Applied Ethics (Executive Concentration - Emerging Technologies)
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STEM-OPT extension eligible: No
International students (F1), this program is not eligible for the STEM-OPT extension.
Accreditation
Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
Degree description
The M.A. program in applied ethics and the professions offers a broadly interdisciplinary training for professionals and decision-makers in law, medicine, business, engineering, industry, public administration, environmental ethics, social work and pastoral care.
There are five concentrations in applied ethics and the professions for this program:
- BioMedical and health ethics.
- Ethics and emerging technologies.
- Leadership, management and ethics.
- Pastoral care ethics and spirituality.
- Science, technology and ethics.
The purpose of this program is to examine ethical challenges posed by emerging technologies, including nanotechnology, neurotechnology, biotechnology, robotics, and advanced information and communication technology. Not only are these technologies being developed at an unprecedented pace, they also share several unique characteristics, including system complexity, social embeddedness, the potential to converge with one another and the possibility of being highly destabilizing to current institutional and social arrangements. Emerging technologies will not only change how humans live and work, but have the potential to alter the very nature of human existence. Questions considered by courses in the program include: promise and perils of emerging technologies; emerging technologies and public policy; ethical responsibilities of professionals engaged in development of emerging technologies; and whether traditional ethical concepts and processes can and should be applied to emerging technologies.
Curriculum
This graduate degree includes courses focused on a specialized topic, so you can advance your skills for further professional opportunities. Explore all courses below.
30 credit hours including the required applied project course (AEX 586)
The Master of Arts in applied ethics and the professions requires the completion of graduate course work distributed as follows: The two required courses in Foundations of Ethics I and II (AEP 501 and AEP 502) provide the students with the theoretical and historical basis to pursue specialized applied ethics expertise. The concentration course for each concentration introduces the students into basic concepts and practices of their field. Required for this concentration Electives in this concentration (15) Other Electives Graduate Seminars in other disciplines may be on topics that are relevant to one or more of the concentrations and may be used as electives for the M.A. in applied ethics and the professions with the approval of the program of one of the concentrations, and the approval of the instructor of the seminar.CEE 581 Advanced Earth Systems Engineering and Management
ASB/BIO/POS 598 Science, Technology, & Societal Outcomes
ASB 598 Engineering and Its Social Implications
GTD 501 Global Technology and Development
HSD 504 Analysis of Large-Scale Socio-Technological Systems
LAW 791 Neuroscience and the Law
LAW 791 Nanotechnology Law & Policy
PHI/HTS 591 Technology, Society, and Human Values
POS 598 Reflexivity in Science and Governance
SOS 598 Science, Technology, and Public Affairs
STS/PHL/HTY 480 Technology, Ethics, and Society
Admission requirements
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All students are required to meet general university admission requirements.
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General admission requirements are as follows: Note: No GRE is required, except for Eng/Emerging Technology (required unless requirement has been waived by director). For more information on the specifics, please see the ASU Graduate College. Please also refer to the college of the concentration/track you are interested in for additional details.
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Dean, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
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KellyOBrien@asu.edu
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