132. Ethics of Political Animals

POLISCI 136R. Introduction to Global Justice

POLISCI 231S. Contemporary Theories of Justice

POLISCI 236. Theories of Civil Society, Philanthropy, and the Nonprofit Sector

POLISCI 330B. History of Political Thought II: Early Modern Political Thought, 1500-1700

POLISCI 330C. History of Political Thought III: Freedom, Reason, and Power

POLISCI 336. Introduction to Global Justice

PSYCH 179/270. The Psychology of Everyday Morality

PUBLPOL 164. Comparative Public Policy

PUBLPOL 180. Social Innovation

PUBLPOL 183. Philanthropy and Social Innovation

RELIGST 7N. The Divine Good: Secular Ethics and Its Discontents

SOC 130/230. Education and Society

SOC 141A. Social Class, Race, Ethnicity, Health

STS 110. Ethics and Public Policy

URBANST 131. Social Innovation and the Social Entrepreneur

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