Ethics, Law, and Society Certificate
The Ethics, Law, and Society (ELS) certificate program is designed to encourage the study of normative and value issues in the humanities and social sciences. As ethical competence becomes increasingly important in professional life, students who aspire to careers in the law, the health professions, or business need to be able to demonstrate formal training in ethics. Moreover, competency in ethics requires a broader understanding of the complex relationship between the normative enterprises of law, morality, and politics.
The certificate program in Ethics, Law, and Society requires students to take two courses in philosophy, one of which must be Ethics (PHI 4661), two courses in political science, and one course that takes a normative approach or addresses normative issues in a third discipline, e.g. anthropology, communications, sociology, women’s studies, or criminal justice, nursing, medicine, etc. For additional information contact Dr. Clevis Headley at headley@fau.edu or call (561) 297-2928. Applications for the ELS certificate program can be obtained from Dr. Clevis Headley.
Requirements: Five courses (15 credits) passed with a grade of “B†or better from upper-division courses which include the study of values, either substantively or systematically, relating to law, politics, or ethics in the professions, with the following distribution:
Two courses from Philosophy, one of which must be Ethics (PHI 4661)Two courses from Political Science
One course from another discipline (including those offered outside of the College of Arts and Letters)
Philosophy: (two courses including required PHI 4661 Ethics )
Political Science: (two courses)
