The minor is designed to complement the student's major program, as well as to appeal to students wishing to undertake a portion of their General Education requirement in an organized cycle of course work bearing upon the theme of the ethical, social, and human responsibilities of science and technology. Courses listed all have substantive elements dealing with ethical issues within this context.
Students interested in this minor should contact NEXA, HUM 415, or telephone (415) 338-1302 from 1:00-5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday while classes are in session.
Units
PHIL 440 Ethics at Work or
PHIL 450 Ethics 3
Two courses selected from: 6
NEXA 389 The Darwinian Revolution
NEXA 390 The Einstein Revolution
NEXA 391 Biological Sex and Cultural
Gender
Total for core 9
Two courses in philosophy from the
following: 6
PHIL 365 Science and Civilization
PHIL 383 Ethics in Medicine
PHIL 430 Ethics of Ecology [topic course]
PHIL 395 Philosophy of Technology [topic
course]
One course in NEXA chosen from the
following: 3
NEXA 330 The Marxian Revolution
NEXA 340 The Nuclear Revolution
NEXA 355 Chinese Science and Culture
NEXA 362 Computers in the Arts and
Humanities
NEXA 380 Cosmologies and Worldviews
NEXA 389 The Darwinian Revolution
NEXA 390 The Einsteinian Revolution1
NEXA 391 Biological Sex and Cultural
Gender1
NEXA 392 Culture and Technology
NEXA 397 Communication Between
Humans and Other Animals
NEXA 398 John Steinbeck and "Doc"
Ricketts: Literature and the Sea
Two additional courses from the following: 6
PHYS 305 Science and Human Values
BIOL 317 Environmental Health: Cancer
BIOL 318 Our Polluted Planet
BIOL 320 Conservation of Natural
Resources
BIOL 321 Magic, Myths, and Medicine:
A History of Medicine
BIOL 330 Human Sexuality
BIOL 333 The Genetic Revolution
BIOL 349 Senior Integrative Seminar:
Bioethics
DAI 156 History of Technology
GEOG 600 Environmental Problems
GEOL 305 Societal Problems of Energy
HUM 380 Nature and Human Values
IR/SS 520 Modernization and Third
World Countries
LARA 210 Latino Health Care
Perspectives
PHYS 600 Science and Society
SOC 476 Medical Sociology
SPCH 570 Human Communication and
Technology
BIOL/WOMS 677 Science and Gender
Total for minor 24