Center for Ethics Education Academic Programs

The Center administers graduate and undergraduate degree programs, offers courses, organizes workshops on professional ethics, develops ethics-related educational curricula, and awards prizes for outstanding work in ethics undertaken by Fordham University students.

Graduate Programs in Ethics

Undergraduate Programs in Ethics

Interdisciplinary Minor in Bioethics

Courses Offered through the Center

The schools and departments of Fordham University offer a broad spectrum of graduate courses on ethics. Below are those courses directly offered through the Center for Ethics Education. Theories and Applications in Contemporary Ethics and Ethics and Society: Cross-disciplinary Perspectives are open to all graduate students, select undergraduate seniors and members of the public who meet enrollment criteria. The Ethics Field Practicum is restricted to students in the Ethics and Society master's program.

Center for Ethics Education Course Descriptions:

CEED 3600 - Ethics in Action: Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl
CEED 3856 - Introduction to Bioethics
CEED 4245 - Ethics in Research
CEED 5050 - Ethics and Society: Cross-disciplinary Perspectives
CEED 5250 - Special Topics and Cases in Contemporary Bioethics
CEED 5350 - Emerging Technologies and Human Development
CEED 5600 - Special Topics in Ethics and Society
CEED 5850 - Ethics and Higher Education
CEED 5900 - Ethics Field Practicum Experience
CEED 6000 - Health Care Ethics Capstone Course
CEED 6100 - Theories and Applications in Contemporary Ethics
CEED 6290 - Health Disparities and Social Inequalities
CEED 6322 - Natural Law: The Nature, Foundations and Content of Justice

Student Ethics Prize

Learn more about the Ethics and Social Justice Essay Prize (national competition for college juniors and seniors) and the Dr. K. York and M. Noelle Chynn Prize in Ethics (for Fordham undergraduate students).

Workshops and Curriculum Development

To find out more about workshops or curriculum development, please contact us.