Courses
Academic course work is the life-blood of any university. With the support of Maguire Center course development grants, SMU has a rich array of ethics-related courses in nearly every school. If you know of others in addition to those listed below, please let us know.
| COURSE NUMBER | SCHOOL | TITLE | PROFESSOR | NOTES |
| ACCT 3391 | COX (UNDER-GRAD) | Ethics in Accounting | Robert Rasberry | |
| ADV 2375 | MEADOWS | Advertising Ethics | David Hadeler, Carrie La Ferle | |
| ADV 6317 | MEADOWS (GRADUATE) | Theories of Persuasion | Steve Edwards | New course for Fall 2009 term |
| ADV 6385 | MEADOWS (GRADUATE) | Creativity as Problem-solving | Patty Alvey | New course for Fall 2009 term |
| ADV 63XX | MEADOWS (GRADUATE) | Advertising as a Cultural Force | Carrie La Ferle | New course for Fall 2009 term |
| ADV 63XX | MEADOWS (GRADUATE) | Responsibility and Social Entrepreneurship | TBD | New course for Fall 2009 term |
| ANTH 2301 | DEDMAN | Introductory Cultural Anthropology | Jose Santos, Carolyn Smith-Morris, Nia Parson | |
| ANTH 2321 (CFA 3301) | DEDMAN | The Dawn of Wisdom: Ancient Creation Stories from Four Civilizations | John Lewis, David Friedel | |
| ANTH 3301 (SOCI 3301, CFB 3301) | DEDMAN | Health, Healing and Ethics: Cross-cultural Perspectives on Sickness and Society | Nia Parson | Fall 2009 and spring 2010 |
| ANTH 3303 | DEDMAN | Psychological Anthropology | John Phinney | |
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ANTH 331 (CF 3301) |
DEDMAN | Gender and Sex Roles: A Global Perspective | Caroline Brettell | |
| ANTH 4336 (CFA 3336) | DEDMAN | Gender and Globalization: Cultural and Ethical Issues | Victoria Lockwood | |
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ANTH 334 (CF 3348) |
DEDMAN | Health as a Human Right | Carolyn Smith-Morris | |
| ANTH 3365 (CFA 3365) | DEDMAN | The Rise and Fall of Superpowers: The Dynamics and Ethics of Empire | Ronald Covey | |
| ANTH 3384 (CFA 3384) | DEDMAN | Paradise Lost? The Archaeology and Ethics of Human Environment | Check with department (status uncertain) | |
| ANTH 3388 (CFA 3388) | DEDMAN | Warfare and Violence: The Anthropology and Ethics of Human Conflict | David Wilson | |
| BB 8345 | PERKINS | Scripture and Christian Ethics | ||
| BHSC 6317 | GRADUATE STUDIES | Who Owns Antiquity?: Ethics in Archaeology | ||
| BL 6225 | COX | Accounting Ethics and Related Legal Issues | Catherine Weber | |
| CCJN 2302 | MEADOWS | Ethics of Convergent Media | Tony Pederson | |
| CFA 3301 (ANTH 2321, ENGL 2321) | DEDMAN | The Dawn of Wisdom: Ancient Creation Stories from Four Civilizations | John Lewis | |
| CFA 3303 | DEDMAN | Human Sexuality | Josephine Ryan | |
| CFA 3309 | DEDMAN | Lesbian and Gay Literature and Film: Minority Discourse and Social Power | William Beauchamp | |
| CFA 3312 | DEDMAN | Making History: Representations of Ethical Choices | ||
| CFA 3317 | DEDMAN | Global Perspectives on Environmental Issues | John Walther | |
| CFA 3336 (ANTH 4336) | DEDMAN | Gender and Globalization: Cultural and Ethical Issues | Victoria Lockwood | |
| CFA 3360 (FL 3360) | DEDMAN | The Ethics of Colonization in Latin America | Martha Satz | |
| CFA 3365 (ANTH 3365) | DEDMAN | The Rise and Fall of Superpowers: The Dynamics and Ethics of Empire | Ronald Covey | |
| CFA 3377 (PHIL 3377) | DEDMAN | Animal Rights: The Ethics of Human Treatment of Animals | Jean Kazez | |
