St Cloud Technical and Community College · Courses
PHIL
4 courses with the subject PHIL, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
PHIL 1310Introduction to Philosophy
Meets MN Transfer Curriculum Goal Areas 5 and 6 - Humanities and History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Together, we explore fundamental issues of self, value, and reality within and as responses to social and historical contexts. By investigating the development and interplay of philosophy and the social world, we critically evaluate solutions and applications of philosophical issues. Equipped with such a background, we respond to contemporary social issues such as identity, knowledge, spirituality, and political freedom. Perspectives are global and may include Indian, Chinese, African, Greek, Christian, Islamic, Latin-Amer- ican, Native American, and Aboriginal Australian. A great class to feel at home in our socially complex and diverse world! Student Learning Outcomes: * Analyze the historical development and interplay of philosophical traditions in their political, economic, and cultural contexts. * Explain philosophical works as investigations into the nature of the world, the basis of human experience, and limits and capacities of human understanding. * Evaluate philosophical theories as responses to social concerns * Craft informed and rationally supported personal reactions to philosophical investigations within their social context. * Compare solutions to contemporary social issues such as identity, knowledge, spirituality, and political freedom. * Create solutions to contemporary social issues such as identity, knowledge, spirituality, and political freedom. Prerequisite(s): ENGL1308, READ0900 or ESOL1120, READ1308 or Appropri- ate Placement Score. (3 C: 3 lect/pres, 0 lab, 0 other)
Meets MN Transfer Curriculum Goal Areas 6 and 9 - Humanities and Ethical and Civic Responsibility. This course explores the philosophical conceptions of morality, justice and value. It addresses questions such as: how do we make ethical decisions? Where does our sense of right and wrong come from? Do the values we hold apply only to us as individuals, to us as part of a culture, or do our ethical values apply to all humans in all places and at all times? What is the just distribution of resources in a multicultural society? Through an examination of major ethical theories, both contemporary and classical, this course reveals the relationship between ethical theory and ethical practice, particularly as it relates to contemporary issues and to the variety of health field-related moral concerns. Student Learning Outcomes: * Summarize a diverse range of philosophical thought in ethics. * Articulate individual investigations into the basis of human moral values. * Explain the origins and basis for the student's own ethical views. PLEASE NOTE: All program plans are preliminary and curriculum may 2026-2027 St. Cloud Technical & Community College * Apply core theoretical concepts in ethics to specific issues. * Analyze the ethical dimensions of legal, social, and scientific issues. * Apply conceptions of morality as they are manifested in the health care envi- ronment. * Defend ethical arguments, including those contrary to the student's personal views. * Distinguish between logically supported ethical judgment and popular concep- tions of morality. Prerequisite(s): ENGL1308 and one of the following: READ0900, READ1308 or ESOL1120, or appropriate placement score. (3 C: 3 lect/pres, 0 lab, 0 other)
Meets MN Transfer Curriculum Goal Areas 6 and 8 - Humanities and Global Per- spective. Using a comparative framework, this course attempts to understand the nature of religion by looking at the historical and ideological formation of some of the world's most influential religious traditions. It explores ideas of ultimate meaning in different cultures and different times, and follows the development of these ideas in the long search for purpose in human existence. The primary goal is to comprehend better the varieties of religious experience in the world, with a particular emphasis on understanding the unfamiliar empathetically and the familiar objectively. Student Learning Outcomes: * Explain the histories, philosophies, and practices of major religious traditions. * Interpret religious values, images, symbols, and texts critically. * Articulate the formative role religion plays in culture. * Summarize beliefs and theologies outside the student's own belief system. * Describe how religion has shaped and been shaped by civilizations, past and present. * Identify the scope and variety of artistic and literary expressions in religion traditions. * Formulate an informed personal reaction to artistic and literary works in vari- ous religions. Prerequisite(s): ENGL1308 and one of the following: READ0900, READ1308 or ESOL1120, or appropriate placement score. (3 C: 3 lect/pres, 0 lab, 0 other)
