Phil 493, Senior Internship
Prerequisite: six units of philosophy in
ethics and/or social/political philosophy.
Supervised internship in professional setting.
Required course project on philosophical and
ethical issues.
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Details on the internship, including some possible internship sites
and step-by-step procedures
for enrolling in an internship can be found on
the Senior Internship pages.
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Senior Internship In Ethics and Society
Professor: Mitch Avila, Ph.D.
Office Hours: M & W,
11:00–11:50, 1:00–2:20, and by
appointment, EC 474
Phone: 657.278.2272
E-Mail: mavila@fullerton.edu
Student Learning Objectives:
(1) Students will gain increased knowledge
about normative and ethical problems facing a
particular professional career and will gain a
more sophisticated personal perspective on the
normative issues facing that profession by
integrating practical experience and
participation gained through an internship in
that profession with informed philosophical
reflection.
(2) Students will learn to consider the moral,
legal, and social challenges posed by the
profession and to utilize current research in
moral, political, and social philosophy to
develop sophisticated philosophical analyses of
these issues and defensible normative responses.
Course Requirements/Methods of Assessment:
(1) According to university policy, The field
component of an internship assignment shall total
no less then 40 hours per unit of credit. Thus
students are expected to work in the internship
for a minimum of 120 hours.
The 120-hour requirement may be divided up as
the student sees fit; generally, however,
students are expected to work for a minimum of 10
hours per week for 12 weeks.
Generally, all of the hours will be spent
on-location, that is, at the site of the
internship. However, if the internship requires
that you do additional preparation or outside
research, this time may count toward the 120-hour
requirement.
Students must keep a record of the time spent
in the internship, which will serve as evidence
of participation and the accumulation of
experience. A time card, signed by the site
supervisor, must be submitted the 9th and 17th
week of the semester.
(2) Students must submit a journal reflecting
on their experience every second week; the
journal will be considered evidence of their own
reflection on their experience and as evidence of
the growth of their own personal perspective on
this professional career. The journal must be
cumulative, (that is, each time it is submitted,
it must include all previous submissions).
Students are encouraged to email their journals.
(3) Students must meet with the professor and
other students (if there are any and if their
schedules allow) four times per semester, by
arrangement. The purpose of this meeting is to
allow the professor to assess the progress the
student is making in the internship.
(4) Students must submit a 15-page paper on an
approved topic by the end of final's week.
Students will research and write a paper on the
moral or legal aspect in the particular
profession in which they are working. The paper
will be evaluated to the degree that it utilizes
current research in the normative, political, and
social philosophy, that it develops and defends a
defensible political analysis of the issue, and
that the student's own experience during the
internship is incorporated into the paper. The
paper should consider a practical social and/or
moral issue posed by the profession in which the
student is interning. It should utilize the
latest moral and political philosophy research,
as well as the student's own reflective knowledge
gained through participation in the internship.
Course Grade:
Course grade will be determined according to
the following breakdown, each assignment being
assessed according to how it meets the stated
learning objectives above:
Time spent in internship, result of mandatory
meetings, and quality of journal responses: 75%
Paper assignment: 25%
Criteria for assigning course grade:
According to university policy, the grade for an
internship course “shall be assigned on the
basis of the student's ability to integrate
academic and field experience....”
Course Calendar:
By the end Have Accomplished
of Week #... These Tasks...
Two: Sign and complete required service
learning forms;
Turn in Journal Assignment #1
Four: Meet with Professor (and, if
possible, with other students);
Turn in Journal Assignment #2
Six: Turn in Journal Assignment #3
Eight: Meet with Professor (and, if
possible, with other students);
Turn in Journal Assignment #4
Nine: Submit signed time-card for weeks
one through eight;
Submit a thesis, bibliography, and argument
outline of course paper.
Ten: Turn in Journal Assignment #5
Twelve: Meet with Professor (and, if
possible, with other students);
Turn in Journal Assignment #6
Fourteen: Turn in Journal Assignment #7
FINALS: Meet with Professor (and, if
possible, with other students);
Turn in Journal Assignment #8
Turn in final version of research paper;
Submit signed time-card and supervisor's report.
Additional Information:
1. Six units in ethics and/or social political
philosophy are required before enrolling in this
course.
2. There are no extra credit opportunities in
this course.
3. Late assignments are subject to a 10%
penalty each 24 hours late. Maximum Penalty =
25%.
4. Students must sign certain forms required
by the University in order to participate in a
service-learning based course. These forms must
be signed by the second week of the semester.
5. The professor reserves the right to modify
the conditions of this syllabus if conditions
and/or developments warrant such a change.
Course Bibliography:
There are no assigned readings in this course;
however, you may wish to consult any of the
following works as part of your research paper.
Penslar, Robin Levin. Research Ethics:
Cases & Materials. Bloomington: Indiana
University Press, 1995.
Crigger, Bette-Jane, ed. Cases in
Bioethics: Selections from the Hastings Center
Report. Clifton, N.J.: Humana Press,1993.
Mappes, Thomas A. and Zembaty, Jane S. Biomedical
Ethics. (New York: McGraw-Hill, c19961997).
Adams, David M. and Maine, Edward W. Business
Ethics for the 21st
Century. Mountain View, Calif.: Mayfield Pub.
Co., 1998.
Velasquez, Manuel G. Business Ethics: Cases
and Concepts. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.:
Prentice Hall, 1992.
Martin, Mike W., and Schinzinger, Roland. Ethics
in Engineering. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983.
Fleddermann, Charles B. Engineering Ethics.
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1999.
van Schaick, Jane, and Frederick Elliston, Legal
Ethics: An Annotated Bibliography and Resource
Guide. Littleton, Colorado: F. B. Rothman,
1984.
Luban, David, ed. The Good Lawyer: Lawyers'
Roles and Lawyers' Ethics. Totowa, N.J.:
Rowman & Allanheld, 1983.
Johnson, Deborah G., and Nissenbaum, Helen. Computers,
Ethics, & Social Values. Englewood
Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1995.
Merrill, John C. Journalism Ethics:
Philosophical Foundations for New Media. New
York: St. Martin's Press, 1997
Windt, Peter Y., et al. Ethical Issues in
the Professions. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.:
Prentice Hall, 1989.
Bowman, James S., and Elliston, Frederick A. Ethics,
Government, and Public Policy: A Reference Guide.
New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.
Cohen, Elliot D., and Davis, Michael. AIDS:
Crisis in Professional Ethics. Philadelphia:
Temple University Press, 1994.
Flores, Albert. Professional Ideals.
Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth Pub. Co., 1988.
Bowman, James S., et al, Professional
Dissent: An Annotated Bibliography and Resource
Guide. New York: Garland Pub., 1984.
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