The graduate certificate in professional ethics will help you engage more fully with ethical issues in your professional life.
Professional Ethics
Program Overview
This certificate program will enhance your abilities to analyze arguments, your capacities to reason and express yourself clearly, your leadership skills, and your awareness of the ethical dimensions of work and public life. The certificate is available online or face-to-face and is open to all interested persons who hold a bachelor’s degree with a 3.0 minimum GPA.
This certificate program requires 12 hours to complete.
Course Work
The graduate certificate in professional ethics requires 12 semester credit hours: six hours of required course work (two courses), three hours of a directed PHIL elective, and three hours of elective course work.
Required courses:
- PHIL 5322 Professional Ethics
- PHIL 5360G Applied Ethics
The directed elective must be chosen from:
- PHIL 5303 Philosophy of Technology
- PHIL 5320 History of Ethics
- PHIL 5323 Environmental Ethics
- PHIL 5327 Medical Ethics and Bioethics
- PHIL 5329 Food Ethics
- PHIL 5360A Ethics and Dementia
- PHIL 5360B Moral Psychology
- PHIL 5360C Philosophy, Nonviolence, Sustainability, and Social Change
- PHIL 5395 Internship in Applied Philosophy
| Degree | Required Credits | Electives | Total Hours | Location |
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Degree Certificate in Professional Ethics | Required Credits 6 hours | Electives 6 hours | Total Hours 12 hours | Location San Marcos/Online |
For more information on online programs, certifications, and international restrictions, visit our Application Policy Information page.
Program Details
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Application Deadlines
| DEADLINES | U.S. CITIZEN | INTERNATIONAL |
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DEADLINES Fall - Priority | U.S. CITIZEN February 1 | INTERNATIONAL February 1 |
DEADLINES Fall - Standard | U.S. CITIZEN August 1 | INTERNATIONAL June 1 |
DEADLINES Spring - Priority | U.S. CITIZEN September 1 | INTERNATIONAL September 1 |
DEADLINES Spring - Standard | U.S. CITIZEN November 1 | INTERNATIONAL October 1 |
DEADLINES Summer I - Priority | U.S. CITIZEN January 1 | INTERNATIONAL January 1 |
DEADLINES Summer I - Standard | U.S. CITIZEN May 1 | INTERNATIONAL March 15 |
DEADLINES Summer II - Priority | U.S. CITIZEN January 1 | INTERNATIONAL No Admission |
DEADLINES Summer II - Standard | U.S. CITIZEN June 1 | INTERNATIONAL No Admission |
Priority Deadline: Ensures full consideration for admission and eligibility for certain funding opportunities, including scholarships, fellowships, and assistantships, and guarantees that your application will be considered in the initial review.
Standard Deadline: Represents the last day a complete application can be submitted, but does not guarantee admission consideration. After the priority deadline, applications are reviewed on a rolling, space-available basis until the program is full, at which point, applications will close.
For important information regarding deadlines and decision timelines, review the Application Policy Information page.
Admission Requirements
The items required for admission consideration are listed below. Additional information for applicants with international credentials can be found on our international web pages.
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Application
- completed online application
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Application Fee
- $20 nonrefundable application fee, OR
- $60 nonrefundable application fee for applications with international credentials
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Transcripts & GPA
- Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited university. (Non-U.S. degrees must be equivalent to a four-year U.S. Bachelor’s degree. In most cases, three-year degrees are not considered. Visit our International FAQs for more information.)
- A copy of an official transcript from each institution where course credit was granted.
- A 2.5 overall GPA or a 2.5 GPA in your last 60 hours of undergraduate course work.
- A minimum 3.0 GPA in all completed graduate course work (if applicable).
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Test Scores
GRE
- GRE not required
Approved English Proficiency Exam Scores
Applicants are required to submit an approved English proficiency exam score that meets the minimum program requirements below unless they have earned a bachelor’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or the equivalent from a country on our exempt countries list.
- official TOEFL iBT scores required with a 78 overall
- official PTE scores required with a 52 overall
- official IELTS (academic) scores required with a 6.5 overall and minimum individual module scores of 6.0
- official Duolingo Scores required with a 110 overall
- official TOEFL Essentials scores required with an 8.5 overall
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Documents
- additional documents not required