2012-2013 Academic Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2012-2013 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 required courses in ethics


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

2. Two required courses in public-policy analysis


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

3. Two required courses on applications and problems.


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

Program Faculty


Margarete Arndt, D.B.A.
Robert Boatright, Ph.D.
Halina Brown, Ph.D.
Michael Butler, Ph.D.
John L. Crawley, M.S., J.D.
Judith DeCew, Ph.D. - Director
Patrick Derr, 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


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