PHIL 101 - Critical Thinking
Credits:
2.00
The philosophy component of the Thought and Expression sequence. Focus on formal (syllogistic, propositional) and informal (fallacies, induction, etc) logic. Fall and Spring.
Lecture:
2.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
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PHIL 102H - Critical Thinking-Philosophy
Credits:
3.00
The philosophy component of the Thought and Expression sequence for Honors students. Fall.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
HONS 190 Minimum Grade: D
HONS 190 Minimum Grade: D
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PHIL 190 - Directed Study
Credits:
1.00 to 6.00
Topic to be decided by faculty.
Other:
1.00 to 6.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
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PHIL 201 - Philosophy of Human Nature
Credits:
3.00
A systematic study of human nature and what it might involve Focus on appetitive and cognitive processes, the problems of freedom, immortality, and personal integration. Fall and Spring.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 101 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 102H Minimum Grade: D
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PHIL 201H - Philosophy Of Human Nature Hon
Credits:
3.00
A systematic study of human nature and what it might involve. Focus on appetitive and cognitive processes, the problems of freedom, immortality and personal integration. Fall. For Honors students.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
HONS 190 Minimum Grade: D
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PHIL 301 - Ethics
Credits:
3.00
A general theory of the goals of human life and the norms of moral behavior; the theory will be applied to several specific moral problems. Fall and Spring.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 201 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 201H Minimum Grade: D
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PHIL 301H - Ethics-Honors
Credits:
3.00
A general theory of the goals of human life and the norms of moral behavior; the theory will be applied to several specific moral problems. Fall.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
HONS 190 Minimum Grade: D
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PHIL 389 - Ethics & Service Learning
Credits:
1.00
A service learning seminar that may be taken in conjunction with specified sections of PHIL 301. Students discuss and apply ways by which to communicate with Spokane-area youth (primarily middle- and high-school age) what they are learning about ethics and character.
Other:
1.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Co-requisites:
PHIL 301
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 201 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 201H Minimum Grade: D
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PHIL 390 - Medical Ethics Internship
Credits:
3.00
Other:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
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PHIL 400 - Philosophy of Major Pro Sem
Credits:
3.00
An introduction to the major topics in philosophy with a special emphasis on practice in philosophical writing. Fall.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s):
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
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PHIL 401 - History of Ancient Philosophy
Credits:
3.00
Non-philosophy majors can take course only with permission of Chair.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s):
Philosophy
Classical Civilization
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
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PHIL 402 - Ancient-Medieval Philosophy
Credits:
3.00
A study of important philosophers in the ancient and medieval periods. This course is designed for non-majors and cannot count towards a philosophy major.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
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PHIL 403 - Contemp Ethical Theory
Credits:
3.00
This course will explore developments in ethical theory in the later twentieth century.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
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PHIL 405 - History of Medieval Philosophy
Credits:
3.00
A survey of Christian philosophy in the Latin west focusing on such major figures as St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, and William of Ockham. Spring.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s):
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 401 Minimum Grade: D
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PHIL 406 - Philosophy of St Augustine
Credits:
3.00
A survey of St. Augustine's philosophy of God and the universe with special attention to Augustine's pivotal role in summing up Greek and Roman thought and laying the foundation for Medieval thought.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
( PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D )
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PHIL 407 - St. Thomas Aquinas
Credits:
3.00
Life, works, and selected texts and problems.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
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PHIL 408 - Just War Theory
Credits:
3.00
This course will be divided into two parts. The first will examine the rise and the development of what has come to be known as the 'just war theory.' Authors form Augustine to Vittoria will be treated. In the second part of the course, the applications of the 'just war theory' to modern warfare will be treated. Conflicts from World War II to Bosnia and Afghanistan will be discussed.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
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PHIL 409 - Social Justice
Credits:
3.00
This course will critically consider famous theories of justice, as well as their applications to some social and moral problems.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
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PHIL 410 - History of Modern Philosophy
Credits:
3.00
A survey from Descartes through Hume. Philosophy majors are strongly urged to take this course only after completing PHIL 401 and PHIL 405.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s):
Philosophy
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Pre-requisites:
( PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D )
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PHIL 412 - Modern-Contemporary Philosophy
Credits:
3.00
A study of important philosophers in the modern and contemporary periods. Course is designed for non-majors and cannot count towards a Philosophy Major.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Major(s):
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
( PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D )
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PHIL 413 - Philosophy of Mysticism
Credits:
3.00
What is mysticism? Is there a common element in all forms of mysticism? What is the connection between mysticism and mental health/disease? What is the relationship between mysticism and the paranormal?
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
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PHIL 415 - Ethics and the Internet
Credits:
3.00
This course considers various ethical issues raised by the recent widespread adoption of internet technologies in the US and around the world. We'll consider issues such as online privacy and identity, law enforcement vs. civil liberties in cyberspace, the existence and implications of the "digital divide," the status of internet access as a privilege or a right, and obligations of professionals and private citizens when communicating online. No background in computer science is required for this course, but experience of comfort with the internet will prove helpful.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
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PHIL 416 - Marxism
Credits:
3.00
The major writings of Marx, Engels, and Lenin. The relation between Marxist theory and revolutionary practice. Contemporary problems in Marxism.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
( PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D )
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PHIL 417 - C.S. Lewis
Credits:
3.00
This course examines Lewis the Christian intellectual as his participation in the Christian Theistic Tradition and his philosophical training exhibit themselves in his fictional, philosophical and theological works.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
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PHIL 418 - Walker Percy
Credits:
3.00
This course examines both fiction and non-fiction works by Walker Percy (1916-1990), with particular emphasis on his development of existential themes and C.S. Peirces' semiotics. We investigate Peter Augustine Lawler's description of Percy as a proponent of "postmodernism rightly understood."
