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Course Criteria
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A culminating seminar course for music majors intended to synthesize analytical techniques, stylistic sensitivity, and interpretive or creative skills. Emphasis on oral and written communication. A primary focus will be the preparation of the senior project. Prerequisite: senior standing.
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Study centering on a particular theme or question. Reading and understanding philosophical texts will be introduced; in discussions and essays philosophical questioning will be practiced.
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3.00 Credits
An investigation into the varieties of reasoning, with concentration on the comprehension, evaluation, and construction of arguments. By analyzing examples of reasoning drawn from everyday life, the media, and different academic disciplines, students will develop the skills and vocabulary required to articulate how reasoning works and to make reasoning an effective tool for gaining knowledge and participating in public discourse.
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3.00 Credits
Emphasis upon the development of a symbolic system for sentential logic. Some aspects of traditional and informal logic receive brief treatment.
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Selected studies of major philosophers or philosophical concerns. At least one topic will be offered each academic year. Offerings might include courses focusing on Nietzsche, Freud, Philosophy of Art, Philosophy of Language, etc.
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3.00 Credits
The philosophical analysis and evaluation of selected controversies related to the use of law and political systems to create and sustain just social conditions. The typical sort of issues studied would be poverty and world hunger, racism, the death penalty, civil disobedience, and conflicts over the protection of fundamental rights such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and privacy.
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3.00 Credits
The philosophical analysis and evaluation of selected controversies related to the practice of medicine. The typical sort of issues to be studied would be abortion, termination of treatment, physician-assisted suicide, the use of reproductive and genetic technologies, and the just allocation of limited medical resources.
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3.00 Credits
An introductory study of existentialism through readings in literature and philosophy. Typically with selections from Kierkegaard and Nietzsche to Heidegger, Sartre, and Jaspers. The modern predicament of the human being will be examined and possible solutions sought.
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3.00 Credits
Presentation of the major philosophies of the Indian sub-continent in their historic and cultural contexts. In addition to readings from the Vedic and Epic periods, the systems of Jainism, Buddhism, Nyaya, Vaisesika, Samkhya, Yoga, and Vedanta will usually be discussed, sometimes with emphasis placed on one school or text.
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3.00 Credits
Presentation of the major philosophies of China in their historical and cultural contexts, including Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, as well as an examination of neo-Confucianism and the tradition of Zen Buddhism in Japan.
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