The list below offers a representative sample of the courses you can expect in the study of ethics in society at DePauw. From theoretical foundations to practical experiences, these courses provide a full range of educational opportunities at various levels of mastery. For more information about current course offerings or registration details, please consult the Office of the Registrar.
This course explores literature as a form of social engagement, with the potential to influence our thinking about aesthetic, ethical, or political questions. It considers imaginative writing as a motive force in history through studies of specific works intervening in specific contexts or, more generally, through an analysis of the strategies that writers use to articulate, clarify, and sometimes resolve social or ethical problems.
Arts and Humanities
1 course
Perplexing moral issues arising in contemporary biomedical practice, research and medical care. Readings from a variety of sources.
1 course
This course is for students participating in the Hillman Internship Program at The Prindle Institute. It provides interns with a background in ethical theory, and some training and skills to promote ethical awareness on campus and in the community. Students learn how to facilitate discussions about ethics, how to write about ethics for non-specialists, and how to organize educational events centering on ethical issues. The capstone project gives students the chance to do independent research on an applied ethics topic.
1/4 course
Prindle reading courses are designed to give students an opportunity to take a focused mini-course on a subject or issue that speaks to issues of ethical concern. The offerings are multi-disciplinary and topics will vary significantly depending on the professor and their disciplinary home.
1/4 course
Leveraging the resources of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the ethics in society minor at DePauw is an interdisciplinary program that integrates the expertise of multiple departments to develop the knowledge and skills needed to excel in a rapidly changing world.
