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Ethics & Leadership in Technology & the Media

Please note: The Ethics & Leadership in Technology & the Media BDP is no longer accepting applications as of fall 2019. If you are a student wishing to discuss how your interests might align with another BDP, please contact the BDP office to schedule an appointment.

In the interest of educating thoughtful and responsible leaders, the Ethics & Leadership in Technology & the Media BDP brings together resources from across campus to allow students to explore ethical questions related to the relationship between technology, the media, and society. Topics may include the ethics of representation, government surveillance, technology and media law, media ownership, and ethical codes of conduct in technology and media professions. Through the Connecting Experiences component of the BDP, you may work with community and professional organizations or bring your interdisciplinary expertise to faculty research.

For a complete list of courses and requirements, download the Ethics & Leadership in Technology & the Media BDP curriculum sheet (PDF).

Requirements

With 19 credit hours of coursework and Connecting Experiences, students may earn a BDP certificate in Ethics & Leadership in Technology & the Media.

Courses counting toward a BDP in Ethics & Leadership in Technology & the Media may also satisfy core, major, and elective requirements in a student’s degree plan. With planning, the BDP should not add time to students’ UT careers, but instead helps students choose the courses they already have to take in an integrated way.

Foundation Courses [four to seven hours]

  • Forum Seminar
  • Additional Foundation Course

Courses in a Strand [six to nine hours]

Students should work with their BDP advisor to choose strand courses that will focus the BDP on specific interests, and that will provide an interdisciplinary perspective. In order to create an interdisciplinary experience, students must choose courses from a variety of disciplines.

Connecting Experiences [six to nine hours]

BDP advisors assist students in finding meaningful connecting research and/or internship experiences related to Ethics & Leadership in Technology & the Media. For examples of Connecting Experiences Ethics & Leadership students have completed in the past, read these Connecting Experience spotlights.

Integration Essay

Students write a three to four page essay written at the end of the BDP experience, drawing together the different pieces of the BDP.

Faculty Panel

An interdisciplinary faculty panel guides students in choosing courses and identifying research and internship experiences that allow them to connect the challenges of ethical leadership to their majors and career goals.