UNC Courses in Ethics

The Parr Center has compiled the following list of UNC courses which foster student reflection on ethics and ethical problems. Any course from this list can be counted toward the academic course requirement for the Parr Center Ethics Scholar Program.

Course Number	Course Name	Course Description
AMERICAN STUDIES AMST 55	Birth and Death in the United States	This course explores birth and death as essential human rites of passage that are invested with significance by changing and diverse American historical, cultural, ethnic, and ethical contexts. Honors version available.
AMST 220	On the Question of the Animal: Contemporary Animal Studies	This course is an introduction to "animal studies," through animal rights, animal welfare, food studies, and the human/animal distinction in philosophical inquiry. We will read work from dog and horse trainers, and explore the history of the American racetrack. This course builds a moral and ethical reasoning skill set.
AMST 222	The Death Penalty in American History	This course explores the history of the death penalty in America between the colonial era and the present.
AMST 225	Comedy and Ethics	This course explores the historical, sociocultural, and legal significance of 20th- and 21st-century comedy in the United States. We will consider comedy as public voice; examine how humor constructs and disrupts American identities; and discuss the ethics of the creative process, performance, and reception.
AMST 291	Ethics and American Studies	An interdisciplinary seminar in American studies addressing ethical issues in the United States.
AMST 315	Privacy and Surveillance in America	This course explores crucial challenges to privacy by changing technological, governmental, and corporate practices of surveillance. We will explore how technological and biometric tools are employed to capitalize upon and control populations. We will examine constitutional rights and privacy laws as well as practices and protections that can enable us to become more ethical citizens in the digital age.
ASIAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES (ASIA) 333	The Mahabharata: Remembered and Reimagined	Introduction to Vyasa's Mahabharata as well as adaptations of the story in literature, theater, and film.
ASIA 482	Sex, Gender, and Religion in South Asia	This seminar draws on feminist and philosophical theory, including the works of Plato, Butler, and Foucualt, as well as postcolonial theory, to explore the categories of sex and gender in South Asian religions. We also analyze the moral cultivation of the self in relation to gender identity in South Asia.
BUSINESS (BUSI) 404	Business Ethics	An examination of ethical issues that affect business. *One-credit hour course. Must be combined with additional course to satisfy Parr Center Ethics Scholar Program requirement.
BUSI 463	Corporate Environmental Stewardship	This course explores the intersection of business/economic growth and the major sustainability issues affecting the environment and societal well-being and raises questions about business ethics and the moral responsibility of business leaders, consumers, and citizens. Previously offered as ENEC 306.
CHINESE (CHIN) 463	Narrative Ethics in Modern China	By exploring intersections of the narrative and the normative, this course considers relations between text, ethics, and everyday life in 20th-century China by reading texts on aesthetics.
COMMUNICATION (COMM) 450	Media and Popular Culture	Prerequisite, COMM 140. Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. Examination of communication processes and cultural significance of film, television, and other electronic media.
COMM 470	Political Communication and the Public Sphere	A course covering the relationship between communication and political processes and institutions. Topics include media coverage and portrayal of political institutions, elections, actors, and media influence on political beliefs.
COMM 499	The Dark Side of Interpersonal Communication	The "dark side" of communication is a metaphor describing the study of disruptive, dysfunctional, distorted, distressing, and destructive aspects of communication. This course explores humanity's darker side that allows us to reject, exclude, stigmatize, exploit, objectify, misguide, lie, and cheat. The course examines various theoretical perspectives and applies them to everyday problems in interpersonal encounters. A sample of topics discussed include: prejudice, stigma, marginalization, bullying, ostracism, resistance, manipulation, conformity, deceit, gossip, rumors, infidelity, and revenge.
COMM 527	Organizational Ethics	A critical examination of the theory, research, and practice of organizational ethics.
COMPUTER SCIENCE (COMP) 380	Technology, Ethics, and Culture	An introduction to digital technology and computer science issues in society. Topics may include Internet history, privacy, security, usability, graphics, games, computers in the media, development, economics, social media, AI, IP, computer and Internet ethics, global ethics, current legal issues, etc.
