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Ethical & Cultural Foundations
One of the following courses must be taken in order to fulfill the Ethical and Cultural Foundations requirement of the Leadership Studies Minor.
One of the following courses must be taken in order to fulfill the Ethical and Cultural Foundations requirement of the Leadership Studies Minor.
Communication 5350/6350:
Ethical Practices in Communication: Special Topic—Communication and Professional Ethics
(no prerequisite, but strong background in the humanities and the social sciences is recommended) (3 credit hours)
The course treats communication and ethics within the contexts of organizational, institutional, and professional issues. The course assists students in analyzing how ethical issues are framed or typically discussed (e.g., the aphorisms “Get a real job,” “It’s just business” and “Act like a professional”) as well as consideration of particular ethical issues and cases (for example, the influences of careerism and consumerism in the public sphere, arguments for and against corporate social responsibility, and expectations for emotional control at work). The course is multi-disciplinary, yet it will emphasize the analysis of messages and discourses surrounding ethical issues in worklife and beyond. The course treats historical as well as contemporary cases but stresses the latter.
Communication 5450/6450-01; ETHN 5450-01: Communication and Culture
(some lower-division courses in COMM are required) (3)
This course is designed to foster critical awareness of how communication shapes culture and how culture, in turn, shapes communication. The course will take a “cultural studies” approach to contemporary cultural discourses in order to assess how certain discourses establish and maintain dominant status and how other discourses are marginalized; as well as how these marginalized discourses intersect and compete with said dominant discourses. We will examine the relationship of media to culture as well as engage in analyses of media fare. The second half of the course will focus on mediated discourses about race, class, gender, and sexuality.
Communication 5660/6660: Media Ethics
(COMM 1500 required, and strong background in humanities, social sciences, and media studies is recommended) (3)
This course focuses on ethical questions involved in the production of news, advertising, public relations, and entertainment programming. The course has several goals: first, to introduce the student to the major ethical issues confronting media practitioners. Second is to develop the students’ analytical capabilities, teaching students to recognize ethical questions when they arise and to develop their ability to effectively resolve ethical conflicts. Third is to stimulate the student to consider his or her responsibilities to both the media institution he/she serves and to society in general, and to develop a strong, personal Philosophy of and commitment to media ethics.
Ethnic Studies 3420: American Racism (3)
An in-depth look at the concept of racism that attempts to define, describe and identify examples woven into the fabric of American society. A look at past, present and future indicators to examine the evolution of racism and its characteristics, as well as its manifestations over time.
Gender Studies 3100: Movements & Protests: A Contemporary History (3)
(Prerequisite: GNDR 1100 or 2100 or 3690) Fulfills Upper Division Communication/Writing.
Required core course for Gender Studies majors and minors. This course serves as an introduction to the history of social movements and the search for social justice in post-WW II United States. Focusing on feminism and the rights of women, we will also explore the civil rights movements of ethnic minorities and the gay/lesbian/transgendered communities. What has been the relationship between these movements, and what has shaped their relative successes and failures? This is a writing intensive course.History 4370: History of American Social Movements (3)
Fulfills Diversity
Analyses the history of American social movements to understand how they are founded, who joins, and the variables in success of social movement activism.
History 4610: Women in American History Since 1870 (3)
Cross listed as GNDR 4610. Fulfills Diversity
Struggle for women’s entrance into colleges and professions; lives of Black, Native American, Hispanic, and immigrant women; women’s suffrage movement; 1920’s revolt against Victorian passionlessness; transformation of women’s wage-work; domestic life of women in 1950s, and rebirth of modern feminism in 1970s.
Management 3800: Business & Society (3)
Role of private enterprise in modern society. Economic, structural and ethical underpinnings of modern business. Corporate social responsibility in areas such as the environment, consumer protection, employee safety and discrimination, and energy conservation. Required course for management majors.
Philosophy 3500: Ethics (3)
Fulfills Humanities Exploration
Philosophical approaches to the nature of right and wrong, moral obligation, the source of moral rights and duties, ultimate moral values, etc.
Philosophy 3510: Business and Professional Ethics
Fulfills Humanities Exploration (3)
Moral issues in business such as justification of market allocation, problem of public goods, duties to consumers and employees, advertising, secrecy, and truth justifications for governmental regulation. Also satisfies business ethics requirement for Management, David Eccles School of Business.
Philosophy 3530: Environmental Ethics
Fulfills Humanities Exploration (3)
Basic theories of environmental ethics, issues in environmental ethics (e.g., wilderness/species preservation, animal rights, pollution control, development vs. preservation) distributive justice in relation to the environment.
Philosophy 3700: Political Philosophy
Fulfills Humanities Exploration (3)
Major political Philosophers such as Hobbes, Locke, and Marx; important political concepts such as liberty, democracy, and justice.