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  • MUS 181: Fundamentals of Music

    3.00 Credits
    Dean College

    Skills of reading music, meter and rhythm, intervals, scales, and common chords, correlated sightsinging, and ear training. Students with previous music training may test out of the course, without receiving credit. Offered every fall semester.
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  • MUS 299: Special Topics in Music

    3.00 Credits
    Dean College

    This course addresses a special topic in music, using current theories in music to analyze that topic. Through comprehensive readings, students' ability to think critically about the topic and the discipline will be developed. A research paper or project will be required. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing and completion of an introductory course in the discipline, or permission of the Department Chair. Offered on an as-needed basis.
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  • PHL 100: Critical Thinking

    3.00 Credits
    Dean College

    This course is designed to help students develop their skills in critical thinking, problem-solving, perception, believing and knowing, and the use of language as a system and a tool. This course is further designed to help students analyze, synthesize, evaluate arguments, and construct their own arguments in problem-solving. Corequisite: Honors standing. Offered every fall semester.
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  • PHL 110: Introduction to Logic

    3.00 Credits
    Dean College

    This course will explore some of the methods and principles that distinguish logically correct from logically incorrect reasoning. Students will also use formal techniques to evaluate the cogency of everyday argumentation. Most of the course will be spent becoming familiar with a variety of elementary logical methods and rules: analyzing simple and complex statements and arguments, distinguishing valid and invalid arguments, learning some of the rules for syllogisms, truth tables, and propositional logic. Some find this material fascinating in its own right. Others value logic for the light it casts on everyday argumentation, for its uses in philosophy, mathematics, and computing, or because logical skills are an important component of the GRE, LSAT and MCAT. Offered every fall semester. Fulfills general education philosophy/religion elective requirement.
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  • PHL 120: Business Ethics

    3.00 Credits
    Dean College

    This course introduces students to the subject of ethics and how ethics finds particular application in the field of business. Students will briefly discuss the following ethical views: Cognitivism vs. Non-Cognitivism; Utilitarianism; Deontology; Egoism; and Virtue Ethics. These views will then be applied to the following business related topics: corporate responsibility; employee responsibility; employer-employee relations; marketing; technology and privacy; and affirmative action, among others. Offered every spring semester. Fulfills general education philosophy/religion elective requirement.
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  • PHL 125: Biomedical Ethics

    3.00 Credits
    Dean College

    This course will survey the theoretical and practical background of some major controversies within the field of biomedicine. The major controversies covered by the course can be divided into categories of "rights" topics, "controls" topics, and "resources" topics. As regards the first, students will know the issues of, and potential solutions for, fair treatment of minorities, the rights and responsibilities of patients and practitioners, and proper medical research methods. With the second, students will know the issues of, and potential solutions to, questions of social regulation of genetic research/therapy and reproductive technology. As regards the third, students will know the relevant points about, and potential solutions to, questions of allocating scarce resources and claims to health care as a r ight. Offered every spring semester. Fulfills general education philosophy/religion elective requireme
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  • PHL 215: Comparative Religions

    3.00 Credits
    Dean College

    This course is intended to introduce the student to the religions of the world with an emphasis on Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. Through a systematic and objective investigation of the key beliefs, practices, and cultural implications of each of these religions, the student will build a base of knowledge about the religions of the world, be able to compare their similarities and differences, and apply these insights to the personal journey of living in a diverse world. Offered every semester. Fulfills general education philosophy/religion elective requirement.
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  • PHL 220: Social and Political Philosophy

    3.00 Credits
    Dean College

    This course will focus on understanding the philosophical foundations for social and political organization. Students will explore various major philosophical traditions within social and political philosophy. The course will be designed to cover some of the major controversies within social and political theory and will explore: whether we can value liberty and equality at the same time; what it means to be free and equal; the debate between different liberal political theories; liberalism versus non-liberal political views such as socialism. Topics to be investigated include: the nature and source of political obligation; human nature; social contracts; the good of society versus the good of the individual; alienation; positive and negative liberty; property rights; consent (both actual and hypothetical); and institutional power. Offered every spring semester. Fulfills general education philosophy/religion elective requirement.
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  • PHL 225: Feminist Philosophy

    3.00 Credits
    Dean College

    The course will explore a variety of philosophical controversies surrounding the feminist movement. Some topics that will be examined include whether there is just one way to understand the goals of feminism or are there several types of feminism. What are the underlying philosophical assumptions concerning the nature and essence of human beings that are presupposed by particular feminist approaches? Is one type of feminism the only correct view? How should we apply the insights of the feminist theorists to philosophy in general? What is the nature and extent of women's oppression in our current society? What should we do to correct this inequality, if anything? Because this is a philosophy course students will also spend a considerable amount of time focusing on critically evaluating the positions and arguments of the feminist movement. Offered every fall semester. Fulfills general education philosophy/religion elective requirement.
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  • PHL 299: Special Topics in Philosophy

    3.00 Credits
    Dean College

    This course addresses a special topic in philosophy, using current theories and classical paradigms in philosophy to analyze the topic. Through comprehensive readings, students' ability to think critically about the topic and the discipline will be developed. A research paper will be required. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing and completion of an introductory course in the discipline, or permission of the Department Chair. Offered on an as-needed basis.
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