General Education at Longwood University

Goal 13

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The ability to make informed, ethical choices and decisions and to weigh the consequences of those choices (three credits). This must be a junior- or senior- level course; degree programs may indicate specific requirements for satisfying this Goal.

Outcomes

Students will:

  • Identify the ethical issues implicit in personal behavior and in the operation of political, social, and economic institutions.
  • Understand various approaches to making informed and principled choices
  • Consider how these approaches might be applied to conflicts in their personal and public lives
  • Understand the impact of individual and collective choices in society

Courses

  • CSDS 396 Ethics for Communication Disorders Professionals (3 credits)
  • COMM 400 Communication Ethics (3 credits)
  • CMSC/MATH 350 Ethical Issues in Mathematics and Computer Science (3 credits)
  • KINS 398 Ethics in Sports and Physical Education (3 credits)
  • MANG 474 Business Ethics (3 credits)
  • PHIL 308 Introduction to Ethics (3 credits)
  • PHIL 315 Biomedical Ethics (3 credits)
  • PHIL 316 Environmental Ethics (3 credits)
  • POSC 331 Ancient/Medieval Political Philosophy (3 credits)
  • POSC 332 Modern Political Philosophy (3 credits)