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
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PHIL 419 - Happiness
Credits:
3.00
In one form or another, the nature of happiness has always been a central concern of philosophical reflection. In recent years, a new body of psychological research has made interesting contributions to our understanding of happiness. Specifically, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi¿s work on ¿flow¿ and Martin Seligman¿s research on happiness will be considered. This course will sample some of this research and bring it into dialogue with traditional philosophical texts from western and eastern philosophy, such as Epicureanism, Stoicism, Taoism, and modern movements such as Existentialism, Liberalism, and Marxism. We will also consider very recent philosophical work on the nature of happiness. Along with this study, we will ask historiographic questions about how the philosophical problem of happiness is temporally and culturally conditioned.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
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PHIL 420 - Contemporary Philosophy
Credits:
3.00
A survey of major figures from the post-Hegelian period to the present. Spring.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s):
Philosophy
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 410 Minimum Grade: D
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PHIL 421 - American Philosophy
Credits:
3.00
A study of major figures in the American philosophical tradition.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
( PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D )
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PHIL 422 - Post Modern Thought
Credits:
3.00
This course begins with a review of the meaning of philosophical and cultural modernism, covers several of the major founding thinkers of the postmodern movement: Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, and Francois Lyotard. From its beginnings in the revolutionary atmosphere of the French student rebellion, we move to post-modern thinkers in the analytic and post-analytic tradition, including the later Ludwig Wittgenstein and Richard Roty. This course concludes with a survey of postmodern culture, sampling specific developments in fields such as architecture, music and contemporary art.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
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PHIL 423 - Process Philosophy
Credits:
3.00
Philosophers such as Bergson and Whitehead, who regard creative process as the essence of the real.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
( PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D )
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PHIL 424 - Existentialism
Credits:
3.00
The movement from Kierkegaard to the present.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
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PHIL 425 - Phenomenology
Credits:
3.00
Some proponents of phenomenological philosophy stemming from Husserl.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
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PHIL 426 - Existential Psychology
Credits:
3.00
A study of important existentialist philosophers and their influence upon psychology and psychologists.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
( PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D )
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PHIL 427 - Analytic Philosophy
Credits:
3.00
A survey of 20th century Anglo-American philosophy.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
( PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D )
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PHIL 428 - Philosophical Hermeneutics
Credits:
3.00
Allied with phenomenology, philosophical hermeneutics struggles not only with interpreting patterns of meaning in classical philosophical texts, but also with interpreting patterns of meaning in human existence, based on the model of the text.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Pre-requisites:
( PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D )
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PHIL 429 - African Philosophy
Credits:
3.00
This course provides an introduction to African philosophy. The course is divided into three parts. Part I will focus on recent debates about the nature and scope of African Philosophy. Issues to be examined here include: 1)philosophy and colonialism; 2) the significance of traditional African beliefs for contemporary philosophical practice; 3) individual thinkers and communal wisdom; and (4) writing, versus speech as vehicles for philosophical expression. In Parts II and III we turn more explicitly to philosophical issues concerning (5) science, technology, and modernization in Africa; and (6) African moral and political theory.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
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PHIL 430 - Metaphysics
Credits:
3.00
A systematic ordering and development of the perennial questions concerning being and existence; unity, diversity, truth, value, causality, and transcendence; the existence and nature of God.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Pre-requisites:
( PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D )
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PHIL 432 - Philosophy of Education
Credits:
3.00
Representative thought regarding educational agents, aims, and curricula.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Pre-requisites:
( PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D )
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PHIL 433 - Philosophy of Psychology
Credits:
3.00
Systematic philosophical investigation of primary psychological phenomena such as the emotions, intentions, explanations of actions, motivational systems, the nature of self-deception, weakness of will, and the nature of the self. Consideration will be given to general theories of psycho-pathology and to various major psychological schools of thought.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
( PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D )
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PHIL 434 - Chinese Philosophy
Credits:
3.00
A survey of the history of Chinese philosophy focusing on the Confucian tradition and taking other traditions such as Taoism and Buddhism into account.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Pre-requisites:
( PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D )
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PHIL 437 - Philosophy of Time
Credits:
3.00
This course looks at answering the question "What is time?" This is done by looking at ancient and modern arguments surrounding the structure, experience and models of time.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
( PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D )
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PHIL 438 - Phil of Love and Friendship
Credits:
3.00
Survey and analysis of influential accounts of love and friendship, including treatments of erotic/romantic love, friendship, and charity, within a framework provided by C.S. Lewis classic study ¿The Four Loves¿. Special attention will be given to the relation between views of love and the nature of happiness, proper treatment of others, human desire and psychology, character, self-love, and religious devotion.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
( PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D )
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PHIL 439 - Christian Metaphysics
Credits:
3.00
The course is divided into three parts: 1) the Metaphysics of Nature which studies the principles of created being and the necessity of divine being as its source 2) the Metaphysics of Being which studies being in its most generic characteristics, and 3) the Metaphysics of God which studies the nature of divine being as far as it can be understood by human beings. Among the topics to be considered are: act and potency, causality and chance, the cosmological argument, substance and accident, necessity and contingency, ontological participation, transcendentals, the analogy of being, divine simplicity, and the incarnation.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
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PHIL 440 - Theory of Knowledge
Credits:
3.00
Problems, positions, and synthesis of the modes of human knowing.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Pre-requisites:
( PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D )
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PHIL 441 - Symbolic Logic
Credits:
3.00
The study of modern symbolic logic (propositional and predicate). Metalogical issues - the syntax and semantics of formal systems - are discussed.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Pre-requisites:
( PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D )
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PHIL 443 - Philosophy Of Science
Credits:
3.00
Examination of recent developments in the philosophy of science and its treatment of the nature and methods of the physical, biological, and social sciences.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Pre-requisites:
( PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D )
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PHIL 444 - Sci, Technology, & Soc Values
Credits:
3.00
Examines the relationship between science and technology, particularly modern technology, and the effect of science and technology on culture and values.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
( PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D )
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PHIL 445 - Evolution And Creation
Credits:
3.00
Readings by scientists, theologians and philosophers on issues raised by the theory of evolution. Among the questions to be discussed are: How exactly are evolution and creation related? Are they rival explanations of the same thing? What evidence is there for evolution? How does evolution work? What implications does it have for our understanding of human nature and the place of human beings in nature?
