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Information Ethics, Graduate Certificate

2021-2022 Edition

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The Graduate Certificate in Information Ethics is intended to help students build a working knowledge of the primary theories, frameworks, concepts, and issues in information ethics, as well as to help students develop robust skills in ethical analysis and evaluation.

Students who complete the certificate will be able to conduct comprehensive ethics and value analysis and assessment of emerging issues and problems related to such things as data collection, management, and use; design and implementation of artificial intelligence and machine learning; development and deployment of autonomous systems; and online, networked, and digital experiences and systems.

The certificate is open to students in any graduate program at Northeastern.

Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicted. 

Note: At least two of the three courses taken to fulfill the certificate requirements must be PHIL courses.

Core Requirements

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete two of the following:8
CY 5240
Cyberlaw: Privacy, Ethics, and Digital Rights
PHIL 5005
Information Ethics
PHIL 5010
AI Ethics

Elective 

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Code Title Hours
Complete one of the following. The elective course must be different than the core courses:4
PHIL 5001
Global Justice
PHIL 5002
Ethics and Public Policy
PHIL 5005
Information Ethics
PHIL 5010
AI Ethics

Program Credit/GPA Requirements

12 total semester hours required
Minimum 3.000 GPA required

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