Master's Degree in Digital Ethics
Specialise in the major ethical challenges of the digital environment with subjects such as AI ethics, neuroethics and data protection. This is a comprehensive master's degree with compulsory and optional modules and a final project that prepares you to tackle technological challenges responsibly.
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Digital Ethics Modules
This Official Master's Degree from UTAMED provides comprehensive training where you will address the ethical challenges of the technological era. Ethics modules such as bioethics, neuroethics, artificial intelligence ethics and data protection provide students with a solid theoretical foundation, focusing on moral and political philosophy as a conceptual framework for ethical analysis. This training focuses on the legal and regulatory framework of digital ethics, ensuring an understanding of how laws and regulations apply to technology and ethics.
| Module | ECTS | Type | Course | Semester |
| Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence for Social Sciences | 6 | COMP | 1st | 1 |
| Ethical Systems | 6 | COMP | 1st | 1 |
| Methodology in Applied Ethics | 6 | COMP | 1st | 1 |
| Philosophy of Artificial intelligence | 6 | COMP | 1st | 1 |
| Theories of the Information Society | 6 | COMP | 1st | 1 |
| Ethics in Artificial intelligence | 6 | COMP | 1st | 2 |
| Ethics in the Digital Society | 6 | COMP | 1st | 2 |
| Data Protection | 6 | ELEC | 1st | 2 |
| Ethics and Communication | 6 | ELEC | 1st | 2 |
| Law and Digital Technologies | 6 | ELEC | 1st | 2 |
| Bioethics and Neuroethics | 6 | ELEC | 1st | 2 |
| Master's Final Project | 6 | FP | 1st | 2 |
*Two optional modules must be chosen from the four available.
Structure of the Academic Plan for Digital Ethics Modules
The curriculum for this master's degree consists of a total of 60 ECTS credits, distributed among compulsory and optional modules and the Master's Final Project. The master's degree offers a comprehensive academic programme that includes key ethics modules such as data protection and artificial intelligence ethics, which allow ethical issues to be addressed from a global perspective. In addition, the curriculum allows students to personalise their educational path by choosing two optional modules, thus promoting specialisation in areas of interest. The credits are structured as follows:
| Typology | ECTS |
| Compulsory Credits | 42 |
| Optional Credits | 12 |
| Master's Final Project Credits | 6 |
| Total | 60 |
Digital Ethics Modules: Master's Final Project
The Master's Final Project (FP), which is worth 6 ECTS credits, is one of the ethics modules taken in the second semester. The completion of this project, which may be theoretical or research-based, is essential for passing the master's degree. In it, students will apply the knowledge they have acquired to address current ethical issues in the digital age.