Overview

The department offers both theoretical and applied courses, as well as internships with regional businesses and organizations to provide students with a comprehensive, normative, politically-informed and logically consistent training in order to face new challenges encountered in business, medical associations, national and international political contexts, as well as public education.

Key Facts

A Graduate Certificate or Master of Arts in Applied Philosophy, particularly applied ethics, is an excellent credential for a wide variety of professionals. The distinct advantage of the Ethics and Applied Philosophy program of The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is that it is flexible enough to accommodate the special needs and interests of virtually any professional who seeks mastery over one or more areas of applied ethics.

For example, health care professionals who are members of institutional ethics committees, institutional review boards, or compliance officers will be served well by a certificate in bioethical health care ethics. Similarly, corporate managers, accountants, and auditors will be served well by a certificate in business ethics. Likewise, lawyers, judges, public officials, and law enforcement officers will be served well by a certificate in legal ethics, public policy ethics, and criminal justice ethics.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Ethical Theory

Philosophical Methods and Analysis

Topics in Philosophy

Health Law and Ethics

Research Ethics in the Biological and Behavioral Sciences

Ethics of Public Policy

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-18 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-12 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Charlotte, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

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General requirements

Bachelor’s degree or its U.S. equivalent, from a college or university accredited by an accepted accrediting body

GPA 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale)

A Statement of Purpose (essay)

Unofficial transcripts of all academic work

For non-native English language speakers: official and satisfactory scores on the English language proficiency scores

A personal statement outlining why the applicant seeks admission to the program

A philosophical writing sample, preferably addressing an ethical or other philosophical issue, uploaded within the online application system

Three academic letters of recommendation (to be uploaded by the Recommenders), attached to the recommendation forms required by the Graduate School, which address the student’s philosophical skills and/or ethical reasoning ability

GRE scores are not required

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

20627 USD / year

≈ 20627 USD / year
Out-of-State

20627 USD / year

≈ 20627 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

4841 USD / year

≈ 4841 USD / year

Living costs

Charlotte

United States

1133 - 2060 USD / month

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