Undergraduate Courses:
- Ethics & Values in STEM
- Science & Gender
- Philosophy of Bioethics
- Ethics in Computing and Information Technologies
Graduate Courses:
Ethics and Values in STEM (PHIL 1146)
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This general-education Philosophy course introduces students to the basics of research ethics, professional responsibility in engineering, the relationship between bias & objectivity, value judgments throughout the scientific process, science & the military, and environmental injustice/colonialism.
Science & Gender (GNDR/PHIL 2040)
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This general-education Philosophy/Women鈥檚 and Gender Studies course explores the nature/nurture debates about 鈥渟ex differences,鈥� women in science, bias & values in research, and gender & sexuality in medicine, such as breast cancer, HIV/AIDS, reproductive justice, and gender dysphoria/euphoria.
Philosophy of Bioethics (PHIL 3042)
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This required course for the delves into research ethics involving human/nonhuman subjects and conflicts of interest, clinical ethics across Eastern & Western traditions, and health policies like CRISPR regulations, racial health disparities, & 鈥済ay conversion therapy.鈥� [Fall semeseters]
Ethics in Computing and Information Technologies (CSE/IT/PHIL 3082)
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This required course for the examines professional responsibilities of programmers, tech firms, and governments for user privacy and national security, including ethical challenges related to technologies like self-driving cars, AI chatbots, and workforce software. [Spring semesters]
Ethical and Social Issues in Public Engagement (PCOM 5005/PHIL 4042)
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This required course for the MS in Public Engagement examines how values and politics influence STEM, the 鈥渒nowledge deficit鈥� model for science communication, universal design vs. design justice, and strategies for building trust & community-led participatory science. [Spring Semesters, every other year]
Cybersecurity Ethics & Law (CYBS 5002/PHIL 4082)
The required course for the MS and PhD in Transdisciplinary Cybersecurity explores the standards professional behavior in cybersecurity regarding 鈥渆thical hacking鈥� and bug bounties, as well as case studies involving malware/ransomware, surveillance capitalism, IP, and digital piracy. [Fall semesters]