| CFA 3384 (ANTH 3384) | DEDMAN | Paradise Lost: The Archaeology and Ethics of Human Environmental Impacts | ||
| CFA 3388 (ANTH 3388) | DEDMAN | Warfare and Violence: The Anthropology and Ethics of Human Conflict | ||
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CF 3301 (ANTH 3310) |
DEDMAN | Gender and Sex Roles: A Global Perspective | Caroline Brettell | |
| CF 3305 | DEDMAN | Literary Executions: Imagination and Capital Punishment | Michael Holahan | |
| CF 3306 | DEDMAN | The Holocaust | Donald Niewyk | |
| CF 3307 (PHIL 3374) | DEDMAN | Philosophy of Law | Luke Robinson | Usually offered once a year |
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CF 3308 (PHIL 3363) |
DEDMAN | Aesthetic Experience and Judgment | Steven Sverdlik | |
| CF 3312 | DEDMAN | Warfare in the Modern World | John Mears | |
| CF 3314 (HIST 3376) | DEDMAN | Social and Intellectual History of Modern Europe | James Hopkins | |
| CF 3317 (HIST 3301) | DEDMAN | Human Rights: America's Dilemma | Rick Halperin | |
| CF 3322 | DEDMAN | Women in Early Modern Europe | Kathleen Wellman | |
| CF 3323 (THEA 4381-84) | MEADOWS | Gender in Performance: Social and Ethical Issues | ||
| CF 3324 | DEDMAN | An Archaeology of Values: the Self and Ethics from Kant to Baudrillard | Dennis Foster | |
| CF 3325 | DEDMAN | Class and Gender in Ancient Society | Melissa Dowling | |
| CF 3333 | DEDMAN | Clash of Cultures, 1450-1850 | Julie Adkins, Bradley Carter, John Phinney | |
| CF 3336 (HIST 3397) | DEDMAN | Modernity and the Crises of Identity: the Reorientation of the West | John Mears | |
| CF 3339 (RELI 3365) | DEDMAN | Understanding the Self: East and West | G. William Barnard | |
| CF 3340 | DEDMAN | The Unicorn: Understanding Varieties of Truth in the Middle Ages | ||
| CF 3341 (PHIL 3362) | DEDMAN | Creativity, Discovery and Science | Eric Barnes | |
| CF 3342 (PHIL 3371) | DEDMAN | Social and Political Philosophy | Stephen Hiltz | |
| CF 3345 | DEDMAN | Literature of Religious Reflection | Ross Murfin | |
| CF 3349 (FL 3349, HIST 3392) | DEDMAN | The African Dispora: Literature and History of Black Liberation | LaTrese Adkins | |
| CF 3351 | DEDMAN | The Pilgrimage: Images of Medieval Culture | Bonnie Wheeler, Jeremy Adams, Jo Goyne | |
| CF 3353 (MDVL 3353) | DEDMAN | Medieval Ideas | Jeremy Adams | |
| CF 3356 (RELI 3337) | DEDMAN | Christianity and American Public Life | Charles Curran | |
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CF 3361 (RELI 3309) |
DEDMAN | Bioethics from a Christian Perspective | Charles Curran | |
| CF 3364 (ENGL 3367) | DEDMAN | Ethical Implications of Children's Literature | Martha Satz | |
| CF 3368 (RELI 3368) | DEDMAN | Wholeness and Holiness: Religion and Healing Across Cultures | G. William Barnard | |
| CF 3369 | DEDMAN | Perspectives on Modern Germany | Marie-Luise Gaettens | |
| CF 3381 | MEADOWS | Modern Myth Making: Studies in the Manipulation of Imagery | ||
| CF 3385 | DEDMAN | Race, Culture and Social Policy in the Southwest | ||
| CF 3388 | DEDMAN | Making Democracy Work | Luigi Manzetti | |
| CF 3391 | COX | Corporate Ethics and Social Responsibility | Robert Rasberry | Taught in Fall 2009 and Summer 2010 |
| CF 3401 | DEDMAN | The Good Society | James Hopkins | |