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Pre-requisites:
( PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D )
|
PHIL 446 - Phil Refl on Christnty & Scien
Credits:
3.00
Philosophical inquiry into the historical relationship between Christian religious doctrine and the knowledge imparted by the sciences, with focus on particular episodes such as the Galileo affair and the Darwinian revolution.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
( PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D )
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PHIL 448 - Philosophy of Mind
Credits:
3.00
Treatment of the nature and functional capacities of the mind, and the philosophical problems raised by analysis of the mind, including mind and body, materialistic reductionism, other minds, freedom, and personality.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Pre-requisites:
( PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D )
|
PHIL 449 - African American Philosophy
Credits:
3.00
This course will examine the core issues in African American philosophy. These issues will include: (1) the nature and purpose of African American philosophy; (2) questions concerning racial, cultural, and ethnic identity; (3) the varied forms, causes, and consequences of racism; (4) ¿separatist¿ vs. ¿assimilationist¿ strategies for addressing racial injustice; and (5) debates concerning reparations and affirmative action.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Junior
Senior
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
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PHIL 450 - Native American Philosophy
Credits:
3.00
This course will study philosophy indigenous to Native America with an emphasis on the plateau region of Washington State through an examination of indigenous languages and cultural traditions.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
|
PHIL 451 - Political Philosophy
Credits:
3.00
An examination of the nature and norms of political life, with attention to major historical themes in the light of contemporary relevance.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Pre-requisites:
( WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D )
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PHIL 452 - Social Ethics
Credits:
3.00
A consideration of the moral implications of communal life, including such topics as individual rights and distributive justice. Issues such as pornography, capital punishment, and affirmative action are treated.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Pre-requisites:
( PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D )
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PHIL 453 - International Ethics
Credits:
3.00
The moral structure of the international community in the context of problems such as war, foreign aid, and transnational migration.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Pre-requisites:
( PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D )
|
PHIL 454 - Metaethics
Credits:
3.00
This course is an advanced study of contemporary disputes in ethical theory and metaethics. It will cover issues like the meaning and ontology of moral value and language, the realism-antirealism debate, concerns in moral psychology, and the impact of evolutionary theory on ethics. In addition the course will also examine a range of competing, twentieth-century ethical theories.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate
Pre-requisites:
( PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D )
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PHIL 455 - Health Care Ethics
Credits:
3.00
Ethical concepts and issues in the medical field: personhood, relationship between health care professional and patient, experimentation, rights to health care, and allocation of health care resources.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Major(s):
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 435 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
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PHIL 456 - Feminist Ethics
Credits:
3.00
Explores women¿s experiences of oppression and some of the ways in which this has marginalized their concerns and their perceptions of the moral dimension. Feminist contributions to rethinking the concept of moral agency, the traditionally sharp distinction between the public and private domains, the relevance of personal relationships to ethics, and the process of moral development and moral decision-making are considered Spring, odd years.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
|
PHIL 457 - Business Ethics
Credits:
3.00
The philosophic basis of business and its relation to social development. Responsibilities of the business community to society and the individual. The relationship between economic theories and philosophical approaches. Fall and Spring.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
|
PHIL 458 - Environmental Ethics
Credits:
3.00
The detailed philosophical study of humanity's understanding of its relationship to the natural environment, concentrating on historically prominent conceptions of that relationship, and the philosophical foundation of the contemporary `environmental movement.'
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Pre-requisites:
( PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D )
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PHIL 460 - Gender & Hlth Care Ethics
Credits:
3.00
This course will explore ethical issues in health care with an emphasis on gender. The course will explore both traditional and feminist approaches to health care ethics, considering how a feminist ethics perspective challenges, expands, and sometimes transforms the discipline of health care ethics.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
|
PHIL 462 - Ethical-Social Issues in Engr
Credits:
3.00
This course is designed for engineering majors. It will introduce them to some of the general ethical concerns facing the profession of engineering, some of the perennial as well as new social challenges facing engineers (e.g. the increasing impact of technology on society), and a number of the landmark cases of ethical concern in the history of engineering. The goal is to instill in the students both a genuine concern for the social/ethical dimension of their profession and work, as well as a set of basic intellectual tools to use when confronted with ethical dilemmas in their career.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s):
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Eng (Elect Engin)
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
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PHIL 464 - Magic/Mysticism Med Rens Cult
Credits:
3.00
This course examines the philosophical and cultural understandings of magic and mysticism in the transition from Medieval to Renaissance culture, especially the emerging culture of scientific practices. We will begin by looking at some late Roman and early Christian attitudes toward magic and some aspects of mystical thought in the medieval period. The course considers magic and mysticism from a philosophical point of view and in connection with medieval Christian philosophy, as well as examining similarities and differences between magical practices and scientific practices. The class will learn about magical symbolism in renaissance art and visit museum sites for this purpose.
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
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PHIL 465 - Philosophy of Religion
Credits:
3.00
Philosophical investigation of the rational justification of religious faith.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
|
PHIL 466 - Philosophy of God
Credits:
3.00
Philosophical views about God and our knowledge of God.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
|
PHIL 467 - Faith and Reason
Credits:
3.00
This course will address a cluster of fundamental problems of faith and reason- the nature of knowledge, especially in connection with religious claims, evidence for the existence of God, the relevance of recent advances in cosmology to the Christian world view, the problem of evil and suffering, and the challenge of atheism.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate
Pre-requisites:
( PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D )
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PHIL 470 - Philosophy of Law
Credits:
3.00
The sources, structure, and function of human law and its relations to moral law.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
|
PHIL 471 - Philosophy Of Literature
Credits:
3.00
What is literature and what is it for? This course considers a variety of answers to these questions by both philosophers and writers. This course is sometimes organized historically covering major developments in western thought about literature including Platonic, Renaissance, Romantic and Contemporary. Other semesters the course is organized systematically with a heavy emphasis on theories of interpretation, each of which entails a view of the nature of literary language.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Pre-requisites:
( PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D )
|
PHIL 472 - Philosophy of Art
Credits:
3.00
An analysis of beauty, creativity, and taste according to the theories of Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, and selected contemporary philosophers. Several representative works from all areas of the fine arts are examined in the light of the aesthetic principles of classical philosophy.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
|
PHIL 473 - Philosophy of History
Credits:
3.00
A study of the philosophical presuppositions of historical method and of the meaning or goal of historical process.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Pre-requisites:
( PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D )
|
PHIL 474 - Philosophy of Sport
Credits:
3.00
A study of sport as an important, unique, and fundamental activity of human beings, exploring how experiences encountered in athletic activity shed light on classical philosophical problems.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
|
PHIL 475 - Philosophy of the Visual Arts
Credits:
3.00
Examines contemporary applied theories of art in a variety of visual art media including painting, sculpture, film, and photography.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
|
PHIL 476 - Racism, Slavery, & Evil
Credits:
3.00
A study of events in the history of slavery, reconstruction, the Jim Crow era, the civil rights struggle in terms of different philosophers' accounts of the nature of human evil. In addition to the focus on evil, we will discuss philosophically the complexities and adequacy of some of the responses to the evils we study. This course satisfies the social justice requirement of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
( PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D )
|
PHIL 485 - Philosophy in Film
Credits:
3.00
Many current films raise first-order philosophical questions or issues, though few films are particularly good at solving those same problems or resolving the conflict underlying the issues. This course seeks to explore many contemporary films (none older than "Blade Runner") and the philosophical issues they raise, both by their explicit content and by their implicit content. Metaphysical issues about the mind and body relationship, the nature and extent of freewill, the nature of personal identity will be included. Some epistemological issues having to do with how well we can expect to have access to reality, and what might be among the impediments to the access, will also be included. The course generally avoids treating ethical or moral issues, but also takes an interest in the use of the emotions in films, the treatment of violence and human sexuality in films, the nature of comedy in films. Some attention will also be given to film techniques, especially from the point of view of the audience.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
|
PHIL 486 - Seminars
Credits:
3.00
Topics will vary.