COMP 388	Advanced Cyberculture Studies	Prerequisite, COMP 380; a grade of C or better is required; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. Explores Internet history and cyberphilosophy; online identify construction, community, communication, creativity; bodies/cyborgs; intelligence and AI. Students perform independent research into and analyze virtual worlds, social media, anonymous bulletin boards, mobile media, and more, and create digital art and literature. Seminar-style; students collaborate on designing and leading class.
DATA SCIENCE & SOCIETY (DATA 120)	Ethics of Data Science & Artificial Intelligence	In an era of rapid advancements in data science and AI, ethical concerns related to data-intensive technologies are now of utmost importance. This course immerses students in data science ethics, facilitating a comprehensive exploration of the intricate interplay between data and societal values. By nurturing critical thinking grounded in ethical theories, this course provides students with a strong foundation in designing and analyzing data-intensive ecosystems that emphasize values such as fairness, accountability, ethics, and transparency.
ECONOMICS (ECON) 384	Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics	One course in economics strongly recommended. This interdisciplinary gateway course provides an introduction to subjects and quantitative techniques used to analyze problems in philosophy, political science, and economics.
EDUCATION (EDUC) 508	Equity, Leadership, and You	This course was developed to confront and address questions of global cultural competence and self-critique. Culturally competent leaders work to understand their own biases and patterns of discrimination.
EDUC 526	Ethics and Education: from Global Problems to Classroom Dilemmas	Among the topics examined are ethical implications of democratic schooling for a democratic society, educators as moral agents, and education as an institution with incumbent responsibilities. Students explore the explicit and implied ethics of education and schooling as they relate to policy makers, educators, and citizens concerned about social justice.
ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY (ENEC) 368	Living Things, Wilderness, and Ecosystems: An Introduction to Environmental Ethics	The meaning of environmental values and their relation to other values; the ethical status of animals, species, wilderness, and ecosystems; the built environment; environmental justice; ecofeminism; obligations to future generations.
ENEC 462	Ecosystem Management	This course explores the intersection of business/economic growth and the major sustainability issues affecting the environment and societal well-being and raises questions about business ethics and the moral responsibility of business leaders, consumers, and citizens. Previously offered as ENEC 306.
ENGLISH (ENGL) 271	Mixed-Race America: Race in Contemporary American Literature and Culture	This service-learning course is partnered with a charter school, and together UNC-Chapel Hill and high school students will explore issues of race in American literature and culture.
FRENCH (FREN) 515	Social Networks: Technology and Community in Modern France	Prerequisites, FREN 300 and one additional course above FREN 330; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. Exploration of the interaction between technology and sociability in 19th- through 21st-century French literature, with an emphasis on questions of modernization, industrialization, colonization, globalization, subjectivity, and ethics. Taught in French.
GERMAN (GERM) 283	Freedom, Terror, and Identity: Modern Philosophy from Kant to Arendt	This course investigates how philosophical thought motivates, inspires, and generates forms of agency and identity against cultural tendencies that limit or erode freedom. Readings, lecture, and discussion in English.
GERM 286	(Un)Welcomed Guests? German Reflections on Exile and Immigration	This course introduces students to philosophical, literary, and film texts engaging with the ethics of migration. How might the writings by and depictions of refugees throughout German history resonate with the current crisis? The course includes a service learning component, so that students gain experience working with local refugees and are able to use their practical experience to reflect on the theoretical discussions in class. Readings and discussions in English.
HEALTH POLICY AND MANAGEMENT (HPM) 310	Introduction to Health Law and Ethics	Prerequisite, HPM 350. An introduction to health law and ethics for health administration undergraduate seniors.
HPM 571	Global Health and Human Rights	Course focuses on rights-based approaches to health, applying a human rights perspective to selected public health policies, programs, and interventions. Students will apply a formalistic human rights framework to critical public health issues, exploring human rights as both a safeguard against harm and a catalyst for health promotion.
INFORMATION & LIBRARY SCIENCE (INLS) 384	Information and Computer Ethics	Prerequisite, INLS 201. Overview of ethical reasoning, followed by examination of ethical issues relevant to information science, including access to information and technology, societal impacts of technology, information privacy, surveillance and security, intellectual property, and professional ethics.
ITALIAN (ITAL) 359	Medieval Frauds: Fake News, Counterfeits, and Forgeries	This course examines medieval Italians' preoccupation with fraud through literary and historical texts: its philosophical definition and taxonomy, its perceived threat to moral and social order, the hermeneutics of fraud detection, and strategies for bearing the burden of proof.
