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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
Designed to familiarize classroom teachers with school law and its implications for educators, pupils, and parents. Consideration will be given to the legal aspects of such matters as physical threats, teacher liability, codes of conduct, discipline and student rights. 1.000 TO 2.000 Credit hours 1.000 TO 2.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate, Rackham Schedule Types: Lecture School of Education Instruct Department
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to philosophical thinking through an examination of some timeless human problems such as the existence of God, the problem of freedom, and the attempt to find an ethical foundation for life. (F,W). 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Audio/Video Tape, Discussion, Independent Study, Internet/E-mail, Television Literature,Philosophy&Arts Department Course Attributes: Lower Division
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3.00 Credits
An examination of how basic concerns of philosophy impinge on questions of religious beliefs. Using philosophical texts, the course will explore such questions as the following: Does God exist? Does human life have a purpose? How can we know whether religious claims are true? 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Discussion Literature,Philosophy&Arts Department Course Attributes: Lower Division
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3.00 Credits
The human condition as seen in selected works of philosophy and literature. Typical issues: the meaning of life, the existence of God, moral responsibility for human actions, and the role of society in promoting or hindering human excellence. (OC). 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Literature,Philosophy&Arts Department Course Attributes: Lower Division
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3.00 Credits
A study of the nature and justification of reasoned arguments, both deductive and inductive, as they occur in natural language. A consideration of topics in language that promote an understanding of ways of reasoning, including definitions and fallacies. (F,W). 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Discussion Literature,Philosophy&Arts Department Course Attributes: Lower Division
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the central themes in modern symbolic logic including consistency, truth-functionality, sentential first-order predicate logic, and the logic of identity and possibility. These themes and their relation to the wider philosophical context will be discussed. (F,W). 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Discussion Literature,Philosophy&Arts Department Course Attributes: Lower Division
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3.00 Credits
A study of ethical concepts and theories. Typical questions: Is the morality of an action based on its results or on the intent of the person acting? Is ethics purely rational? What makes a good person? Ethical principles may be applied to such issues as abortion, capitalism, war, and capital punishment. (F,W). 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Discussion, Internet/E-mail Literature,Philosophy&Arts Department Course Attributes: Lower Division
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the metaphysical, epistemological, ethical, and political theories of the ancient Greek philosophers with particular attention paid to Plato and Aristotle and to the influence of their ideas on Western culture. Students electing this course must have successfully completed a previous course in philosophy or have permission of instructor. 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Discussion Literature,Philosophy&Arts Department Course Attributes: Upper Division
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3.00 Credits
A study of 17th and 18th century European philosophers including such philosophers as Descartes, Spinoza, Hume, and Kant with emphasis on their metaphysical and epistemological theories and how those theories provided a foundation for science and a bedrock for modern thought. Students electing this course must have successfully completed a previous course in philosophy or have permission of instructor. 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Discussion Literature,Philosophy&Arts Department Course Attributes: Upper Division
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3.00 Credits
The development of philosophical thought from Kant through the 19th century. In addition to Kant, figures discussed may include Hegel, Schopenhauer, Marx, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche. Readings in selected texts. (OC). 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Discussion Literature,Philosophy&Arts Department Course Attributes: Upper Division
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