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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
A minimum of one semester work experience in a field of endeavor closely related to the student's adademic pursuits. The student supplements theoritical classroom knowledge with practical, on-the-job experience, receiving close supervision and comprehensive evaluation for credit purposes by employers. It is possible to receive a salary while doing field experience, depending upon plascement opportunities. Course repeatable up to 30 hours only with permission of faculty advisor or College Dean. Prerequisite: Junior or Senior standing.
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1.00 Credits
No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
A course designed to raise questions for students concerning knowledge, reality, and values. Various ways of philosophically examining meanings in experience will be explored. This course is meant to aid students in developing their own personal philosophies.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of questions concerning the nature of humanity and basic philosophical views which present alternative answers to these questions. Among the issues considered will be whether humans are free, possible ways in which humans differ from other beings, the possibilities and limitations of the human species, and ideals of what humans should become. The course includes a study of such philosophers as Plato, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Wittgenstein, Sartre, and Buber. Other philosophers of interest to students and instructor may be added or substituted.
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3.00 Credits
An introductory course in philosophy, emphasizing the philosophy of individuals and society, including the reason for human community, the need for order, respect for individual freedoms, and the ethical decisions of the individual as these relate to his/her place in society. The primary focus of this course is the history of Western political theory.
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3.00 Credits
An introductory course in philosophy, with special emphasis on the classical alternative views of ethics and on their application to issues faced in everyday life. Some of these issues are the morality of war, euthanasia, behavior control, sexual morality, and morality in the business world.
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of current or recurring topics that are of special interest or importance to the Urbana student body and our society as a whole. The course aims to develop the student's critical evaluation of a wide range of significant issues. Possible areas of study include the philosophy of film, sport, feminism, aesthetics, American philosophy, and current social/political issues.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to logic, designed to aid students in developing ways to distinguish correct from incorrect reasoning. Methods of critically evaluating arguments are considered. The course provides a methodological foundation for further study in philosophy, communications, the natural sciences, and the social sciences.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the thinkers who have laid the foundation for Western philosophy and much of Western thought. The pre-Socratic philosophers, Plato, and Aristotle are studied in detail.
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3.00 Credits
The classic works of Descartes, the British Empiricists, and Immanuel Kant are investigated in this course. The course focuses on historical and philosophical connections among these seminal thinkers.
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