应用与职业道德专业的结业证书为学生提供了在应用和职业道德的某些主要领域大量研究哲学的机会，包括生物伦理、环境伦理、商业道德、技术和科研伦理等。此外，该专业还提供了集中学习学生感兴趣的某一特定研究领域的机会。该专业使学生能够熟悉应用伦理学子学科的伦理理论和原则，了解当今特定的伦理问题的概况，并有机会对应用伦理学与法律、公共政策和职业行为规范等其他领域间的关系进行研究和批判性反思。
The Certificate in Applied & Professional Ethics (APE) provides students with opportunities for substantive philosophical study in some of the main areas of applied and professional ethics, including bioethics, environmental ethics, business ethics, and ethics in technology and scientific research. In addition, the program provides for focused study in a specific research area that reflects students’ interests in the subject. The program will familiarize students with the ethical theories and principles that inform the sub-disciplines of applied ethics, provide an overview of specific ethical issues in the contemporary world, and provide opportunities for examination of and critical reflection on the relationships between applied ethics and other domains, such as law, public policy, and professional codes of conduct.