| CFB 3301 (ANTH 3301, SOCI 3301) | DEDMAN | Health, Healing, and Ethics: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Sickness and Society | Nia Parson | Fall 2009 and spring 2010 |
| CFB 3313 | DEDMAN | Genetic Determinism and Free Will | Teresa R. Strecker | Offered once a year in the fall |
| CFB 3375 (MNO 3375) | COX | Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethical Leadership | Robert Rasberry | |
| CFB 3377 (HIST 3377) | DEDMAN | Ethical Dilemmas in a Global Age | John Mears | |
| CLAS 3311 (CF 3311) | DEDMAN | Mortals, Myths and Monuments: Images of Greek and Roman Culture | ||
| CSE 1341 | ENGINEERING | Principles of Computer Science | Kamran Khan, Mark Fontenot, Lacy Lapio | |
| ECO 1310 | DEDMAN | Exploring Economic Issues | Sanjeev Kumar, William Cox | |
| ECO 1312 | DEDMAN | Principles of Macroeconomics | Raveendra Batra, Elizabeth Wheaton, Nathan Balke | |
| EDU 5349 | SIMMONS | Learning Environment and Professionalism EC-12 | Gail Hartin | Taught every semester |
| EDU 6240 | SIMMONS | Values and Ethics of Leadership | Offered every fall | |
| EDU 6303 | SIMMONS | Learning Environment and Professionalism | Gail Hartin | Usually taught in the summer |
| EDU 6310 | SIMMONS | Philosophical Ideas in Education | Victor Worsfold | Usually taught in second summer session at Legacy Campus |
| EMIS 3150 | LYLE | Ethics in Computing | ||
| EMIS 3308 | LYLE | Engineering Management | ||
| ENCE 1301 | DEDMAN | Environment and Technology: Ecology and Ethics | Jennifer O'Brien | Taught in fall and spring semesters |
| ENGL 1365 | DEDMAN | The Literature of Minorities | Martha Satz, Bruce Levy | |
| ENGL 2306 | DEDMAN | The Ethical, the Catastrophic, and Human Responsibility | Mary Shattles, Nina Schwartz, Diana Howard, Diana Grumbles, Nancy Hodge, Vanessa Hopper, Tom Stone, Jo Goyne | |
| ENGL 2406 | DEDMAN | Ethical Issues and Community Action | Tom Stone, Vanessa Hopper | |
| ENGL 2361 | DEDMAN | Fortune, Fame and Scandal: The American Dream | John Lewis | |
| ENGL 3367 (CF 3364) | DEDMAN | Ethical Implications of Children's Literature | Martha Satz | |
| ENGL 3379 (CFA 3379) | DEDMAN | Literary and Cultural Contexts of Disability: Gender, Care and Justice | Martha Satz | |
| FL 3349 (CF 3349, HIST 3392) | DEDMAN | The African Dispora: Literature and History of Black Liberation | LaTrese Adkins | |
| FL 3360 (CFA 3360) | DEDMAN | Ethics of Colonization in Latin America | Martha Satz | |
| HDCN 6381 | EDUCATION & H.D. | Ethics and Mental Health | Thomas Hastsell | |
| HDDR 6306 | EDUCATION & H.D. | Ethics in Dispute Resolution | ||
| HGAM 6100 | GUILDHALL | Special Topics - Social Science (Ethics) | Paul Toprac | Offered once per cohort (twice a year) |
| HIST 2321 | DEDMAN | Philosophical and Religious Thought in the Medieval West | ||
| HIST 2398 | DEDMAN | American Politics and Culture: FDR to Bush | R. Hal Williams | |
| HIST 3301 (CF 3317) | DEDMAN | Human Rights: America's Dilemma | Rick Halperin | |
| HIST 3307 | DEDMAN | The United States and the Cold War | Thomas Knock | |
| HIST 3312 | DEDMAN | Women in American History | Crista DeLuzio | |
| HIST 3313 | DEDMAN | African Americans in the U.S., 1607-1877 | Ken Hamilton | |
| HIST 3314 | DEDMAN | African Americans in the U.S., 1877-Present | Ken Hamilton | |
| HIST 3337 (CFB 3337) | DEDMAN | Ethical Dilemmas in a Global Age | John Mears | |
| HIST 3341 | DEDMAN | Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society, 1917-Present | Daniel Orlovsky | |