Other:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
|
PHIL 487 - Seminar
Credits:
3.00
Topics will vary.
Other:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
|
PHIL 488 - Phenomenology of Mystical Cons
Credits:
3.00
Topics will vary.
Other:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
|
PHIL 489H - Honors Seminar
Credits:
3.00
Topics and credit by arrangement. Spring or Fall.
Other:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Junior
Senior
Pre-requisites:
HONS 190 Minimum Grade: D
|
PHIL 490 - Directed Study
Credits:
1.00 to 6.00
Topics by arrangement.
Other:
1.00 to 6.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
|
PHIL 495 - Study Abroad Special Topics
Credits:
1.00 to 15.00
For department use only.
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
|
PHIL 498 - Research
Credits:
1.00 to 3.00
Course requires permission of instructor and department chair.
Other:
1.00 to 3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
|
PHIL 499 - Sr Sem-Metaphysic-Epistemology
Credits:
3.00
Each student will present a number of short papers on metaphysical and/or epistemological topics. Students will develop and defend philosophical positions for discussion by the class. Prerequisite: Fourth year standing, philosophy major. Spring.
Other:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s):
Philosophy
Must be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Junior
Senior
Pre-requisites:
PHIL 301 Minimum Grade: D
or PHIL 301H Minimum Grade: D
or WOMS 237C Minimum Grade: D
|
PHIL 500 - Philosophical Latin
Credits:
4.00
An intensive study of the Latin language.
Lecture:
4.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
|
PHIL 501 - History of Ancient Philosophy
Credits:
3.00
A survey of major figures and developments in ancient Greek and Hellenistic philosophy from Thales to Plotinus, using texts in translations. Fall
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 503 - Contemp Ethical Theory
Credits:
3.00
This course will explore several developments in ethical theory in the later twentieth century.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
|
PHIL 505 - History of Medieval Philosophy
Credits:
3.00
A survey of Christian philosophy in the Latin West focusing on such major figures as St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, and William of Ockham. Consideration will be given to bibliographic and research methods for the history of philosophy. Spring.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 506 - Philosophy of St Augustine
Credits:
3.00
A survey of Christian philosophy in the Latin West focusing on such major figures as St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, and William of Ockham.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
|
PHIL 507 - St. Thomas Aquinas
Credits:
3.00
Life, works, and selected problems and texts.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 508 - Just War Theory
Credits:
3.00
This course will be divided into two parts. The first will examine the rise and the development of what has come to be known as the "just war theory." Authors from Augustine to Vittoria will be treated. In the second part of the course, the applications of the "just war theory" to modern warfare will be treated. Conflicts form World War II to Bosnia and Afghanistan will be discussed.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
|
PHIL 509 - Social Justice
Credits:
3.00
This course will critically consider famous theories of justice, as well as their applications to some social and moral problems.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
|
PHIL 510 - History of Modern Philosophy
Credits:
3.00
A survey from Descartes through Hegel. Fall.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 513 - Philosophy of Mysticism
Credits:
3.00
What is mysticism? Is there a common element in all forms of mysticism? What is the connection between mysticism and mental health/disease? What is the relationship between mysticism and the paranormal?
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
|
PHIL 515 - Ethics and the Internet
Credits:
3.00
This course considers various ethical issues raised by the recent widespread adoption of internet technologies in the US and around the world. We'll consider issues such as online privacy and identity, law enforcement vs. civil liberties in cyberspace, the existence and implications of the "digital divide," the status of internet access as a privilege or a right, and obligations of professionals and private citizens when communicating online. No background in computer science is required for this course, but experience of comfort with the internet will prove helpful.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
|
PHIL 516 - Marxism
Credits:
3.00
The major writings of Marx, Engels and Lenin. The relation between Marxist theory and revolutionary practice. Contemporary problems in Marxism.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 517 - C.S. Lewis
Credits:
3.00
This course examines Lewis the Christian intellectual as his participation in the Christian Theistic Tradition and his philosophical training exhibit themselves in his fictional, philosophical and theological works.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
|
PHIL 518 - Walker Percy
Credits:
3.00
This course examines both fiction and non-fiction works by Walker Percy (1916-1990), with particuluar emphasis on his development of existential themes and C.S. Peirces' semiotics. We investigate Peter Augustine Lawler's description of Percy as a proponent of "postmodernism rightly understood."
