Course description

Applied Ethics will allow the students to explore the important ethical issues facing the insurance industry today; issues which typically arise in the areas of catastrophe insurance, claims investigation, autonomous vehicles, information asymmetry, compensatory justice and conflicts of interest, to name only a few. Students will be introduced to the concepts that are relevant for resolving ethical problems and given an opportunity to develop the necessary reasoning and analytical skills for doing so.

Course details

Hours: 42
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None

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Dates
Day/Time
Delivery
Campus
Cost
Availability
Starts: Jan. 6, 2025
Ends: Apr. 20, 2025
Day/Time:
Campus: Online
Cost: $333.48

Registration dates

Not all courses are offered each term.

Winter 2025 registration opens November 4, 2024. Spring 2025 registration opens March 17, 2025.

Delivery options

In person: classes held in person on a campus/site in a classroom/lab/shop/studio for the course duration

Online - Asynchronous: ​100% online delivery, no scheduled day or time course requirements with the instructor, assigned due dates

Online - Synchronous: 100% online delivery, scheduled day and time course requirements with the instructor, assigned due dates

Hybrid: any combination of in person, timetabled, on campus, online, and hyflex delivery