2016-2017 Academic Catalog

Nov 21, 2024

2016-2017 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Ethics and Public Policy Concentration

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Overview

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.

For more information, please visit the Ethics and Public Policy Department’s website.

Concentration Requirements

The requirements for a concentration in ethics and public policy are designed to familiarize the student with the basic concepts and methods of both ethical analysis and policy analysis; to introduce the theoretical and methodological problems of both ethical analysis and policy analysis; and to ensure that the student engages in sustained analysis of particular ethical and public-policy issues at both an introductory and an advanced level.

At a minimum, the concentration in ethics and public policy requires six courses, distributed in the following manner:

1. Two courses in ethics

At least one introductory course focused on the basic concepts and methods of ethical analysis. For example:

At least one advanced course focused on theoretical and methodological problems of ethical analysis. For example:

PHIL 220 - Theories of Ethics

2. Two courses in public-policy analysis

At least one introductory course focused on the basic concepts and methods of policy analysis. For example:

At least one advanced course focused on theoretical and methodological problems of policy analysis. For example:

3. Two courses (including one in philosophy) on applications and problems.

At least one introductory course focused on particular ethical and public-policy issues. For example:

At least one course devoted to the intensive analysis of particular ethical and public-policy issues. For example:

Program Faculty

Robert Boatright, Ph.D.
Michael Butler, Ph.D.
John L. Crawley, M.S., J.D.
Judith W. DeCew, Ph.D. - Director
C. Wesley DeMarco, Ph.D.
Patrick G. Derr, Ph.D.
Jody Emel, Ph.D.
Jacqueline Geoghegan, Ph.D.
Deborah Merrill, Ph.D.
Mark Miller, Ph.D., J.D.
Will O’Brien, J.D., M.B.A.
Samuel Ratick, Ph.D.
Srinivasan Sitaraman, Ph.D.
Rosalie Torres Stone, Ph.D.
Kristen Williams, Ph.D.
Walter E. Wright, Ph.D.

Courses

Courses offered within the last 2 Academic Year