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
|
PHIL 519 - Happiness
Credits:
3.00
In one form or another, the nature of happiness has always been a central concern of philosophical reflection. In recent years, a new body of psychological research has made interesting contributions to our understanding of happiness. Specifically, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi work on ¿flow¿ and Martin Seligman¿s research on happiness will be considered. This course will sample some of this research and bring it into dialogue with traditional philosophical texts from Western and Eastern philosophy such as Epicureanism, Stoicism, Taoism, and modern movements such as Existentialism, Liberalism, and Marxism. We will also consider very recent philosophical work on the nature of happiness. Along with this study, we will ask Historiographic questions about how the philosophical problem of happiness is temporally and culturally conditioned.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Graduate Non-Matric
|
PHIL 520 - Contemporary Philosophy
Credits:
3.00
A survey of major figures from the post-Hegelian period to the present. Spring.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 521 - American Philosophy
Credits:
3.00
A study of major figures in the American philosophical tradition.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 522 - Post Modern Thought
Credits:
3.00
Postmodernism has been the single most influential philosophical movement in the late 20th Century. As a response to philosophical modernism and as a broad cultural movement, affecting virtually every field of knowledge and cultural practice, postmodernism challenges us to rethink some of the most basic assumptions of the western philosophical tradition. This course begins with a review of the meaning of philosophical and cultural modernism. We then consider several of the major founding thinkers of the postmodern movement: Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, and Francois Lyotard. From its beginnings in the revolutionary atmosphere of the French student rebellion, we move to post-modern thinkers in the analytic and post-analytic tradition, including the later Ludwig Wittgenstein and Richard Rorty. The course concludes with a survey of postmodern culture, sampling specific developments in fields such as architecture, music, and contemporary art.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Graduate Non-Matric
|
PHIL 523 - Process Philosophies
Credits:
3.00
Philosophers such as Bergson and Whitehead who regard creative process as the essence of the real.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 524 - Existentialism
Credits:
3.00
The movement from Kierkegaard to the present.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 525 - Phenomenology
Credits:
3.00
Some proponents of phenomenological philosophy stemming from Husserl.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 526 - Existential Psychology
Credits:
3.00
A study of important existentialist philosophers and their influence upon psychology
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 527 - Analytic Philosophy
Credits:
3.00
A survey of recent Anglo-American philosophy, beginning around 1900 and continuing through the present.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 528 - Philosophical Hermeneutics
Credits:
3.00
Allied with phenomenology, philosophical hermeneutics struggles not only with interpreting patterns of meaning in classical philosophical texts, but also with interpreting patterns of meaning in human existence based on the model of the text.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 529 - African Philosophy
Credits:
3.00
This course provides an introduction to African Philosophy. The course is divided into three parts. Part I will focus on recent debates about the nature and scope of African Philosophy. Issues to be examined here include: 1)philosophy and colonialism; 2) the significance of trnaditional African beliefs for contemporary philosophical practice; 3) individual thinkers and communal wisdom; and (4) writing,versus speech as vehicles for philosophical expression. In Parts I1 and Ill we turn more explicitly to philosophical issues concerning (5) science, technology, and modernization in Africa; and (6) African moral and political theory.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
|
PHIL 530 - Metaphysics
Credits:
3.00
A systematic ordering and development of the perennial questions concerning being and existence; unity, diversity, truth, value, causality, and transcendence; and the existence and nature of God.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 532 - Philosophy of Education
Credits:
3.00
Representative thought regarding educational agents, aims, and curricula.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 533 - Philosophy of Psychology
Credits:
3.00
Systematic philosophical investigation of primary psychological phenomena such as emotions, intentions, explanations of actions, motivational systems, the nature of self-deception, weakness of will, and the nature of the self. Consideration will be given to general theories of psycho-pathology and to various major psychological schools of thought.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 534 - Chinese Philosophy
Credits:
3.00
A survey of the history of Chinese Philosophy focusing on the Confucian tradition and taking other traditions such as Taoism and Buddhism into account.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 537 - Philosophy of Time
Credits:
3.00
This course looks at answering the question¿What is time?¿ This is done by looking at ancient and modern arguments surrounding the structure, experience and models of time.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
|
PHIL 538 - Phil of Love and Friendship
Credits:
3.00
Survey and analysis of influential accounts of love and friendship, including treatments of erotic/romantic love, friendship, and charity, within a framework provided by C.S. Lewis¿classic study The Four Loves. Special attention will be given to the relation between views of love and the nature of happiness, proper treatment of others, human desire and psychology, character, self-love, and religious devotion.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
|
PHIL 539 - Christian Metaphysics
Credits:
3.00
This course is divided into three parts: 1) the Metaphysics of Nature which studies the principles of created being and the necessity of divine being as its source, 2) the Metaphysics of Being which studies being in its most generic characteristics, and 3) the Metaphysics of God which studies the nature of divine being as far as it can be understood by human beings. Among the topics to be considered are: act and potency, causality and chance, the cosmological argument substance and accident, necessity and contingency, ontological participation, transcendentals, the analogy of being, divine simplicity, and the incarnation.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
|
PHIL 540 - Theory of Knowledge
Credits:
3.00
Problems, positions and synthesis of the modes of human knowledge.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 541 - Symbolic Logic
Credits:
3.00
The study of modern symbolic logic (propositional and predicate). Metalogical issues (the syntax and semantics of formal systems) are discussed.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 543 - Philosophy of Science
Credits:
3.00
Examination of recent developments in the philosophy of science and its treatment of the nature and methods of the physical, biological, and social sciences.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 544 - Sci, Technology, & Soc Values
Credits:
3.00
Examines the relationship between science and technology, particularly modern technology, and the effect of science and technology on culture and values.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
|
PHIL 545 - Evolution And Creation
Credits:
3.00
Readings by scientists, theologians and philosophers on issues raised by the theory of evolution. Among the questions to be discussed are: How exactly are evolution and creation related? Are they rival explanations of the same thing? What evident is there for evolution? How does evolution work? What implications does it have for our understanding of human nature and the place of human beings in nature?
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 546 - Phil Refl on Christnty & Scien
Credits:
3.00
Philosophical inquiry into the historical relationship between Christian religious doctrine and the knowledge imparted by the sciences, with focus on particular episodes such as the Galileo affair and the Darwinian revolution.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
Pre-requisites:
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PHIL 548 - Philosophy of Mind
Credits:
3.00
Treatment of the nature and functional capacities of the mind and the philosophical problems raised by analysis of mind, including mind and body, materialistic reductionism, other minds, freedom, and personality.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 549 - African American Philosophy
Credits:
3.00
This course will examine the core issues in African American philosophy. These issues will include: (1) the nature and purpose of African American philosophy; (2) questions concerning racial, cultural, and ethnic identity; (3) the varied forms, causes, and consequences of racism; (4) ¿separatist¿ vs. ¿assimilationist¿ strategies for addressing racial injustice; and (5) debates concerning reparations and affirmative action.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 551 - Political Philosophy
Credits:
3.00
An examination of the nature and norms of political life with attention to major historical themes in the light of contemporary relevance.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 552 - Social Ethics
Credits:
3.00
A consideration of the moral implications of communal life, including such topics as individual rights and distributive justice. Issues such as pornography, capital punishment, and affirmative action are treated.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 553 - International Ethics
Credits:
3.00
The moral structure of the international community in the context of problems such as war, foreign aid, and transnational migration.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 554 - Metaethics
Credits:
3.00
This course is an advanced study of contemporary disputes in ethical theory and metaethics. It will cover issues like the meaning and ontology of moral value and language, the realism antirealism debate, concerns in moral psychology, and the impact of evolutionary theory on ethics. In addition, the course will also examine a range of competing, twentieth-century ethical theories.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
|
PHIL 555 - Leadership-Health Care Ethics
Credits:
3.00
This required ethic course (for MSN students) is designed to consider health care issues from both an individual and organizational perspective. Fall. and others in health care contexts. Emphasizes preparation for active participation in communities' dialogues about health care values. Fall
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 556 - Feminist Ethics
Credits:
3.00
Explores women's experiences of oppression and some of the ways which this has marginalized their concerns and their perceptions of the moral dimensions. Feminist contributions to rethinking the concept of moral agency, the traditionally sharp distinction between the public and private domains, the relevance of personal relationships to ethics, and the process of moral development and moral decision making are considered. Spring, odd years.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 557 - Business Ethics
Credits:
3.00
The philosophic basis of business and its relation to social development, responsibilities of the business community to society and the individual, and the relationship between economic theories and philosophical approaches.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 558 - Environmental Ethics
Credits:
3.00
The detailed philosophical study of humanity's understanding of its relationship to the natural environment, concentrating on historically prominent conceptions of that relationship, the philosophical foundation of the contemporary "environmental movement," and attempts to construct a philosophical defensible environmental ethics. Annually.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 560 - Gender & Hlth Care Ethics
Credits:
3.00
This course will explore issues in health care with an emphasis on gender. The course will explore both traditional and feminist approaches to health care ethics, considering how a feminist ethics perspective challenges, expands, and sometimes transforms the discipline of health care ethics.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
|
PHIL 564 - Magic/Mysticism Med Rens Cult
Credits:
3.00
This course examines the philosophical and cultural understandings of magic and mysticism in the transition from Medieval to Renaissance Culture, especially the emerging culture of scientific practices. We will begin by looking at some late Roman and early Christian attitudes toward magic and some aspects of mystical thought in the medieval period. The course considers magic and mysticism from a philosophical point of view and in connection with Medieval Christian Philosophy, as well as examining similarities and differences between magical practices and scientific practices. The class will learn about magical symbolism in renaissance art and visit museum sites for this purpose.