JEWISH STUDIES (JWST) 420	Post-Holocaust Ethics and Theology	This course examines the challenges posed to ethics and theology by the Holocaust. We will address philosophical and moral issues such as the problem of evil, divine omniscience, omnipotence, suffering, theodicy, representation, testimony, and an ethics of memory.
MEDIA & JOURNALISM (MEJO 141)	Media Ethics	Explore what constitutes ethical practices, what interferes with ethical practices, and what emerging ethical issues may challenge the newest generation of professional communicators. Cases involve print, broadcast, and Internet news media; photojournalism; graphic design; public relations; and advertising.
MEJO 476	Ethical Issues and Sports Communication	Permission of the instructor. Ethical dilemmas and decisions in the commercialization and coverage of sports, including the influence of television, pressure to change traditions and standards for monetary reasons, and negative influences on athletes.
NAVAL SCIENCE (NAVS) 402	Naval Leadership and Ethics	Capstone leadership course in NROTC curriculum, emphasizing leadership skills and their ethical implications for the competent commissioned officer in areas of human resources and material management.
NURSING (NURS) 302	Research, Ethics, and Innovation	This course focuses on research, ethics, and health innovations as a basis for scientific inquiry to address problems that require solutions.
NURS 687	Ethical Issues in Nursing	Examination and discussion of major ethical issues arising in the professional practice of nursing in the context of systematic consideration of the nature of ethical choice.
PHILOSOPHY (PHIL) 160	Virtue, Value, and Happiness: An Introduction to Moral Theory	Exploration of different philosophical perspectives about right and wrong, personal character, justice, moral reasoning, and moral conflicts. Readings drawn from classic or contemporary sources. Critical discussion emphasized.
NUTRITION (NUTR) 245	Sustainable Local Food Systems: Intersection of Local Foods and Public Health	Examines the intersection of local foods and public health with respect to nutrition and environmental, economic, and community issues. Students explore impacts and potential solutions of the increasingly industrialized and centralized food system, while assisting community partners to increase opportunities for farmers, local food marketers, distributors, and entrepreneurs.
PHIL 163	Practical Ethics: Moral Reasoning and How We Live	Topics may include war, medical ethics, media ethics, sexual ethics, business ethics, racism, sexism, capital punishment, and the environment.
PHIL 164	Morality and Business	An examination of business ethics and the types of ethical dilemmas people may face in business practices.
PHIL 165	Bioethics	An examination of ethical issues in the life sciences and technologies, medicine, public health, and/or human interaction with nonhuman animals or the living environment.
PHIL 170	Liberty, Rights, and Responsibilities: Introduction to Social Ethics and Political Thought	An examination of major issues in political philosophy, e.g., liberty, individual rights, social responsibility, legal authority, civil authority, civil disobedience. Readings include classical and contemporary writings.
PHIL 180	Philosophy of Humor	A course on philosophical issues related to laughter and humor. Historical and contemporary philosophical theories of humor; connections between traditional issues in aesthetics and humor; moral questions about humor, such as what is involved in a joke being racist/sexist/homophobic; and connections between jokes and various epistemological fallacies.
PHIL 185	Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art	The nature of art and artworks and their aesthetic appraisal.
PHIL 261	Ethics in Action	Required preparation, one previous PHIL ethics course. Permission of the instructor. Ethics Bowl provides a unique experiential opportunity for students to apply theory to practical global issues. Students will prepare cases to present locally and at Ethics Bowl competition.
PWAD 272	The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense	An analysis of ethical issues that arise in peace, war, and defense, e.g., the legitimacy of states, just war theory, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction.
PHIL 265	Ethics, Politics and Technology	This course addresses a number of ethical and political issues that arise as a result of advancing technologies; it will also begin by briefly reviewing some basics of ethics and political philosophy.
PHIL 266	Not All Fun and Games: Ethics of Sports	An analysis of the moral significance of sports, the nature of sport and competition, and issues such as racism, gender equity, violence, and performance-enhancing drugs.
PHIL 272	The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense	An analysis of ethical issues that arise in peace, war, and defense, e.g., the legitimacy of states, just war theory, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction.
