Professional Ethics Certificate

Certificate Requirements

The Professional Ethics Certificate was developed for students who are interested in sustained attention to ethics because of their commitment to personal values, their desire to promote the civic life of their communities, or to be prepared to assume leadership positions in the professional workplace.

The Professional Ethics Certificate consists of 12 credit hours. A 2.0 minimum grade point average is required to receive the Certificate.

• Select one of the following (the other course may be used towards the 9 hours of electives):

• PHIL 220 - Introduction to Ethics (C) [SGR #4, HSDC]
• PHIL 240 - Introduction to Ethics, Law, and Society [SGR #4]

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• Electives (select from the following courses to complete the remaining credits):

• BLAW 452 - Commercial Law and Ethics
• BLAW 457 - Business Ethics (C)
• CJUS 415 - Ethics in Criminal Justice
• KSM 280 - Governance & Ethics in Sport
• MCOM 401 - Mass Communication Ethics
• MCOM 402 - Media Law and Ethics
• PHIL 242 - Ethics, Law, and Literature [SGR #4]
• PHIL 320 - Professional Ethics (C)
• PHIL 364 - Biomedical Ethics
• PHIL 420 - Ethics and Value Theory
• PHIL 454 - Environmental Ethics (C)
• BIOL 454 - Environmental Ethics

State Authorization - It Matters Where You Live

If your learning placement course (internship, externship, clinical, rotation, practicum, independent study, study away, etc.) or your online course will be taken outside South Dakota, please reference the State Authorization webpage.

State Authorization