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3.00 Credits
3 credits **Students will be introduced to techniques of scientific modeling and problem solving utilizing spreadsheet software. The modeling includes geometric, linear, quadratic, exponential, logistic and probability models. Applications are chosen that attempt to explain the nature of the universe and include models used in ecology and astronomy. Problemsolving heuristics are discussed throughout the course and developed in conjunction with the models discussed. Offered: 2008 - 2010.
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3 credits This course introduces students to data analysis arising in topics from environmental science such as water quality, air quality, marine life survival rates, environmental monitoring, global warming and impact assessment. Students are taught how to use data analysis tools using software such as Excel. Students are required to complete data analysis assignments using computer software and to write a paper concerning a quantitative investigation of an environmental issue. Prerequisites: NSC 2003C or NSC 2005C. Offered: 2008 - 2010.
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3 credits A course in the mathematical foundations of computer graphics and their application to the solutions of real-world problems. Topics include linear and non-linear equations, basics of linear algebra, formal logic, set theory, principles of analytic geometry, and 2-D and 3-D figures. May not be taken for credit in addition to MTH 1004A. Offered: 2008 - 2010.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course is an interdisciplinary study of the growth of Western cul ture through the study of philosophical and other texts. The course cov ers the period from the earliest recorded history through Hebrew, Greek, and Roman thought, the rise of Christianity and of Islam, and the Renaissance. Readings will be from the Old and New Testaments, Hesiod or Homer, a Greek Tragedy, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, and Aquinas. Offered: 2008 - 2010.
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3 credits This course is an interdisciplinary study of the growth of Western cul ture through the study of philosophical and other texts. The course cov ers the period from the end of the Renaissance through the contemporary period. Topics will include the philosophies of the late Renaissance, the rise of science, the age of reason, the philosophy of romanticism, nine teenth century evolutionism, and the twentieth century. Figures covered will include Descartes, Hume, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Marx, Sartre, and others. Offered: 2008 - 2010.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This introductory course focuses on philosophical questions about what it is to be a person, the nature of the universe, and the place of humans in the world. Topics will include human freedom, the nature of consciousness, the limits of knowledge, defining scientific method and the meaning of religious experience. Students will examine the approaches to these questions o major philosophical thinkers, including Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, Kant, William James, Sarrre and Wirtgenstein. Contemporary discussions will also be included. Offered: Every other year.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits A critical study of the principles of deductive and inductive reasoning. Topics include Aristotelian logic, extended argument analysis, the nature of fallacies, and natural deduction within truth functional logic. Offered: 2008 - 2010.
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3 credits This course raises the question, "How can we live successfully with the life-death paradox?" The task of the course is to review both the myths and the concepts of life and death in the history of selected Eastern and Western philosophies. Included is a philosophical treatment of such themes as successful grieving, medical ethics, suicide, euthanasia, and beliefs in life after death. Offered: 2008 - 2010.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Ethics is a branch of philosophy that deals with individual, as well as social values, and human conduct. In this course, the logic, language and reasoning behind human decision making is investigated from the viewpoint of different philosophical perspectives on morality. Course participants examine some of the profound and unique ethical issues that have arisen in our times. Case study method is used in group discussions of problems from various disciplines, such as genetic-engineering, medical ethics, techniques of mind control, media and the human rights issue. Offered: 2008 - 2010.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits An examination of the arts in relation to their philosophical dimen sions. Special emphasis on the categories of time and space as used in visual art, dance, architecture, sculpture, and literature. Specific works of art are studied. May be taken for Arts credit upon approval of the Arts Division. Offered: 2008 - 2010.
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