PHIL 273	Justice, Rights, and the Common Good: Philosophical Perspectives on Social and Economic Issues	This course will focus on justice and the common good, applying theoretical justifications to contemporary social and economic issues. Readings will include classical and contemporary literature on the nature of justice and rights.
PHIL 274	Race, Racism, and Social Justice: African-American Political Philosophy	Race, identity, discrimination, multiculturalism, affirmative action, and slave reparations in the writings of Walker, Delany, Douglass, Cooper, DuBois, King, and Malcolm X.
PHIL 275	Moral and Philosophical Issues of Gender in Society	A survey of feminist perspectives on topics such as the meaning of oppression, sexism and racism, sex roles and stereotypes, ideals of female beauty, women in the workplace, pornography, rape.
PHIL 280	Morality, Law, and Justice: Issues in Legal Philosophy	Explores issues in legal philosophy such as, What is law? Does it serve justice or undermine it? Can punishment be justified? When is a person responsible?
PHIL 282	Human Rights: Philosophical Interrogations	The philosophy of human rights addresses questions about the existence, content, nature, universality, justification, and legal status of human rights.The strong claims made on behalf of human rights frequently provoke skeptical doubts and countering philosophical defenses. These will be addressed through classical and contemporary history of philosophy.
PHIL 285	Moral and Philosophical Issues in Education	A critical examination of the moral and philosophical issues in education: What does it mean to be well educated? What is a liberal education?
PHIL 360	Major Developments in Ethics: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives	Prerequisite, one previous PHIL course. PHIL 160 recommended. Major developments in the history of moral philosophy, from Plato to Nietzsche.
PHIL 362	Contemporary Ethical Theory	Prerequisite, one previous PHIL course. Using 20th- and 21st-century texts, this course explores some general questions about morality in depth. For example, Is there moral truth? Are any moral rules absolute? Why be moral?
PHIL 364	Ethics and Economics	Recommended preparation, at least one course in ethics (PHIL 160, 163, or 170) or one course in economics. Issues at the intersection of ethics and economics, including value; the relation between values and preferences; rationality; the relevance to economics of rights, justice, and the value of human life.
PHIL 368	Living Things, Wilderness, and Ecosystems: An Introduction to Environmental Ethics	The meaning of environmental values and their relation to other values; the ethical status of animals, species, wilderness, and ecosystems; the built environment; environmental justice; ecofeminism; obligations to future generations.
PHIL 370	Authority, Freedom, and Rights: Advanced Political Philosophy	Prerequisite, one previous PHIL course. Advanced discussion of competing philosophical approaches to questions of justice, authority, freedom, rights, and the like, including libertarianism, liberalism, communitarianism, Marxism, and feminism.
PHIL 381	Philosophy and Film	Prerequisite, one previous PHIL course. An examination of how philosophical issues are explored in the medium of film.
PHIL 384	Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics	One course in economics strongly recommended. This interdisciplinary gateway course provides an introduction to subjects and quantitative techniques used to analyze problems in philosophy, political science, and economics.
PHIL 460	History of Moral Philosophy	Prerequisite, Two courses in philosophy other than PHIL 155, including PHIL 360, strongly recommended. Examination of classic texts of Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Hobbes, Butler, Hume, Kant, and Mill. Selections may vary from year to year.
PHIL 462	Contemporary Moral Philosophy	Prerequisite, two courses in philosophy other than PHIL 155, including PHIL 362. Advanced discussion of moral issues such as fact and value, reason and morality, the nature of morality.
PHIL 463	Contemporary Moral and Social Problems	Two courses in philosophy other than PHIL 155 strongly recommended. A detailed examination of one or more of the following contemporary issues: environmental ethics, animal rights, abortion, euthanasia, pornography, racism, sexism, public versus private morality.
PHIL 465	Justice in Health Care	One course in philosophy strongly recommended. Medical students welcome. The course will focus on the question of how scarce health care resources ought to be distributed in order to meet the demands of justice.
PHIL 468	Risk and Society	Prerequisite, PHIL 155. One additional course in philosophy strongly recommended. The course examines attitudes toward risk and how they affect our preferences for different public policies in the areas of environmental protection, technology regulation, and workplace and product safety.
PHIL 470	Political Philosophy from Hobbes to Rousseau	Two courses in philosophy other than PHIL 155, including PHIL 170 or 370, strongly recommended. Explores the foundations of justice and authority in the idea of contract or covenant, the nature of law, rights, liberty, and democracy in the work of Hobbes, Locke, Hume, Rousseau.
