Nov. 21, 2019

Contact Susan Cosby Ronnenberg at 608-796-3490 or sgcosbyronnenberg@viterbo.edu

VITERBO UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES NEW ETHICS, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY MAJOR BEGINNING IN FALL 2020

LA CROSSE, Wis. – Viterbo University will offer a unique new major beginning in fall 2020—Ethics, Culture, and Society.

Ethics, Culture, and Society is an interdisciplinary program combining courses from at least two academic disciplinary areas including history, philosophy, and art, with a focus on collaborative problem-solving for the common good. Students in the major also participate in service learning, internships, research, study abroad, and cultural immersion experiences.

“In some ways the program is a create your own major,” said Susan Cosby Ronnenberg, Viterbo professor of English, who chairs the new Ethics, Culture, and Society program. “The program culminates in an upper level class in which students choose to research a current problem, preferably in the La Crosse area. They are tasked with coming up with means to address the problem through a real-world application related to our community.”

Course assignments are also connected to the D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethic is Leadership series of speakers and its annual conference. The program is similar to a traditional liberal studies major, but with an increased emphasis on advocacy and social change.

“This major is perfect for people who want to work with others to solve problems and make the world a better place,” Cosby Ronnenberg said.

For more information about Viterbo’s Ethics, Culture, and Society major, visit www.viterbo.edu/programs/ethics-culture-and-society.

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