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
|
PHIL 565 - Philosophy of Religion
Credits:
3.00
Philosophical investigation of the rational justification of religious faith.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 566 - Philosophy of God
Credits:
3.00
Philosophical views about God and our knowledge of God.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 567 - Faith and Reason
Credits:
3.00
A philosophical investigation of the grounds for integrating traditional Christian theism with rational and scientific world view. Topics include classical and contemporary proofs for the existence of God, scientific evidence for theism from contemporary, cosmology, and the problem of evil and suffering. Spring.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Graduate Non-Matric
|
PHIL 570 - Philosophy of Law
Credits:
3.00
The sources, structure, and function of human law and its relation to moral law.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 571 - Philosophy of Literature
Credits:
3.00
What is literature and what is it for? This course considers a variety of answers to these questions by both philosophers and writers. The course is sometimes organized historically covering major developments in Western thought about literature including Platonic, Renaissance, Romantic, and Contemporary. During other semesters the course is organized systematically with a heavy emphasis on theories of interpretation, each of which entails a view of the nature of literary language.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 572 - Philosophy of Art
Credits:
3.00
An analysis of beauty, creativity, and taste according to of Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, and selected contemporary philosophers. Several representative works from all areas of the fine arts are examined in the light of the aesthetic principles of classical philosophy.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 573 - Philosophy of History
Credits:
3.00
A study of the philosophical presuppositions of historical method and of the meaning of goal of historical process.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 574 - Philosophy Of Sport
Credits:
3.00
A study of sport as an important, unique, and fundamental activity of human beings, exploring how experiences encountered in athletic activity shed light on classical philosophical problems.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 575 - Philosophy of the Visual Arts
Credits:
3.00
Examines contemporary applied theories of art in a variety of visual art media including painting, sculpture, film, and photography.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
|
PHIL 576 - Racism, Slavery & Evil
Credits:
3.00
A study of events in the history of slavery, reconstruction, the Jim Crow era, the civil rights struggle in terms of different philosophers¿ accounts of the nature of human evil. In addition to the focus on evil, we will discuss philosophically the com;laxities, and adequacy of some of the responses to the evils we study.
Other:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 577 - Graduate Seminar
Credits:
3.00
A seminar will be scheduled for graduate students in philosophy each semester. Topics will vary. Class size is limited to allow for greater student participation and writing.
Other:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 585 - Philosophy in Film
Credits:
3.00
Many current films raise first-order philosophical questions or issues, though few films are particularly good at solving those same problems or resolving the conflict underlying the issues. This course seeks to explore many contemporary films (none older than "Blade Runner") and the philosophical issues they raise, both by their explicit content and by their implicit content. Metaphysical issues about the mind and body relationship, the nature and extent of freewill, the nature of personal identity will be included. Some epistemological issues having to do with how well we can expect to have access to reality, and what might be among the impediments to the access, will also be included. The course generally avoids treating ethical or moral issues, but also takes an interest in the use of the emotions in films, the treatment of violence and human sexuality in films, the nature of comedy in films. Some attention will also be given to film techniques, especially from the point of view of the audience.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
|
PHIL 586 - Seminar
Credits:
1.00 to 3.00
Topics will vary.
Other:
1.00 to 3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 587 - Seminar
Credits:
3.00
Topics will vary.
Other:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 588 - Seminar
Credits:
3.00
Topics will vary.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 611 - Continuing Research
Credits:
1.00
Other:
1.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
|
PHIL 690 - Directed Study
Credits:
1.00 to 7.00
Credits and material to be arranged. Must have form completed before registering.
Other:
1.00 to 7.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 696 - Foreign Language Requirement
Credits:
.00
Other:
.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Graduate Non-Matric
|
PHIL 697 - Comprehensive Examination
Credits:
.00
Other:
.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Law
Law Non-Matric
Graduate Non-Matric
Graduate
|
PHIL 698 - Research
Credits:
1.00 to 9.00
Other:
1.00 to 9.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Graduate Non-Matric
|
PHIL 699 - Thesis
Credits:
6.00
Students must register during regular registration for comps
Other:
6.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Philosophy
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Graduate Non-Matric
|
PHYS 100 - Conceptual Physics
Credits:
3.00
The basic principles of physics are covered in a descriptive (non-mathematical) manner. Designed for students not majoring in the natural sciences or those needing a very basic background in physics. Fall and Spring.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
|
PHYS 100L - Conceptual Physics Laboratory
Credits:
1.00
Taken concurrently with PHYS 100. Two hours of laboratory.
