Program: Ethics Minor (E) - Radford University

Apr 02, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

The Ethics minor is a broadly applicable minor that introduces students to ethics in PHIL 112 - Introduction: Ethics and Society (GE) and PHIL 115 - Wicked Problems (GE) . The minor additionally offers courses in healthcare ethics, environmental ethics, professional ethics, and ethics from other disciplinary perspectives.

REAL Curriculum

This minor fulfills the E area of the REAL Curriculum. Focused on the topic of humanistic inquiry as written into the E learning outcome, ethics is the study of how humans have defined and handled moral dilemmas. In addition to a broad understanding of ethics, this minor delves into ethical problems in healthcare, the environment, and professional ethics as well as disciplinary perspectives on ethics. Students need majors and/or minors to fulfill the R, A, and L areas to complete the REAL Curriculum requirements.

General Education Requirements

General Education courses will be denoted below with a (GE). Students are required to take at least 30 credit hours of general education designated courses within their degree requirements. The Ethics minor includes 9-15 general education credits.

Minor Requirements (15 credits)

Philosophical Perspectives (12 credits)

Students must choose four courses from the following list. At least one of them must be at the 300 or 400 level.

Disciplinary Perspectives (3 credits)

Choose one of the following:

Ethics Minor (E)

REAL Curriculum

General Education Requirements

Minor Requirements (15 credits)

Philosophical Perspectives (12 credits)

Disciplinary Perspectives (3 credits)

Total Credits Needed for Minor 15