Philosophy Concentration

Undergraduate Concentration

The interdisciplinary ethics and public policy concentration can be taken in conjunction with any major at Clark. This concentration is particularly recommended for students who intend to pursue professional or career interests in policy-related fields such as law, government, public administration or health care.

Program Faculty

Margarete Arndt, D.B.A.
Robert Boatright, Ph.D.
Halina Brown, Ph.D.
John L. Crawley, M.S., J.D.
Judith DeCew, Ph.D. - Director
Patrick Derr, Ph.D.
Susan Hanson, Ph.D.
Douglas Johnson, Ph.D.
Bruce London, Ph.D.
Deborah Merrill, Ph.D.
Mark Miller, Ph.D.
Edward J. Ottensmeyer, Ph.D.
Gary Overvold, Ph.D.
Colin Polsky, Ph.D.
Paul W. Posner, Ph.D.
Robert Ross, Ph.D.
Nathaniel C. Seale, M.Ed.
Kristen Williams, Ph.D.
Walter Wright, Ph.D.

Courses

• EDUC 155 - Education and Social Policy
• EN 265 - Risk Analysis: Policy and Methods
• EPP 105 - Personal Values
• EPP 106 - Keeping of Animals: Patterns of Use and Abuse
• EPP 107 - Research Methods
• EPP 130 - Medical Ethics
• EPP 155 - Roots of Political Thought
• EPP 180 - Aging and Society
• EPP 200 - Class, Status and Power
• EPP 221 - Social and Political Philosophy
• EPP 226 - Who Fears What and Why: Social Theories of Environmental Risks and Hazards
• EPP 232 - Population, Environment and Development
• EPP 241 - Sociology of Medicine
• EPP 242 - Human Rights and Transitional Justice
• EPP 243 - Political Sociology
• EPP 258 - Utopian Visions, Urban Realities: Planning Cities for the 21st Century
• EPP 262 - Business Ethics and Law
• EPP 265 - Social Movements: Quest for Justice
• EPP 270 - Philosophy of Law
• ID 125 - Tales from the Far Side: Third World Development and Underdevelopment in the Age of Globalization
• IDCE 352 - Technology and Environmental Assessment Seminar
• PHIL 108 - Privacy Protection In Law & Ethics
• PHIL 131 - Environmental Ethics
• PHIL 132 - Social and Political Ethics
• PHIL 220 - Theories of Ethics
• PHIL 228 - Contemporary Moral Theory
• PHIL 272 - Advanced Issues in Medical Ethics
• PSCI 070 - Introduction to Comparative Politics
• PSCI 147 - World Order and Globalization
• PSCI 154 - Introduction To Public Policy in the United States
• PSCI 157 - The Politics of U.S. Environmental Issues
• PSCI 173 - Introduction to Latin-American Politics
• PSCI 213 - Policy Analysis
• PSCI 216 - Comparative Environmental Politics
• PSCI 221 - Urban Policy
• PSCI 238 - U.S. Foreign Policy
• PSCI 250 - U.S. National Security
• PSCI 253 - U.S. Judicial Politics
• PSCI 255 - The Politics of U.S. Congress
• PSCI 281 - The Politics of Policy Implementation
• PSCI 282 - Housing Policies and Politics
• PSCI 286 - Advanced Topics in Comparative Politics
• SOC 264 - Organized Crime and Corruption
• SOC 285 - Social Policy, Immigration and Poverty

Directed Readings, Individual Research

Students who are motivated to undertake significant independent research should consult the individual faculty member with whom they wish to work regarding opportunities for directed research or directed readings.

Internships

Participating faculty sponsor a variety of undergraduate internship experiences, often with policy-making professionals or agencies with whom they have a consulting or research relationship. Students interested in these opportunities should inquire through the internship office.

Courses

The ethics and public policy concentration is an interdisciplinary program. For more details about a specific course, see the catalog listing under the participating department. No more than two of the courses can also be counted for the student’s major or minor requirements, or for another concentration.

1. Two required courses in ethics

2. Two required courses in public-policy analysis

3. Two required courses on applications and problems.