Lab:
1.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Co-requisites:
PHYS 100
|
PHYS 101 - General Physics I
Credits:
3.00
Mechanics, fluids, and sound. Three hours of lecture with experimental demonstrations and problems. Not accepted as a prerequisite for any advanced work. Fall.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Co-requisites:
PHYS 101R
|
PHYS 101L - General Physics I Lab
Credits:
1.00
Taken concurrently with the lecture course PHYS 101. Three hours of laboratory. Fall and Spring.
Lab:
1.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Co-requisites:
PHYS 101
|
PHYS 101R - General Physics I Recitation
Credits:
.00
Must be taken concurrently with PHYS 101. Fall.
Other:
.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Co-requisites:
PHYS 101
|
PHYS 102 - Gen Physics II
Credits:
3.00
Heat, light, electricity, magnetism, and modern physics. Three hours of lecture with experimental demonstrations and problems. Not accepted as prerequisite for any advanced work. Spring.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Co-requisites:
PHYS 102R
Pre-requisites:
PHYS 101 Minimum Grade: D
or PHYS 103 Minimum Grade: D
|
PHYS 102L - General Physics II Laboratory
Credits:
1.00
Taken concurrently with the lecture course PHYS 102. Three hours of laboratory. Fall and Spring.
Lab:
1.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Co-requisites:
PHYS 102
Pre-requisites:
PHYS 101L Minimum Grade: D
or PHYS 103L Minimum Grade: D
or PHYS 103L Minimum Grade: D
|
PHYS 102R - General Physics II Recitation
Credits:
.00
Must be taken concurrently with PHYS 102. Spring.
Other:
.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Co-requisites:
PHYS 102
|
PHYS 103 - Scientific Physics I
Credits:
3.00
Classical mechanics: dynamics, waves, and fluids. Three hours of lecture with experimental demonstrations and problems. Fall and Spring.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Co-requisites:
PHYS 103R
Pre-requisites:
MATH 157 Minimum Grade: D
|
PHYS 103L - Scientific Physics I Lab
Credits:
1.00
Taken concurrently with the lecture course PHYS 103. Three hours of laboratory. Fall and Spring.
Lab:
1.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Co-requisites:
PHYS 103
|
PHYS 103R - Scientific Physics I Recite
Credits:
.00
Must be taken concurrently with PHYS 103. Fall and Spring.
Other:
.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Co-requisites:
PHYS 103
Pre-requisites:
MATH 157 Minimum Grade: D
|
PHYS 110 - Intro to Astronomy
Credits:
3.00
This course is designed for the non-science major. A wide range of topics is covered in order to give an overview of what is currently known about the structure and evolution of the universe. Most areas of observational and theoretical astronomy do not go beyond basic high-school algebra.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
|
PHYS 110L - Intro to Astronomy Lab
Credits:
1.00
This laboratory familiarizes students with the constellations and methods in amateur astronomy. The course meets once weekly for two hours with a majority of the lab work done outside the classroom. Mathematics involved does not go beyond basic algebra and trigonometry.
Lab:
1.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Co-requisites:
PHYS 110
|
PHYS 123 - Physics in Society & Culture
Credits:
3.00
Basic principles of physics are covered in a descriptive (non-mathematical) manner. Designed to satisfy the core science requirement for students not majoring in the natural sciences. Summer.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
|
PHYS 123L - Physics in Society lab
Credits:
1.00
Taken concurrently with PHYS 123. Two hours of laboratory.
Lab:
1.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Co-requisites:
PHYS 123
|
PHYS 125 - Physics of Music and Sound
Credits:
3.00
The nature of vibrations and waves will be studied and investigated at the introductory level. Vibrations, properties of waves, addition of waves and the resulting wave phenomena will be covered with an emphasis on their relationship to sound production and interpretation via the ear. This class is designed for non-science majors. The required mathematics will no exceed high school algebra.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
|
PHYS 125L - Physics of Sound and Music Lab
Credits:
1.00
This course is optional with concurrent enrollment in PHYS 125. The course will further investigate topics from PHYS 125 involving the behavior of waves. The required mathematics will not exceed high school algebra and trigonometry.
Lab:
1.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Co-requisites:
PHYS 125
|
PHYS 130 - Time
Credits:
3.00
The course presents a survey of physics with time as the unifying concept. Topics covered include mechanics, conservation laws, special relativity, thermodynamics, and chaos. This course is designed for non-science majors.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
|
PHYS 130L - Time Laboratory
Credits:
1.00
Taken concurrently with PHYS 130. Mathematics is kept at a minimum level.
Lab:
1.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
|
PHYS 140 - Intro Geophysics
Credits:
3.00
This course will look at the basic principles of geophysics. Topics examined include earthquakes, tsunamis, land formations and erosion, geological exploration, and global warming. Mathematics is kept at a minimal level.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Co-requisites:
PHYS 140L
|
PHYS 140L - Intro Geophysics Lab
Credits:
1.00
This is a lab course to accompany physics 140. Experiments involve examination of crater formation, angle of repose, wave motion, rock classification, and buoyancy.
Lab:
1.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Co-requisites:
PHYS 140
|
PHYS 150 - Applying Scientific Method
Credits:
3.00
Teaches the scientific method by applying it to current and familiar topics. Students move from relatively easy topics of investigation (e.g., the chances of being in an auto accident next year) to more in-depth investigations (e.g., whether global warming is a real phenomenon).
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
|
PHYS 170H - Honors Physics
Credits:
3.00
Key physical theories and principles will be discussed from historical, societal, and physical perspectives.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Pre-requisites:
HONS 190 Minimum Grade: D
|
PHYS 170L - Honors Physics Lab
Credits:
1.00
Laboratory to accompany PHYS 170H.
Lab:
1.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
|
PHYS 185 - Spec Topic
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Topic to be determined by instructor.
Lecture:
1.00 to 4.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
|
PHYS 198 - Lab Methodology
Credits:
.00 to 1.00
Lecture:
.00 to 1.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
|
PHYS 204 - Scientific Physics II
Credits:
3.00
Thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, and optics. Three hours of lecture with experimental demonstrations and problems. Fall and Spring.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Co-requisites:
PHYS 204R
Pre-requisites:
PHYS 103 Minimum Grade: D
and MATH 258 Minimum Grade: D
|
PHYS 204L - Scientific Physics II Lab
Credits:
1.00
Taken concurrently with the lecture course PHYS 204. Three hours of laboratory. Fall and Spring.
Lab:
1.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Co-requisites:
PHYS 204
Pre-requisites:
PHYS 103L Minimum Grade: D
|
PHYS 204R - Scientific Physics II Recite
Credits:
.00
Taken concurrently with the lecture course PHYS 204.
