Ethics and Society Areas of Specialization

Students in the Ethics and Society Master's Program have the option of selecting courses that meet the requirements of the program's 10-course curriculum to reflect their current interests and future career goals. Areas of specialization provide students with a foundation in the humanities and sciences giving them unique expertise in their chosen area. Areas of specialization include: AI & Technology Ethics, Bioethics & Health Sciences, Ethics, Law, & Policy, and Ethics and Leadership in Higher Education.

Sample 10-Course Curricula 

  • The following sample curricula features courses in AI and technology ethics that may satisfy the program course requirements (two in cross-disciplinary ethics and society, two in moral philosophy, two in moral theology, two in social and natural sciences, and two electives).

    • CEED 5050 - Ethics and Society: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives (Introductory Course Required)
    • CEED 6100 - Theories and Applications in Contemporary Ethics (Capstone Course Required)
    • PHIL 6109 - Epistemology and Ethics of AI Philosophy
    • PMMA 5105 - Digital Technology and Ethics Communication & Media Studies
    • THEO 5500 - Religion and American Life
    • THEO 6721 - African American Theological Ethics
    • PMMA 5208 - Digital Media and Migrant Justice Communication & Media Studies  
    • CISC 6525 - Artificial Intelligence
    • CEED 5350  Emerging Technologies and Human Development.
    • HIST 5566 -  Technology and Empire

  • The following sample curricula features courses in bioethics and health sciences that may satisfy the program course requirements (two in cross-disciplinary ethics and society, two in moral philosophy, two in moral theology, two in social and natural sciences, and two electives).

    • CEED 5050 - Ethics and Society: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives (Introductory Course Required)
    • CEED 6100 - Theories and Applications in Contemporary Ethics (Capstone Course Required)
    • THEO 7736 - Bioethics
    • CEED 5250 - Bioethics Analysis of Clinical Case Studies
    • HADM 5100 - Health Care Ethics
    • CEED/PSYC 6290 - Health Disparities and Social Inequalities
    • ECON 5590 - Health Economics
    • PSYC 6020 - Health Psychology
    • THEO 6733 - Theology and Science
    • CEED 5900 - Ethics Field Practicum Experience

  • The following sample curricula features courses in ethics, law, and policy that may satisfy the program course requirements (two in cross-disciplinary ethics and society, two in moral philosophy, two in moral theology, two in social and natural sciences, and two electives).

    • CEED 5050 - Ethics and Society: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives (Introductory Course Required)
    • CEED 6100 - Theories and Applications in Contemporary Ethics (Capstone Course Required)
    • PHIL 7760 – Dimensions of Political Justice
    • PHIL 5003/HSGL 0322/CEED 6322 – Natural Law: the Nature, Foundations, and Content of Justice
    • THEO 5500 – Religion and American Public Life
    • THEO 6634 – Black Theologies and the Decolonial Option
    • POSC 5100 – American Political Behavior
    • PSYC 7020 – Psychology and Civil Law
    • PHIL 6120 – Democratic Political Economy
    • PSYC 6360 – Social Policy and Applied Psychology

  • The following sample curricula features courses in ethics and leadership in higher education that may satisfy the program course requirements (two in cross-disciplinary ethics and society, two in moral philosophy, two in moral theology, two in social and natural sciences, and two electives).

    • Moral Philosophy
      • CEED #### - Education Ethics (New)
      • PHIL 8001 - Seminar in Philosophy of Education
      • UEGE 5102 - Historical, Philosophical, & Multicultural Foundations of Education
    • Moral Theology
      • THEO 5640 - Intro to Theological Ethic
      • THEO 6485 - Theology of Gustavo Gutierrez
      • THEO 5901 - Context, Theory, and Theology
      • THEO 6676 - Sexual Ethics
      • THEO 6731 - Christian Ecological Ethics
    • Social and Natural Sciences
      • PSYC 5350 - Emerging Technologies & Human Development
      • PSYC 6300 - Developmental Psychology: Foundations
      • URST 5000 - Issues in Urban Studies
      • PSYC 6370 - Social Policy & Applied Psychology
      • PSYC 6370 - Cognition & Affect
      • UEGE 6243 - Impact of Prejudice
      • PSYC 6654 - Intro to Neuroscience