PHIL Philosophy



PHIL-201 Introduction to Philosophy 3 cr.
HUM PHIL GLP Fall and Spring Semesters
Introduction to the principal problem areas and history of philosophy, as well as to the nature of philosophical investigation.

PHIL-205 Philosophy of Religion 3 cr.
HUM PHIL Fall Semester
Principal philosophical problems in the various dimensions of religious experience and belief.

PHIL-215 Eastern Philosophy 3 cr.
HUM PHIL GLP Spring Semester
Philosophies of India, China and Japan: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism and Zen Buddhism.

PHIL-220 Multicultural Philosophy 3 cr.
HUM PHIL ESA
African American, Hispanic American, Asian American, American Indian, and Feminist philosophies. Philosophical issues of race, social justice, values, environmental ethics, spiritual belief, and epistemology.

PHIL-225 Belief, Knowledge and Truth   3 cr.

HUM PHIL

Justification of rational belief and knowledge and methods used for obtaining them, with particular emphasis on problems of evidence and truth. 

Prerequisites:  take ENGL-102.

PHIL-235 General Ethics 3 cr.
HUM PHIL Fall, Spring and Summer
Ethical valuing process: principal ethical theories and their application to common human problems. Prerequisites: take ENGL-102, ENGL-112 or ENGL-113.