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5.00 Credits
This course will examine the major philosophies and philosophers that have been influential in shaping the minds of Asia. Special attention will be given to Confucianism, Legalism, Taoism, and Buddhism. Prerequisite(s): Completion of ENGL 095 and READ 095 with a grade of "C" or higher, or assessment at college level ENGL and READ.
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5.00 Credits
This course will provide an introductory survey to the critical analysis of various philosophical approaches to the study of the process of moral inquiry. Materials will be drawn from different philosophers and others, using standards such as Philosophical objectivism, subjectivism, relativism, and pluralism. Topics will include Business and Corporate Ethics, Medical Ethics, Capital Punishment, Human Sexuality, Abortion, Euthanasia, Social and Individual, Feminist and Environmental perspectives, usses related to discrimination and animal rights. Prerequisite(s): Completion of ENGL-095 and READ-095 with a grade of "C" or higher or assessment at college-level English and Reading.
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5.00 Credits
This course will focus on Western Philosophy in the late 19th and 20th centuries, exploring the dominat schools and anti-schools of philosophy. The course will cover the intellectual and social forces affecting and being effected by philosophy. Representative figures covered will include Kant, and Hegel as well as the existentialists, Kieregaard, Neitzsche, Heidegger, Sartre and the development of American Pragmatism, including the work of Pierce, James, Dewey, and the philosophies of Process, Bergson, Whitehead, and Dewey as well as the Analytical tradition. Prerequisite(s): Completion of ENGL-095 and READ-095 with a grade of "C" or higher or assessment at college-level English and Reading.
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5.00 Credits
This course offers a conceptual and historical introduction to the nature of scientific progress and other issues current in the philosophy of science, including the validation and falsification of hypotheses, the debate over realism and anti-realism, the theoretic reduction of scientific theories, the status of laws of nature, and the role of rationality, objectivity and values of science. Prerequisite(s): Completion of ENGL-095 and READ-095 with a grade of "C" or higher or assessment at college-level English and Reading.
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5.00 Credits
This course offers an analysis of major issues in religious thought, including the existence of god, good and evil, immortality, religious experience, and the effect of religion on morality. Prerequisite(s): Completion of ENGL-095 and READ-095 with a grade of "C" or higher or assessment at college-level English and Reading.
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5.00 Credits
This is a survey course of Western philosophy from Pre-Socratic Greek philosophy to the 21st Century. It will examine not only the ideas related to philosophy, but more particularly, the people who had them. It will further explore the impact and context of historical, psychological, economic, social, and religious forces upon these individuals. Prerequisite(s): Completion of ENGL-095 and READ-095 with a grade of "C" or higher or assessment at college-level English and Reading.
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5.00 Credits
This course will cover the major political philosophers and their theories from ancient Greece to the present, including Plato and Aristotle, Machiavelli, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Mill, Whitehead and others. Topics such as "the individual", "democracy", "right", "private property", "liberty", "coercion", "equality", and "peace", as well as others will be examined. Prerequisite(s): Completion of ENGL-095 and READ-095 with a grade of "C" or better or assessment at college-level English and Reading.
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
Independent Study is available for students with the minimum of a previous satisfactory experience in Philosophy and the need for an area of study which is not available through an existing course. Prerequisite(s): Previous course in Philosophy and permission by instructor.
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5.00 Credits
Algebra-based physics for liberal arts students and certain professions. Study of basic mechanics including position, velocity, acceleration, forces, momentum, and energy. Laboratory included. Prerequisite(s): MATH-097 or 99; MATH&-141 recommended.
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5.00 Credits
Algebra-based physics for liberal arts students and certain professions. Study of thermodynamics, oscillations, waves, capacitance, and electric forces/fields/potential/potential energy. Laboratory included. Prerequisite(s): MATH-097 or MATH-099 (MATH&-141 recommended); PHYS-114.
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