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4.00 Credits
4 cr. Covers the second term of a three-term sequence of introductory algebra-based college physics. Includes fluids, oscillations, waves, thermodynamics, and electricity. Prerequisite: PH 201. (Offered via distance education.)
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4.00 Credits
4 cr. Offers the third term of a three-term sequence of introductory algebra-based college physics. Includes circuits, magnetism, electromagnetic waves, and optics. Prerequisite: PH 202. (Offered via distance education.)
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3.00 Credits
3 class hrs/wk, 3 cr. Offers a general survey of metaphysics, the study of the ultimate nature of reality. Emphasizes terms, theories, and an analysis of arguments in metaphysics. Serves as a foundation for other classes in philosophy, specifically Critical Thinking and Logic, Theory of Knowledge, and Elementary Ethics. (Offered via distance education.)
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3.00 Credits
3 class hrs/wk, 3 cr. Focuses on the theory of knowledge, a central area in philosophy. Emphasizes terms, theories, and the analysis of arguments. Introduces the nature of belief, the nature of truth, and the nature of justification. (Offered via distance education.)
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3.00 Credits
3 class hrs/wk, 3 cr. Introduces ancient and modern theories of ethics with application to contemporary moral problems. Includes and applies theories to various social and personal dilemmas, and examines the strengths and weaknesses of standard arguments supporting them. Enables presentation of personal philosophical and ethical views in an informed, passionate, and compassionate manner. (Offered via distance education.)
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3.00 Credits
3 class hrs/wk, 3 cr. Develops critical thinking to determine one's own and others' reasons for believing things and assessing those reasons. Provides the ability to sympathetically understand beliefs one does not share and the courage to subject one's own beliefs to scrutiny. Uses logic as the technique for the rational assessment of argument. Relates the formal reasons for the success or failure of arguments. (Offered via distance education.
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3.00 Credits
3 class hrs/wk, 3 cr. Covers ethical decision-making in Western, Eastern, and non-traditional settings. Explores real-world health problems in light of historical and contemporary ethical theories. Analyzes professional ethical codes and obligations in order to identify the health care professional's special responsibilities in arriving at decisions which often have profound consequences. (Offered via distance education.)
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3.00 Credits
3 class hrs/wk, 3 cr. Explores the complex relationship between faith and reason. Analyzes classical and contemporary texts that address the uneasy relationship between the two phenomena. Focuses on both rational attacks against, and rational defenses of, reason, and thereby, on the nature and the scope-the limits-of rational thought. Also examines the character of religious belief, and the ways in which reason has been used both to attack and to defend religious faith. (Offered via distance education.)
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3.00 Credits
3 class hrs/wk, 3 cr. Introduces American government and its attendant political culture. Focuses on the inner dynamics of American political ideologies, the nature of political socialization, and the political philosophy imbedded in the United States Constitution. Studies the relationship between the American political system and its capitalist economic system. Provides an analysis of democratic theory and process, and the role of education and the mass media in shaping American politics. (May be offered via distance education.)
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3.00 Credits
3 class hrs/wk, 3 cr. Continues PS 201. Examines the three branches of government. Includes the study of the relationship of corporate America and government, and the making and execution of domestic and foreign policy. PS 201 recommended but not required.(May be offered via distance education.)
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