Programs for Students

Whether you're considering the fairness of capital punishment or your roommate's right to hang a poster you disagree with, as a student at Santa Clara University, you're going to be thinking about ethics.

Every undergraduate takes at least one course in ethics. At the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, we also offer a rich program of events on ethics in almost any field you can think of, and we engage students in peer-led dialogue about ethics in everyday life.

Center fellowships and internships allow students to pursue interests in almost any area of ethics, including business, the environment, engineering, and health care.

Co-curricular Activities

Business Ethics Internships

Interns are placed in ethics and compliance divisions of Silicon Valley companies.

Environmental Ethics Fellowships

Fellows explore the ethics of sustainability on campus.

Ethics Bowl

A debate group on ethical issues, the Ethics Bowl team competes regionally and nationally.

Government Ethics Fellowship

Fellows work on projects at the intersection of policy and ethics.

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Hackworth Fellowships

Students create programs for their peers on ethical issues.

Health Care Ethics Internships

Interns shadow doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals in hospitals and hospices.

A healthcare worker holding a globe. Image by Jessie Jiang '24.

Honzel Fellowship in Health Care Ethics

The fellow serves as a peer mentor to students in the Health Care Ethics Internship and develops an ethics project with particular relevance to students and alumni.