PHIL 471	Hegel, Marx, and the Philosophical Critique of Society	An examination of central issues in social and political philosophy as they figure in the work of Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, and others.
PHIL 473	American Political Philosophy	One course in philosophy other than PHIL 155 strongly recommended. Juniors and seniors only. The issue of unity and diversity in America is analyzed through the writings of Jefferson, the Federalists and Anti-Federalists, Calhoun, MacKinnon, DuBois, and Rawls.
PHIL 474	Foundations of Modern Political Philosophy	Prerequisite, PHIL 170. This course traces the emergence and development of central themes of modern political philosophy from the 13th through the 17th century.
PHIL 475	Philosophical Issues in Gender, Race, and Class	Prerequisite, PHIL 275 or WGST 101. Examines in greater depth and complexity one or more of the issues addressed in PHIL 275, investigating issues of gender, race, and class within the dominant theories of philosophy.
PHIL 476	Recent Developments in Political Philosophy	Two courses in philosophy other than PHIL 155, including PHIL 370, strongly recommended. Investigation of major contemporary contributors (Rawls, Nozick, Dworkin, Cohen, Waldron, Arrow) to philosophical debate concerning justice, equality, liberty, democracy, public reason, or rights versus community.
PHIL 480	Philosophy of Law	An exploration of whether and under what conditions the state has the right to control crime by punishment of past crimes and preventive detention to prevent future crimes.
PHIL 482	Philosophy and Literature	Philosophical readings of literary texts, including novels, plays, and poems.
PHIL 485	Philosophy of Art	Competing theories of art and art criticism. The relationship between art and emotional expression, the formal character of art, and standards of taste.
PUBLIC POLICY (PLCY) 340	Justice in Public Policy	This seminar explores arguments about moral issues in public policy. Students examine both the means used to implement policies and policy ends through discussions of case studies of policy choice.
PLCY 364	Ethics and Economics	Recommended preparation, at least one course in ethics (PHIL 160, 163, or 170) or one course in economics. Issues at the intersection of ethics and economics, including value; the relation between values and preferences; rationality; the relevance to economics of rights, justice, and the value of human life.
PLCY 415	Advocacy for Policy Change	Prerequisite, PLCY 210 or 220. This experiential learning course will begin by exploring a number of policy domains where existing laws do not seem to produce positive outcomes for average citizens and state residents. We will then investigate potential ways to address the issue, and pursue a line of advocacy for a particular policy issue. Students will interact with state legislators and their aides as well as non-governmental organizations in order to uncover and employ strategies for policy advocacy.
PLCY 570	Health and Human Rights	Course focuses on rights-based approaches to health, applying a human rights perspective to selected public health policies, programs, and interventions. Students will apply a formalistic human rights framework to critical public health issues, exploring human rights as both a safeguard against harm and a catalyst for health promotion.
POLITICAL SCIENCE (POLI) 272	The Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense	An analysis of ethical issues that arise in peace, war, and defense, e.g., the legitimacy of states, just war theory, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction.
POLI 276	Everyday Political Theory: Seeing Like a Citizen (Major Issues in Political Theory)	You have more agency than you think...Your favorite coffee shop. Your living situation. Your Instagram feed and your favorite subreddit. The job that you love (or hate). The congregation down the street. The library. The classroom. The quiet trail. What do all these things have in common? They are all potential arenas for politics: shared meaning and action. In this course you will learn about the practical and normative aspects of self-governance: solving problems together (or apart), goods, values, conflict, freedom, equality, and justice...all in the places where you actually spend much of your life. Political theory is often taught as if we will one day set up our own society out of nothing. Instead, we are mid-stream, in a society which is partially given, partially of our making. This course assumes you will have a job, use social media, frequent a coffee shop, spend time with (or help run) an organization, or coordinate with neighbors. It also assumes you will engage was voters or organizers, but likely not as lawmakers. If you want a better understanding of your shared life with others, your civic responsibilities to each other, take this class. Course readings include a mix of political theory, economic thought, and ethnographic research. All majors welcome (e.g. Poli Sci, Phil, Bus, Soci, etc). Potential to present original research to members of the Chapel Hill and wider Triangle community.