| HIST 3358 | DEDMAN | The Renaissance | Kathleen Wellman | |
| HIST 3370 | DEDMAN | The American Revolution | Edward Countryman | |
| HIST 3376 | DEDMAN | Social and Intellectual History of Modern Europe | James Hopkins | |
| HIST 3392 | DEDMAN | The African Dispora: Literature and History of Black Liberation | LaTrese Adkins | |
| HIST 3397 (CF 3336) | DEDMAN | Modernity and Crisis of Identity | John Mears | |
| HIST 3401 (CF 3401) | DEDMAN | The Good Society | James Hopkins | |
| HIST 5376 | DEDMAN | The Enlightenment | Kathleen Wellman | |
| LAW 6205 | DEDMAN - LAW | Law, Literature and Medicine | Tom Mayo | Offered once a year |
| LAW 6345 | DEDMAN - LAW | Faith, Morality, and the Practice of Law | ||
| LAW 7329 | DEDMAN - LAW | Jurisprudence | George Martinez | |
| LAW 7330 | DEDMAN - LAW | Law and Medicine - Bioethics | Tom Mayo | Offered once a year |
| LAW 7334 | DEDMAN - LAW | Perspectives on Counterterrorism | Jeffrey Kahn | |
| LAW 7350 | DEDMAN - LAW | Professional Responsibility | William Bridge, Linda Eads, Frederick Moss | |
| LAW 8206 | DEDMAN - LAW | Corporate Compliance | ||
| LAW 8373 | DEDMAN - LAW | Ethical Dilemmas in Legal Practice | Dennis Lynn | |
| LAW 7379 | DEDMAN - LAW | Religion, Law and Society | ||
| ME 1305 | LYLE | Information Technology and Society | ||
| MNO 3375 | COX (UNDERGRAD) | Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethical Leadership | Robert Rasberry | |
| MNO 6232 | COX (GRAD) | Corporate Ethics and Organizational Responsibility | Robert Rasberry | |
| MT 7303 | PERKINS | Moral Theology | Robin Lovin | |
| MT 8362 | PERKINS | Ethics, Theology and Metaphysics of Morals | ||
| MT 8375 | PERKINS | The Poor in John Wesley's Ethics | ||
| MUHI 3341 | MEADOWS | Woman and Music: "Like a Virgin": From Hildegard to Madonna | Donna Mayer-Martin | |
| PHIL 1316 | DEDMAN | Introduction to Ethics | Luke Robinson | |
| PHIL 1317 | DEDMAN | Business Ethics | Stephen Hiltz, Kenneth Daley, Nehad Popovic, Giovanni Mion | |
| PHIL 1318 | DEDMAN | Contemporary Moral Problems | Steven Sverdlik, Clayton Littlejohn, Stephen Hiltz, Giovanni Mion, Kenneth Daley, Nenad Popovic, Soraya Gollop | Multiple sections offered every semester |
| PHIL 3302 | DEDMAN | Problems in the Philosophy of Religion | Clayton Littlejohn, Jill DeTemple | |
| PHIL 3362 (CF 3341) | DEDMAN | Creativity, Discovery and Science | Eric Barnes | |
| PHIL 3363 (CF 3308) | DEDMAN | Aesthetic Experience and Judgment | Steven Sverdlik | |
| PHIL 3371 (CF 3342) | DEDMAN | Social and Political Philosophy | Stephen Hiltz | |
| PHIL 3373 | DEDMAN | Punishment and Responsibility | Steven Sverdlik | Taught infrequently |
| PHIL 3374 (CF 3307) | DEDMAN | Philosophy of Law | Luke Robinson | Usually offered once a year |
| PHIL 3375-001 | DEDMAN | Plato's Ethical Thought | Eric Barnes | |
| PHIL 3375-002 | DEDMAN | Desire and the Self | Soraya Gollop | |
| PHIL 3377 (CFA 3377) | DEDMAN | Animal Rights: The Ethics of Human Treatment of Animals | Jean Kazez | |
| PHIL 3379 | DEDMAN | Environmental Ethics | Jean Kazez | |
| PHIL 3380 | DEDMAN | Ethical Theory | Luke Robinson | Usually offered once a year |
| PLSC 1360 | DEDMAN | Introduction to Political Theory | Bradley Carter | |
| PLSC 4363 | DEDMAN | Religion and Politics in the Western Tradition | Matthew Wilson | Usually offered once a year |
