Analysis of language as an instrument of sound thinking in morals, politics and everyday
life. Assists students to analyze an argument, avoid faulty conclusions in reasoning,
understand levels of meaning and kinds of arguments, avoid verbal pitfalls, understand
the steps of scientific methods and identify value assumptions.
PHIL 3H Introduction to Logic Honors
Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Honors Program
The analysis of language as an instrument of sound thinking in morals, politics and
everyday life. Assists students to analyze an argument, avoid faulty conclusions in
reasoning, understand levels of meaning and kinds of arguments, avoid verbal pitfalls,
understand the steps of scientific methods and identify value assumptions. An honors
course designed to provide an enriched experience. Students may not receive credit
for both PHIL 3 and PHIL 3H.
PHIL 4 Introduction to Symbolic Logic
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL 68
Introduction to the basic elements of modern logic: the nature of arguments, sentence
symbolization, truth functions, truth tables, natural deduction, and predicate logic.
PHIL 5 Introduction to Philosophy
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL 68
Issues in ethics, social philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology, and contemporary philosophies
of life.
PHIL 5H Introduction to Philosophy – Honors
Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Honors Program
Issues in ethics, social philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology, and contemporary philosophies
of life. An honors course is designed to provide an enriched experience. Students
may not receive credit for both PHIL 5 and PHIL 5H.
PHIL 8 Critical Thinking
Effective use of critical thinking in contemporary living, including recognizing faulty
arguments, the usefulness of validity and truth, identifying and avoiding common fallacies
in thinking.
PHIL 9 Critical Analysis & Writing
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL C1000 or ENGL 1A, or ENGL C1000H or ENGL 1AH, or AMLA 1A
Function and use of formal and informal logic, argument, critical evaluation, and
language in written composition.
PHIL 9H Critical Analysis & Writing - Honors
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL C1000 or ENGL 1A, or ENGL C1000H or ENGL 1AH, or AMLA 1A and Acceptance into the Honors Program
Function and use of formal and informal logic, argument, critical evaluation, and
language in written composition. An honors course is designed to provide an enriched
experience. Students may not receive credit for both PHIL 9 and PHIL 9H.
PHIL 12 Introduction to Ethics
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL C1000 or ENGL 1A, or ENGL C1000H or ENGL 1AH, or AMLA 1A
Critical analysis of empirical and normative factors involved in choice, including
an examination of major ethical theories and their application to the study of moral
problems.
PHIL 12H Introduction to Ethics – Honors
Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Honors Program
Critical analysis of empirical and normative factors involved in choice, including
an examination of major ethical theories and their application to the study of moral
problems. An honors course designed to provide an enriched experience. Students may
not receive credit for both PHIL 12 and PHIL 12H.
PHIL 15 Major World Religions
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL 68
History, doctrines, and practices of the world's major and enduring religions. Religion
is approached as the expression of one's ultimate concern as a means of understanding
the historic and ideological foundations and aspirations of the peoples of the world.
The following (or more) religions are presented and examined both appreciatively and
critically: Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
including those of East Asia, India, and the Middle East. Off-campus assignments are
required.
PHIL 15H Major World Religions – Honors
Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Honors Program
History, doctrines, and practices of the world's major and enduring religions. Religion
is approached as the expression of one's ultimate concern as a means of understanding
the historic and ideological foundations and aspirations of the peoples of the world.
The following (or more) religions are presented and examined both appreciatively and
critically: Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam
including those of East Asia, India, and the Middle East. Off-campus assignments are
required. An honors course is designed to provide an enriched experience. Students
may not receive credit for both PHIL 15 and PHIL 15H.
PHIL 16 Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion
Examines enduring questions in the philosophy of religion, such as the concepts of
God, arguments for and against the existence of God, the nature of religious experience, whether there is
an afterlife, the relation between faith and reason, the relationship between religion and science, the relationship
between religion and morality, the problem of evil, whether belief in miracles is rationally justified, and implications
of the diversity of religious belief.
PHIL 16H Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion - Honors
Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Honors Program
Examines enduring questions in the philosophy of religion, such as the concepts of
God, arguments for and against the existence of God, the nature of religious experience,
whether there is an afterlife, the relation between faith and reason, the relationship
between religion and science, the relationship between religion and morality, the
problem of evil, whether belief in miracles is rationally justified, and implications
of the diversity of religious belief. An honors course is designed to provide an enriched
experience. Students may not receive credit for both PHIL16 and PHIL 16H.
PHIL 20A Introduction to Ancient Philosophy: Pre-Socratic to Medieval Period
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL C1000 or ENGL 1A, or ENGL C1000H or ENGL 1AH, or AMLA 1A
Major western philosophers and philosophical ideas from pre-Socratic times to medieval
times.
PHIL 20AH Introduction to Ancient Philosophy: Pre-Socratic to Medieval Period - Honors
Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Honors Program
Major philosophers and philosophical ideas from pre-Socratic to medieval times. Emphasis
on the development of Greek philosophy from the pre-Socratics through Aristotle and
may also include Hellenistic, Roman, Medieval, and non-Western thinkers. An honors
course is designed to provide an enriched experience. Students may not receive credit
for both PHIL 20A and PHIL 20AH.
PHIL 20B Introduction to Modern Philosophy: Renaissance to Present
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL C1000 or ENGL 1A, or ENGL C1000H or ENGL 1AH, or AMLA 1A
Major western philosophy and philosophical ideas from the Renaissance to the present.
PHIL 20BH Introduction to Modern Philosophy: Renaissance to Present - Honors
Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Honors Program
Major philosophers and philosophical ideas from the Renaissance to the present, with
an emphasis on Western philosophy. An honors course designed to provide an enriched
experience. Students may not receive credit for both PHIL 20B and PHIL 20BH.
PHIL 99 Special Projects Philosophy
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL C1000 or ENGL 1A, or ENGL C1000H or ENGL 1AH, or AMLA 1A
Offers students recognition for their academic interests in philosophy and the opportunity
to explore the discipline of philosophy to greater depth. The content of the course
and the methods of study vary from semester to semester and depend on the particular
project under consideration.
PHIL 312 Introduction to Biomedical Ethics
Prerequisite: Admission to the BS in Histotechnology
Key issues within the closely related fields of medical ethics, bioethics, and biomedical
ethics. The course will be structured around some of the major “problem areas” that
are widely debated in these fields, including the ethics of medical research; human
enhancement; reproduction and reproductive technologies; euthanasia. It will also
introduce students to a range of ethical theories and modes of ethical theorizing.
