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3.00 Credits
Subjects not offered as regular courses may be investigated by directed study pursuant to a plan proposed by the student and approved before registration by the supervising instructor and the appropriate dean. Normally students enrolling will have upper-level status, a 2.0 GPA, and completed basic discipline courses. May be repeated with a change in topic.
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This is an independent capstone research investigation culminating in a senior thesis or comparable senior project.
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This is an introduction to the basic principles and concepts in Western philosophy. Problems about the nature of God, minds, the physical world, and freewill are approached through a close study of classical and contemporary philosophical writings.
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This is a study of the dominant theories about the nature of morality, including utilitarianism, deontology, relativism, and their application to practical and timely moral issues.
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This is an in-depth analysis of ethical issues confronting contemporary business. Topics include the social responsibilities of business, ethics in advertising, the ethics of capitalism and socialism, corporate loyalty, and the profit motive. Prerequisite: sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
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This is a thorough introduction to the major issues in environmental ethics and the proposals suggested for adequately and justly dealing with those issues. Topics include: Animal Rights, The Moral Implications of Darwinism, Ecology, The Ethics of Environmental Activism, Moral Issues Associated with Endangered Species, The Interests of Nonhumans, and Respect for Nature, and the Moral Standing of Other Species, Natural Objects and Ecosystems.
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This is a study of the basic systems of logical thinking; inductive, deductive, syllogistic and propositional logic, and their applications. May be substituted for IDST 2205 upon written application to the Registrar.
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This is a study of the major ideas about the ultimate nature of reality; focus on problems dealing with existence, mind, matter, space, time, and universals. Prerequisites: Two philosophy courses and Junior standing, or consent of instructor.
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This is a critical study of the major philosophical ideas and the dominant thinkers in ancient and medieval times; emphasis on the Pre-Socratics, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, and Aquinas. Prerequisites: PHIL 1301 or HIST 1350, and Junior standing.
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This is a study of the foundations and possibility of genuine knowledge; rationalism, empiricism, critical idealism, skepticism. Emphasis is on Descartes, Leibnitz, Locke, Hume, and Kant. Prerequisites: Two philosophy courses and Junior standing.
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