POLI 350	Peace Science Research	Prerequisite, POLI 150. This Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) introduces students to the practice of quantitative research on peace, conflict, and conflict resolution. Students work in teams to develop original research projects that answer policy-relevant questions in the field of peace science.
POLI 384	Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics	One course in economics strongly recommended. This interdisciplinary gateway course provides an introduction to subjects and quantitative techniques used to analyze problems in philosophy, political science, and economics.
POLI 404	Race, Immigration, and Urban Politics	Prerequisite, POLI 100. This course provides a survey of the literature on race, immigration, and urban politics in the contemporary United States. The goal is to understand the complex relationship between racial/ethnic identity and local political processes. Students explore topics such as police brutality, immigration, the education system, and coalition politics.
POLI 206	Race and the Right to Vote in the United States	This course surveys scholarly literature on electoral institutions, racial politics, and access to the ballot in the United States. In 30 hours of community service with partner organizations, students produce a publicly available research project using oral histories, mapping, scholarly research, and podcasts.
PEACE WAR & DEFENSE (PWAD) 363	Ethics in Intelligence and National Security	An exploration of the unique ethical and moral challenges that intelligence and national security present for policymakers, intelligence professionals, and citizens. Examples are drawn from a variety of places and times throughout history, with an emphasis on U.S. examples.
RELIGIOUS STUDIES (RELI) 134(H)	Introduction to Religious Ethics	A study of the nature, methods, and aims of ethics as seen in exemplary persons and actions with emphasis on religious and social context and contemporary problems.
RELI 135	Technology, the Self, and Ethical Problems	Problems in the study of ethics in the new worlds of information technology.
RELI 226	Human Animals in Religion and Ethics	This course investigates the figure of the human animal in religion and philosophy. What kind of animal is the human, and what separates humans from animals? We will consider how attending to distinctions between humans and animals can highlight varying ideological and religious viewpoints.
RELI 315	Religious Frauds: Lies, Forgeries, and Fake News	This course explores the problem of religious fraud-and more specifically, "pious fraud"-drawing case studies from Christian history. Although Christianity espouses a high moral code, some Christians have used deception to advance their beliefs and agendas: forging documents, inventing stories, and fabricating artifacts. Others have been suspected of these same activities. Throughout the semester, students wade through the thorny moral/ethical issues presented by the practice of pious fraud and debate possible cases.
RELI 420	Post-Holocaust Ethics and Theology	This course examines the challenges posed to ethics and theology by the Holocaust. We will address philosophical and moral issues such as the problem of evil, divine omniscience, omnipotence, suffering, theodicy, representation, testimony, and an ethics of memory.
RELI 430	Dimensions of Evil	This course explores the meaning of evil. By investigating the moral dimensions of evil, its social uses, its figuration in cross-cultural religious texts, theology, folklore, and political imaginaries, this course develops a critical framework for understanding the diverse manifestations and varied cultural renderings of evil in the modern world. Previously offered as RELI 526.
RELI 482	Sex, Gender, and Religion in South Asia	This seminar draws on feminist and philosophical theory, including the works of Plato, Butler, and Foucault, as well as postcolonial theory, to explore the categories of sex and gender in South Asian religions. We also analyze the moral cultivation of the self in relation to gender identity in South Asia.
SOCIOLOGY (SOCI) 273, 274	Social and Economic Justice	Covers theory and practice of social and economic justice, including analyses of racial, gender, sexual, class, national, and other forms of justice, the history of influential movements for justice, and strategies of contemporary struggles. This course has a 30-hour service-learning component. Students may not receive credit for both SOCI 273 and SOCI 274.
SOCI 470	Human Rights	Human rights are inherent in the advance of peace, security, prosperity, and social equity. They are shared by the global community, yet require local embedding. Course includes a service-learning component.
WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES (WGST) 275	Moral and Philosophical Issues of Gender in Society	A survey of feminist perspectives on topics such as the meaning of oppression, sexism and racism, sex roles and stereotypes, ideals of female beauty, women in the workplace, pornography, rape.
WGST 475	Philosophical Issues in Gender, Race, and Class	Prerequisite, PHIL 275 or WGST 101. Examines in greater depth and complexity one or more of the issues addressed in PHIL 275, investigating issues of gender, race, and class within the dominant theories of philosophy.

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