This minor offers EIU students the opportunity to enhance their understanding of the complexities of moral decision-making and the principles involved in making reasoned, ethical choices. In addition, it provides students with an opportunity to apply ethical principles in a variety of discipline-specific circumstances such as medicine, media, and sport. This helps the student to better understand and evaluate his or her own instinctive philosophical beliefs and assists the student in developing an independent ethical standard.
This minor is open to all EIU students in good academic standing. Students must achieve a minimum of C in each course applied toward the minor.
REQUIREMENTS: 18 HOURS
CORE: 6 hours
PHI 1900
Logical and Critical Reasoning. (3 credits)
or
PHI 1990
Logical and Critical Reasoning, Honors. (3 credits)
PHI 2500
The Good Life: An Introduction to Ethics. (3 credits)
or
PHI 2590
The Good Life: An Introduction to Ethics, Honors. (3 credits)
CHOOSE FROM THE FOLLOWING COURSES FOR A TOTAL OF AT LEAST 12 HOURS:
PHI 3020
Ethics. (3 credits)
PHI 3080
Medical Ethics. (3 credits)
PHI 3070
Philosophy of Law. (3 credits)
PHI 3012
Philosophy of Sex and Love. (3 credits)
BUS 4000
Business Ethics. (3 credits)
KSR 4327
Ethics in Sports. (3 credits)
HSL 4820
Death and Dying. (3 credits)
BAIS 4860
Ethical Hacking and Network Defense. (3 credits)
MSC 2001
Leadership and Decision Making. (2 credits)
ODL 4825
Ethical Behavior in Organizations. (3 credits)
PLS 3543
Civil Liberties in America. (3 credits)
PLS 4913
Contemporary Political Theory. (3 credits)
HIS 1521
World History: Human Rights in History. (3 credits)
or
HIS 1597
World History: Human Rights in History, Honors. (3 credits)
EIU 4167
The Meaning of Life. (3 credits)
Information sourced from the 2026-2027 EIU Undergraduate Catalog.
