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| PHIL 101 - Introduction to Philosophy (3) |
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Description: Overview of the major areas of philosophic inquiry including the nature of reality, of the human self, of moral value, and of knowledge of God's existence.
Notes: Offered every semester.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Philosophy & Religious Studies Department Course Attributes: Humanities and Arts |
| PHIL 101H - Introduction to Philosophy (3) |
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Description: Overview of the major areas of philosophic inquiry including the nature of reality, of the human self, of moral value, and of knowledge of God's existence.
Notes: Offered every semester.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Philosophy & Religious Studies Department Course Attributes: Humanities and Arts |
| PHIL 199 - General Philosophy Elective |
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3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Philosophy & Religious Studies Department |
| PHIL 220 - Logic and Language (3). |
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Description: Introduction to classical and contemporary logic with special emphasis upon the nature of language used in reasoning and argumentation.
Notes: Offered every semester.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Philosophy & Religious Studies Department |
| PHIL 220H - Logic and Language |
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3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Philosophy & Religious Studies Department |
| PHIL 230 - Contemporary Moral Problems (3). |
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Description: Hate-speech, sex, and terrorism are some of the interesting topics we explore as we evaluate the moral standards of Western society. Others might include abortion, human cloning, animal rights, drug legalization, world hunger, or capital punishment. This introduction to practical ethics introduces a few primary ethical theories in order to better appreciate the justifications offered in our readings.
Notes: Offered periodically.
3.000 Credit hours 0.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 3.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture, Seminar/Recitation Philosophy & Religious Studies Department Course Attributes: Humanities and Arts |
| PHIL 299 - General Philosophy Elective |
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3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Philosophy & Religious Studies Department |
| PHIL 301 - Ancient Greek Philosophy (3). |
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Description: Ancient Greece is the birthplace of Western philosophy and thought. This course examines major philosophers from this seminal period, including Heraclitus, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, and possibly later figures as well. Central topics include the ultimate nature of reality, our capacity for knowledge, morality, social justice, the good life.
Notes: Offered in fall.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Philosophy & Religious Studies Department Course Attributes: Historical Perspective, Humanities and Arts |
| PHIL 302 - Modern Philosophy (3). |
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Description: This course examines the emergence of modern philosophical thought from its ancient and medieval origins, focusing on a selection of the principal philosophers of the modern era such as Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant. A primary theme of the course is the notion of the modern subject and its relation to the world.
Notes: Offered in spring.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Philosophy & Religious Studies Department Course Attributes: Historical Perspective, Humanities and Arts |
| PHIL 302H - Modern Philosophy (3). |
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Description: This course examines the emergence of modern philosophical thought from its ancient and medieval origins, focusing on a selection of the principal philosophers of the modern era such as Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant. A primary theme of the course is the notion of the modern subject and its relation to the world.
Notes: Offered in spring.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Philosophy & Religious Studies Department Course Attributes: Historical Perspective, Humanities and Arts |
| PHIL 303 - Existentialism (3). |
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Description: Introduction to the thought of the major existentialist thinkers, including Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Nietzsche, Tillich, Sartre and Camus.
Notes: Offered variable times.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Philosophy & Religious Studies Department Course Attributes: Humanities and Arts |
| PHIL 310 - Theories of Knowledge (3). |
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Description: This course examines theories of knowledge as they concern what exactly knowledge is, the fundamental forms that knowledge may take, and the significance of knowledge for human life. This study is relevant to the basic methodology of all truth-seeking disciplines, including the empirical and social sciences.
Notes: Usually offered alternate spring semesters.
Prerequisites: HMXP 102.
3.000 Credit hours 0.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 3.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture, Seminar/Recitation Philosophy & Religious Studies Department |
| PHIL 312 - Theories of Knowledge and Reality (3). |
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Description: This course examines the fundamental nature of reality and our intellectual access to it. Specific topics may include existence, physical and mental entities, causation, space and time as well as knowledge, logic, conception, perception, and sensation.
Prerequisites: HMXP 102.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Philosophy & Religious Studies Department Course Attributes: Humanities and Arts |
| PHIL 315 - Developments in Moral Philosophy (3). |
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Description: Perhaps nothing is more central to who we are than our ethical beliefs and outlooks. There are many competing ethical theories, ranging from absolutist views that insist on the existence of fixed, immutable, absolute, universal ethical principles, all the way to views that deny any ethical objectivity whatsoever. Between these two extremes there are ethical theories in abundant variety. This course covers several key debates within this broad spectrum.
Prerequisite: At least 12 hours of college credit.
Notes: Offered variable times.
3.000 Credit hours 0.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 3.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Seminar/Recitation Philosophy & Religious Studies Department Course Attributes: Humanities and Arts |
| PHIL 340 - Environmental Ethics (3). |
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Description: Exploration of how we ought to live on earth, including our responsibilities to nonhumans and the planet. Although oriented toward questions of ethics, the course also addresses environmental policy issues by critically evaluating the moral presuppositions underlying policy recommendations.
Notes: Offered variable times.
Prerequisites: At least 12 hours of college credit.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Philosophy & Religious Studies Department Course Attributes: Humanities and Arts |
| PHIL 350 - Special Topics in Philosophy (3). |
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Description: In-depth consideration of a specific topic of particular concern in philosophy.
Notes: May be taken for additional credit under different topics. Offered variable times.
Prerequisites: At least 12 hours of college credit.
3.000 Credit hours 0.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 3.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture, Seminar/Recitation Philosophy & Religious Studies Department Course Attributes: Humanities and Arts |
| PHIL 350H - Special Topics in Philosophy (3). |
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Description: In-depth consideration of a specific topic of particular concern in philosophy.
Notes: May be taken for additional credit under different topics. Offered variable times.
