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University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
School of Social Sciences: Department of Philosophy

APPLIED ETHICS FOR PROFESSIONALS
A NEW MASTERS DEGREE AND POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA

Experienced and well-qualified professionals, executives and leaders in
all fields are invited to apply for admission to the Wits Philosophy
Department's challenging part-time Postgraduate Programme in Applied
Ethics, which will commence in February 2002.* This programme, which
will develop the participants' capacity to reason critically and
constructively about significant ethical issues, leads to a Postgraduate
Diploma (by coursework) in 11/2 years, or a Master of Arts degree (by
coursework and supervised research report) in 2-21/2 years.

In the first term students take the compulsory course Methods of Applied
Ethics. In the following two terms they choose two courses from list of
three selectives. Selectives will be offered according to student
interests, but may include the following:

Ethical Theory, Information and Privacy, Issues in Biomedical Ethics,
Morality and the Law, Morality and the Marketplace, Multiculturalism and
Ethics, Social Justice, The Value of Life, and Directed Study of a
Further Approved Topic (by individual arrangement). At least six of
these will be available during any two-year cycle.

Minimum Requirements for Admission to the Programme:
An Honours degree or a professional qualification at least equivalent to an
Honours degree (e.g., MBA, BSc(Eng), CA, LLB (second degree), MBBCh);
at least one year's experience working in a professional, managerial or
leadership position; good English comprehension and writing skills.

For more information regarding the course or application forms please
contact Mrs Barbara Aarden - Telephone: (011) 717 4345;
Email: [email protected]; Fax: (011) 403 1174

* Please note that the programme will be offered in 2002-2003 only if
enough suitably qualified candidates apply.

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