COMMRC 1161 - COMMUNICATION ETHICS

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Contemporary society offers a wide variety of topics for ethical consideration: deception, lying, fidelity in relationships, hate speech, harassment, privacy, intellectual property, pornography and many others. This class examines the ethical dimensions of communication through the prism of case studies. Students are introduced to traditional forms of ethical reasoning as well as emerging concerns raised by the internet and digital media. One major question that the course addresses is the following: do the internet and new information technologies represent qualitatively new ethical challenges or are these versions of traditional ethical dilemmas? The bulk of class time uses discussion and case studies to emphasize the practice of ethical deliberation and the ability to reason about ethical issues and problems.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212 or 0213 or 0214) or FP (0003 or 0006) *Applies to all WRIT Courses*
Course Attributes: Writing Intensive Course (WRIT)

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