Prerequisites: At least 12 hours of college credit.
3.000 Credit hours 0.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 3.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture, Seminar/Recitation Philosophy & Religious Studies Department Course Attributes: Humanities and Arts |
| PHIL 370 - Concepts & Problems in Law (3). |
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Description: This course is highly recommended for students in legal studies, pre-law, and those interested in public policy issues. We relate traditional themes of legal philosophy to the live concerns of modern society, covering selections that raise the most important issues for life in a democratic society governed by the rule of law. These issues represent core themes and ideals central to America with topics such as legal legitimacy, limits of individual liberty, justice, property, responsibility, and punishment.
Notes: Offered variable times.
Prerequisites: At least 12 hours of college credit.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Philosophy & Religious Studies Department Course Attributes: Humanities and Arts |
| PHIL 370H - Concepts and Problems in Law (3). |
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3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Philosophy & Religious Studies Department Course Attributes: Humanities and Arts |
| PHIL 371 - LSAT Logic Puzzles & Arguments (3). |
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Description: We focus on the methods and principles for distinguishing correct from incorrect reasoning. Though some of human reasoning is formal and some informal, both types must meet certain criteria in order to be correct. We concentrate on the nature of argumentation, informal fallacies, and deductive & inductive logic used on the Law School Aptitude Test. While we use the LSAT as a methodological tool, the aim is to help students develop analytic skills and the ability to reason accurately. Students obtain a conceptual framework of valid reasoning, and work to identify valid and invalid argument forms. Thus, the course provids for foundational critical thinking and analytic reasoning abilities while simultaneously offering students an opportunity to hone skills needed on the LSAT.
Notes: Offered periodically.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Philosophy & Religious Studies Department |
| PHIL 390 - Philosophy of Religion (3). |
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Description: An explication and analysis of the major philosophical issues involved in religious claims and commitments.
Notes: Cross-listed with RELG 390. Offered variable times.
Prerequisites: At least 12 hours of college credit.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Philosophy & Religious Studies Department Course Attributes: Humanities and Arts |
| PHIL 399 - General Philosophy Elective |
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3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Philosophy & Religious Studies Department |
| PHIL 450 - Honors: Selected Topics in Philosophy (3). |
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Description: An in-depth independent inquiry into a selected topic in philosophy.
Notes: Offered variable times.
Prerequisites: Permission of the Chair.
3.000 Credit hours 0.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 3.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Seminar/Recitation Philosophy & Religious Studies Department |
| PHIL 450H - Honors: Selected Topics in Philosophy (3). |
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Description: An in-depth independent inquiry into a selected topic in philosophy.
Notes: Offered variable times.
Prerequisites: Permission of the Chair.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Seminar/Recitation Philosophy & Religious Studies Department |
| PHIL 470 - Undergraduate Research in Philosophy (0). |
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Students participate in scholarly research with a faculty member.
Prerequisite: WRIT 101.
Notes: Requires permission of Department Chair. May be repeated when the research project is different.
0.000 Credit hours 0.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research Philosophy & Religious Studies Department |
| PHIL 471 - Undergraduate Research in Philosophy (1). |
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Students participate in scholarly research with a faculty member.
Prerequisite: WRIT 101.
Notes: Requires permission of the Department Chair. Can be repeated when the research project is different.
1.000 Credit hours 0.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research Philosophy & Religious Studies Department |
| PHIL 472 - Undergraduate Research in Philosophy (2). |
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Students participate in scholarly research with a faculty member.
Prerequisite: WRIT 101.
Notes: Requires permission of the Department Chair. May be repeated once when the research project is different.
2.000 Credit hours 0.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research Philosophy & Religious Studies Department |
| PHIL 473 - Undergraduate Research in Philosophy (3). |
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Students participate in scholarly research with a faculty member.
Prerequisite: WRIT 101.
Notes: Requires permission of department chair. Can be repeated once when the research project is different.
3.000 Credit hours 0.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research Philosophy & Religious Studies Department |
| PHIL 495 - Senior Seminar on Methods and Research in Philosophy (3). |
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Description: This capstone course is an advanced research seminar for students who have already developed a solid background in their philosophy studies. The course emphasizes a detailed examination of selected topics and issues in philosophy. The course will include the assessment of core skills and knowledge from the major, and will improve writing skills as students develop their own research projects.
Notes: Intensive writing course. Offered in fall.
Prerequisites: PHIL 101 or RELG 101; PHIL 220 or 225 or 371; PHIL 390 or RELG 390; and 6 additional hours in PHIL.
3.000 Credit hours 0.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 3.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Seminar/Recitation Philosophy & Religious Studies Department Course Attributes: Capstone Course, Intensive Writing |
| PHIL 499 - General Philosophy Elective |
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3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Philosophy & Religious Studies Department |
| PHIL 550 - Special Topics in Philosophy (3). |
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Description: An in-depth consideration of a specific topic of concern in philosophy. The course may be offered under various topics.
Notes: Offered upon request. May be retaken for credit under different topics.
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Philosophy & Religious Studies Department |
| PHIL 575 - Business Ethics (3). |
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Description: Business Ethics is the application of our understanding of good/bad, right/wrong to the various institutions, technologies, transactions, activities, and pursuits we call business. We study frameworks of basic principles for understanding the good/bad dichotomy and the implications this has for business. We also discuss such topics as the ethical aspects of the market structure within which American business transactions are conducted, the ethical implications for the wider world from which business activity draws its natural resources, ethical responsibilities for the consumers to whom the products of business are sold, the internal relationship between the organization and the individuals within it, and the global context in which ethical issues arise in business.
Notes: Cross-listed with MGMT 575. Offered in fall.
Prerequisites: CRTW 201.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture Philosophy & Religious Studies Department Course Attributes: Humanities and Arts |
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