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16 courses with the subject PHI, 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.

PHI 100Philosophy Through Popular Culture3

Description: This course serves to introduce students to the field of philosophy. