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PHILOSOPHY COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Philosophy Course Descriptions

PH 099 GRE/LSAT Workshop
A workshop focusing on analytical sections of the GRE and LSAT. 2 credits

PH 100 Introduction to Philosophy
Introduction to the history and problems of philosophy. Fulfills PH core requirement. 3 credits

PH 102 Political Philosophy
Overview of key figures in political philosophy. Fulfi lls PH core requirement. 3 credits

PH 103 Philosophy of Human Existence
Introduction to fundamental ideas in history of philosophy leading to existentialism. Fulfi lls PH core requirements. 3 credits

PH 105 Introduction to Moral Reasoning
Investigation of the history of ethics and its pertinence to contemporary morality. Fulfi lls PH and PJ core requirements. 3 credits

PH 204 Introduction to Logic
Introduction to practical analytic skills necessary for critical thinking and coherent argumentation. Fulfills analytic skills core requirement. 3 credits

PH 206 Aesthetics
Investigation of the history of aesthetics and its pertinence to art. Also listed as AR 206. Fulfills PH core requirement. 3 credits

PH 207 Philosophy and Law
Introduction to pivotal thinkers and problems in the philosophy of law. 3 credits

PH 208 Ethics, Politics and Public Policy
Application of major ethical theories to case studies relevant to public policy decisions. 3 credits

PH 210 Biomedical Ethics
Study of the perplexing ethical problems of life science, biomedical research, and health care policy. Fulfills PH and PJ core requirements. 3 credits

PH 211 Applied Biomedical Ethics
Advanced study of ethical issues in the health sciences. Focuses on case studies and contemporary articles. Prerequisite: PH 210. 3 credits

PH 212 Existentialism
Consideration of the human condition and the notion of morality through the works of existentialists such as Dostoevski, Nietzsche, and Sartre. 3 credits

PH 301 Modern Philosophy
Introduction to the work of philosophers of the modern era such as Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibnitz. 3 credits

PH 302 Contemporary Philosophy
Introduction to the major philosophers and philosophical movements of the contemporary era. May include analytic philosophy, psychoanalysis, phenomenology, structuralism, semiotics, and deconstruction. 3 credits

PH 305 Philosophy of Science
Considerations of the major problems affecting the assumptions, methodologies, and conclusions of the social and natural sciences. 3 credits

PH 306 American Philosophy
Introduction to the work of American philosophers, including Emerson, Santayana, Pierce, James, and Dewey. 3 credits

PH 308 Philosophy and Psychology
A study of emotions and symptoms, mind and body, as well as other problems shared by philosophers, psychologists, and post-Freudian feminists. 3 credits

PH 309 Nursing and Ethics
Interdisciplinary investigation of practical ethical issues and moral dilemmas met by nurses and other health care professionals. 3 credits

PH 312 Philosophical Foundations of Education
A study of the major philosophers who shaped education theory, including Plato, Herbert, and Dewey. 3 credits

PH 314 Organizational Ethics
Advanced study in business ethics based on actual cases and events. 3 credits

PH 349 Argumentative Writing
Persuasive writing about issues that resonate with contemporary society. 3 credits

PH 355 Feminist Philosophy
A study of philosophies of women and women’s philosophies such as those of Woolf, deBeauvoir, Chodorow, Gilligan, and post-structural feminists. Fulfi lls WS and PJ requirements. Also listed as WS 355. 3 credits

PH 356 Single Philosopher
An in-depth study of the philosophical system of an individual philosopher such as Plato, Kant, Sartre, Freud, or Irigaray. 3 credits

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