| PSYC 6360 | DEDMAN | Ethics in Psychology | Cynthia McDonald | |
| RE 3335 | COX | Introduction to Legal Environment and Ethics | ||
| RELI 1301 | DEDMAN | Ways of Being Religious | Robert Foster | |
| RELI 1303 | DEDMAN | Introduction to Eastern Religions | Steven Lindquist, Carl Elverskog | |
| RELI 1304 | DEDMAN | Introduction to Western Religions | Mark Tarpley | |
| RELI 1305 | DEDMAN | Introduction to Primal Religions | G. William Barnard | |
| RELI 3302 (PHIL 3302) | DEDMAN | Problems in the Philosophy of Religion | Clayton Littlejohn | |
| RELI 3306 | DEDMAN | Introduction to the Hindu Tradition | Steven Lindquist | |
| RELI 3308 | DEDMAN | Christian Ethics and Moral Issues | Charles Curran | |
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RELI 3309 (CF 3361) |
DEDMAN | Bioethics from a Christian Perspective | Charles Curran | |
| RELI 3317 (CF 3356) | DEDMAN | Human Meaning and Value in Personal Life | Jilll DeTemple | |
| RELI 3319 | DEDMAN | Introduction to the Hebrew Bible | Serge Frolov | |
| RELI 3337 (CF 3356) | DEDMAN | Christianity and American Public Life | Charles Curran | |
| RELI 3360 | DEDMAN | The History of Judaism | Serge Frolov | |
| RELI 3365 (CF 3339) | DEDMAN | Understanding the Self: East and West | G. William Barnard | |
| RELI 3366 | DEDMAN | Magic, Myth and Religion Across Cultures | Kristaffer Alstatt | |
| RELI 3368 | DEDMAN | Wholeness and Holiness: Religion and Healing Across Cultures | G. William Barnard | |
| RELI 4356 | DEDMAN | The Bible and Ethics | Mark Chancey, Robin Lovin | |
| RELI 7365 | GRADUATE STUDIES | Religious Ethics I | Charles Wood | |
| RELI 7366 | GRADUATE STUDIES | Religious Ethics II | ||
| RELI 7367 | GRADUATE STUDIES | Religious Ethics III | Charles Wood | |
| RELI 7368 | GRADUATE STUDIES | Religious Ethics IV | Robin Lovin | |
| RELI 7379 | GRADUATE STUDIES | Religious Ethics V | Robin Lovin | |
| SOCI 2300 | DEDMAN | Social Problems | Debra Branch | |
| SOCI 3301 | DEDMAN | Health, Healing and Society: Cross Cultural Perspectives on Sickness and Society | Nia Parson | Fall 2009 and spring 2010 |
| SOCI 3305 | DEDMAN | Race and Ethnicity in the United States | Tony Cortese | |
| SOCI 3345 | DEDMAN | Media, Ethics, and Gender | Anthony Cortese | offered every fall |
| SOCI 3355 | DEDMAN | Family Conflict | J. Michael Cruz | |
| SOCI 3360 | DEDMAN | Law and Society | Richard Hawkins | |
| SOCI 3363 | DEDMAN | Crime and Delinquency | Richard Hawkins | |
| SOCI 3370 | DEDMAN | Minority-Dominant Relations | Anthony Cortese | |
| SOCI 3371 | DEDMAN | Sociology of Gender | Debra Branch, Sheri Kunovich | |
| SOCI 4321 | DEDMAN | Immigration and Population Issues | Dalia Abdelhady | |
| SOCI 4363 | DEDMAN | Administration of Justice | Richard Hawkins | |
| SOCI 4364 | DEDMAN | Correctional Systems | Richard Hawkins | |
| SOCI 4366 | DEDMAN | Deviant Behavior | Richard Hawkins | |
| SOCI 4372 | DEDMAN | Wealth and Consumption | Sheri Kunovich | |
| SOCI 4373 | DEDMAN | Class, Race, and Gender Inequalities | Sheri Kunovich | |
| TC 8325 | PERKINS | Bioethics | Not offered 2009-2010 | |
| THEA 4381-84 (CF 3323) | MEADOWS | Gender in Performance: Cultural and Ethical Issues | ||
| THEA 4383 | MEADOWS | Affirmation and Subversion: Gender and Racial Politics in American Dramatic Literature | Gretchen Elizabeth Smith |