Ethics Minor

Total Credit Hours: 17

To earn the Minor in Ethics, students must successfully complete 17 credits from the courses listed below. PHI 201: Ethical Theories is required and two additional courses in Philosophy must be taken. A minimum of 10 credits be taken at the 300/400 level, and students must earn a C average in the courses applied toward the minor and a minimum grade of C- in each course applied toward the minor. A minimum of eight credits applied towards the minor must be taken at SUNY Poly.

A. Required Course

  • PHI 201: Ethical Theories

B. 100/200 level courses

  • BIO 106: Solutions for a Sustainable World
  • CJ 204: Ethics in Criminal Justice
  • PHI 101: Introduction to Philosophy
  • PHI 103: Moral Problems
  • PHI 120: Introduction to Asian Philosophy
  • PHI 130: World Religions
  • PHI 220: Buddhist Philosophy
  • POS 252: The Politics of Life and Death
  • SOC 110: Social Problems
  • SOC 220: Sociology of Gender
  • SOC 230: Sociology of Racial and Ethnic Relations
  • SOC 240: Class Inequality

C. 300/400 level courses (minimum 10 credits)

  • BUS 451: Issues in Business and Society
  • ENT 485: Reimagining Entrepreneurship
  • IDS 321: Wicked Problems
  • NUR 344: Ethical Issues in Nursing
  • PHI 350: Technology and Ethics
  • PHI 360: Environmental Philosophy and Technology
  • PHI 361: Climate Change Ethics
  • PHI 380: Existentialism
  • PHI 410: Topics in Ethics (*May be repeated multiple times for credit if the topic differs)
  • SOC 455: Sociology of Law and the Courts