Established in 2002, The Vivian Wimberly Center for Ethics and Servant Leadership oversees the World House Scholars Program and the service learning program at Oklahoma City University. The Center also hosts a number of lectures and workshops each year on a variety of ethical issues and provides co-curricular support for the university’s ethics minor, which is offered through the Department of Philosophy. Dr. Mark Y. A. Davies is the Founding Director.
Service Learning
Service learning at Oklahoma City University gives students opportunities to apply what they are learning in the classroom through service in a community-based setting.
Since the inception of the service-learning program in the 2002 spring semester, OKCU has offered more than 600 service-learning courses.
Starting in the fall of 2003, a service learning course was made part of the general education requirement for all undergraduates.
World House Scholars Program
The World House Scholars program aspires to be a premier liberal arts program for preparing students to engage in lives of social and ecological responsibility.
All World House scholars participate in service learning projects each year, complete courses addressing issues of peace, justice, and ecological sustainability, and are required to complete at least one approved international education experience while at Oklahoma City University.
Up to twenty first-year students and up to five sophomores will be selected each year to participate in the World House Scholars Program.
Minor in Ethics
Requirements: Total Credit Hours: 19
Required Course Credits: 7
PHIL/REL 2213 Moral & Social Philosophy: 3
PHIL 3114 Ancient and Medieval Philosophy or
PHIL 3214 Modern Philosophy or
PHIL 3314 Knowledge and Reality: 4 credits
Electives (select three): 9 Credits
PHIL/REL 2163 Moral Issues in Contemporary Culture –
Variable Topics (may be repeated with different content)
PHIL 2203 or MGMT 2223 Business Ethics and Leadership
PHIL/REL 2313 Peace and Nonviolence
PHIL/REL 2413 Environmental Ethics
PHIL/REL 2513 Ethics of Communication
PHIL/REL 2613 Medical Ethics
PHIL/REL 2703 Introduction to Christian Ethics
PHIL 3413 Professional Ethics
Upper-division elective (select one): 3 credits
PHIL/POLS 3513 Political Philosophy
PHIL/REL 3613 Problems and Issues in Christian Ethics
PHIL 3763 Ethical Theory
Other 3000- or 4000-level courses in philosophy and/or religion with sufficient content in ethics (to be determined by the chair of the philosophy department)
