PHL101 Introduction to Philosophy: Philosophical Problems  3 credits  (3 lec hrs/wk)

Prerequisite(s): ( WR121Z )

This course introduces students to the philosophical pursuit of wisdom as a means of personal transformation—encouraging deeper understanding of themselves, reality, and their place within it. It explores fundamental questions and problems in metaphysics (the study of the nature of reality) and epistemology (the study of knowledge and truth). A variety of Western traditions may be used to frame these questions, without limiting the course to any particular historical period or philosopher.

This course may be taken 1 time for credit.

Course classification: LDC

PHL102 Ethics  3 credits  (3 lec hrs/wk)

Prerequisite(s): ( WR121Z )

This course investigates the nature of moral philosophy through an examination of major ethical theories in the Western tradition. Concepts such as good and evil, right and wrong, pleasure, justice, moral responsibility, duty, and character provide the conceptual framework for the course, with the aim of enabling students to develop and critically reflect on their own ethical positions. Questions concerning the sources of moral knowledge, as well as skepticism about those sources, round out the course content.

This course may be taken 1 time for credit.

Course classification: LDC

PHL103 Introduction to Logical & Critical Thinking  3 credits  (3 lec hrs/wk)

Prerequisite(s): ( WR121Z )

This course develops critical reasoning skills applicable to both academic work and everyday decision-making through the study of fundamental concepts in formal and informal logic. Topics may include, but are not limited to, categorical logic, propositional logic, and natural logic; types and categories of definitions; informal fallacies in academic arguments; arguments from analogy; and Mill’s methods.

This course may be taken 1 time for credit.

Course classification: LDC

PHL180 Internship: Philosophy  1-12 credits  (3 lab hrs/wk/cr)

Prerequisite(s): Instructor consent

Practical on-site experience that will allow students to explore workplace environments and career options.

This course may be taken 12 times for credit.

Course classification: LDC

PHL211 Existentialism  3 credits  (3 lec hrs/wk)

From the turn of the 19th Century and through the 20th Century, a continued challenge to historical dialectics found voice through writers such as Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, Sartre, and Heidegger. These varied authors and ideas have been secured under the broad banner of Existentialism. This course will examine this varied and nuanced conceptual terrain via select existentialist writers to represent thematic topics such as meaning, freedom, authenticity, and despair while connecting how such concepts continue to inform our thinking.

This course may be taken 1 time for credit.

Course classification: LDC

PHL280 CWE: Philosophy  1-12 credits  (3 lab hrs/wk/cr)

Prerequisite(s): Instructor consent

This course offers career exploration and workplace experience within a widely defined number of supervised settings which provide professional experience in the field of philosophy.

This course may be taken 12 times for credit.

Course classification: LDC