Academic Catalog - Philosophy

PHI 1011 / PHI 111: Introduction to Philosophy: GT-AH3 - 3 Credits 
Introduces significant theoretical and practical questions and emphasizes understanding the meaning and methods of philosophy. Includes: the human condition, logic, reality, knowledge, freedom, history, ethics, and religion. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH3 category. 
(Contact hours – 45) 

PHI 1012 / PHI 112: Ethics: GT-AH3 – 3 Credits 
Examines human life, experience, and thought to discover and develop the principles and values for pursuing a more fulfilled existence. This course examines ethical theories designed to both justify moral judgments, as well as apply these ethical theories to a selection of personal and social issues in the world today. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH3 category. 
(Contact hours – 45) 

PHI 1013 / PHI 113: Logic: GT-AH3 - 3 Credits 
Studies effective thinking using language-oriented logic. Provides tools and develops skills for creative and critical thinking and the formal analysis of arguments. Emphasizes the development of decision-making and problem-solving. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH3 category. 
(Contact hours – 45) 

PHI 1014 / PHI 114: Comparative Religions: GT-AH3 - 3 Credits 
Introduces the major religions of the Eastern and Western world. Covers Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Utilizes methods of religious studies to understand the historical development of each religious tradition as well as its worldview and teachings. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH3 category.
(Contact hours – 45) 

PHI 1015 / PHI 115: World Religious-West: GT-AH3 – 3 Credits
Introduces students to religions of the Western World: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Utilizes the methods of religious studies to understand the historical development of each religious tradition in terms of communities, cultural context, and modern manifestations; paying particular attention to differences between sects, denominations, schools, and factions within each tradition. Focus will include the examination of the charismatic leaders, prophets, and narratives that inform the worldview of each tradition. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH3 category.
(Contact hours – 45) 

PHI 1016 / PHI 116: World Religions-East: GT-AH3 – 3 Credits
Introduces the major religions of the Eastern World: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism. Utilizes the methods of religious studies to understand the historical development of each religious tradition in terms of communities, cultural context, and modern manifestations; paying particular attention to differences between sects, denominations, schools, and factions within each tradition. Focus will include the examination of the charismatic leaders, prophets, and narratives that inform the worldview of each tradition. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH3 category.
(Contact hours – 45) 

PHI 2005 / PHI 205: Business Ethics: GT-AH3 – 3 Credits 
Examines major ethical theories and then applies ethical decision-making criteria to various moral issues and challenges in a business environment. This course includes issues such as job discrimination, worker’s rights, consumerism, advertising, whistle-blowing, product safety, responsibility to the environment, as well as compassionate and fair responsibility to society. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH3 category.
(Contact hours – 45) 

PHI 2014 / PHI 214: Philosophy of Religion: GT-AH3 – 3 Credits 
Focuses on the critical analysis and evaluation of the fundamental concepts, ideas, and implications within religious worldviews. This course includes issues such as the nature of God, other conceptions of ultimate reality, arguments concerning God`s existence, the problem of evil and suffering, faith and reason, metaphysical foundations for ethics, the phenomenon of religious experience, and religious diversity. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH3 category.
(Contact hours – 45) 

PHI 2018 / PHI 218: Environmental Ethics: GT-AH3 – 3 Credits 
Analyzes theories of the value of the natural world. Topics may include the relation between scientific and moral principles; theories of the moral worth of persons, animals, plants, and other natural objects; historical, religious, and cultural influences on conceptions of nature; alternative accounts of human relationships and responsibilities to nature; and the connection between moral and political values and economic policies. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH3 category.
(Contact hours – 45) 

PHI 2020 / PHI 220: Philosophy-Death & Dying: AH3 - 3 Credits 
Explores the major philosophical questions surrounding death and dying, the metaphysical arguments for and against the existence of the soul, life after bodily death, the major ethical theories and their relation to issues of physician-assisted suicide, care for the dying, the grieving process, death as expressed in aesthetics and contemporary society, as well as the existential contributions concerning meaning of life and the meaning of death. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH3 category.
(Contact hours – 45) 

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