Other:
.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Co-requisites:
PHYS 204
Pre-requisites:
PHYS 103 Minimum Grade: D
and MATH 258 Minimum Grade: D
|
PHYS 205 - Modern Physics
Credits:
3.00
Special relativity, development and an introduction to quantum mechanics and other selected topics. Spring.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Pre-requisites:
PHYS 204 Minimum Grade: D
|
PHYS 210 - Intro to Linear Electronics
Credits:
2.00
This course is primarily a laboratory in which the student is introduced to basic concepts of linear electronics and laboratory technique. Passive electronic components such as resistors, capacitors, inductors, and diodes are studied in DC and AC applications. Students will learn to use test equipment such as digital meters and oscilloscopes. Much emphasis is placed on the operational amplifier, an active component with wide application. Basic transistor circuits, power supplies, and other areas are covered as well. One hour lecture and one three hour laboratory per week. Spring of even years.
Lecture:
2.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Pre-requisites:
PHYS 204L Minimum Grade: D
|
PHYS 217 - Modern Physics Lab
Credits:
1.00
Usually taken concurrently with PHYS 205, this course looks at laboratory examples of topics covered in PHYS 205. Fall of even years.
Other:
1.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
|
PHYS 290 - Sophomore Directed Reading
Credits:
1.00 to 3.00
Directed reading in approved topics. Requires completion of a form, and department permission and cannot be registered for via Zagweb.
Other:
1.00 to 3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
|
PHYS 300 - Mathematical Methods
Credits:
3.00
Survey of mathematical techniques used in upper division physics courses. Fall.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Pre-requisites:
PHYS 204 Minimum Grade: D
|
PHYS 301 - Intermediate Mechanics
Credits:
3.00
Particle and rigid body statics and dynamics in a rigorous vectorial calculus treatment. A fundamental introduction to theoretical physics. Spring of even years.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Pre-requisites:
PHYS 300 Minimum Grade: D
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PHYS 306 - Electricity And Magnetism
Credits:
3.00
Electrical and magnetic phenomena leading to a development of Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic field theory. Fall of even years.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Pre-requisites:
PHYS 300 Minimum Grade: D
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PHYS 307 - Physical Optics
Credits:
3.00
Classical electromagnetic theory applied to optical phenomena. Spring of odd years.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Pre-requisites:
PHYS 306 Minimum Grade: D
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PHYS 310 - Intermediate Laboratory
Credits:
2.00
This course will discuss the major analytic techniques used in experimental physics through experiments in mechanics, heat, electromagnetism, and modern physics, and will apply these techniques to classic experiments. Fall of odd years.
Lab:
2.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Pre-requisites:
PHYS 204L Minimum Grade: D
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PHYS 390 - Directed Study
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Topic to be decided by faculty.
Other:
1.00 to 4.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
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PHYS 402 - Advanced Mechanics
Credits:
3.00
A continuation of PHYS 301 and extension to dynamics of particles, rigid bodies, and fluids by the use of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalisms. Fall of even years.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Pre-requisites:
PHYS 301 Minimum Grade: D
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PHYS 407 - Electricity & Magnetism II
Credits:
3.00
A continuation of PHYS 306; a study of advanced topics in E&M for graduate school preparation. Spring of odd years.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Pre-requisites:
PHYS 306 Minimum Grade: D
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PHYS 409 - Nuclear and Particle Physics
Credits:
3.00
Study of experimental and theoretical aspects of nuclear interactions as they apply to nuclear structure and elementary particle characteristics. Spring of even years.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Pre-requisites:
PHYS 205 Minimum Grade: D
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PHYS 450 - Statistical Physics
Credits:
3.00
Study of thermal properties from microscopic and statistical viewpoints. Topics include: probability distributions, entropy, density of states, blackbody radiation. Spring of odd years.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Pre-requisites:
PHYS 204 Minimum Grade: D
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PHYS 464 - Intro To Quantum Physics
Credits:
3.00
The development of the Schoedinger equation and its application to various potential energy functions. Fall of odd years.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Pre-requisites:
PHYS 205 Minimum Grade: D
and PHYS 300 Minimum Grade: D
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PHYS 465 - Advanced Topics
Credits:
3.00
Advanced topics to be determined by the instructor. On sufficient demand.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Pre-requisites:
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PHYS 490 - Directed Reading
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Directed reading in advanced topics. Requires completion of form, and department permission from department.
Other:
1.00 to 4.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
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PHYS 491 - Senior Projects
Credits:
2.00
This course satisfies the senior year requirement for the Applied Physics major.
Lecture:
2.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following College(s):
School of Engineering
College of Arts & Sciences
Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s):
Physics
Applied Physics
Must be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Senior
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PHYS 499 - Senior Project
Credits:
.00
May be undertaken by B.S. physics majors in their senior year. Permission from department required.
Other:
.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Physics
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POLS 101 - American Politics
Credits:
3.00
The American Constitution; the evolution of democracy; the structure of the national government. Congress; the Presidency; the courts. Political parties and interest groups. Public policy in domestic and foreign affairs. How to think about politics.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Political Science
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POLS 102 - Political Thinkers & Actors
Credits:
3.00
Treatment of six distinctive figures in political life--philosopher, saint, prince, revolutionary, statesman, and citizen-- in order to determine their characteristic contributions to an understanding of politics. Examples: Socrates, Thomas More, Machiavelli's Prince, Marx and Engels, the American Founding Fathers, and the students of the 1960's. Uses a variety of materials, including pamphlets, philosophical dialogues, essays, and dramas.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Political Science
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POLS 103 - People & Politics World Wide
Credits:
3.00
Comparison of key political institutions, political attitudes, patterns of interaction, and long-term quarrels in France, Germany, Russia, China, Mexico, and Nigeria. How legislatures, executives, and political parties work and the influence of culture, social structure, ideology, and nationalism.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Political Science
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POLS 300 - American National Politics
Credits:
3.00
An in-depth analysis of the five major institutions and processes of the U.S. government: Congress, President, Courts, Parties and Elections, and Bureaucracy.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Political Science
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POLS 302 - Legal Analysis
Credits:
3.00
Training in the methodology needed for understanding the law. Three main parts: analytical-deductive reasoning for developing a theory of the case; argument by analogy for applying precedent in the Anglo-American legal tradition; and legal research into complex legal arguments, their structure and techniques. All will be grounded in the liberal arts. The Law School Admissions Test measures these skills.
Lecture:
3.00
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Political Science
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Clas |
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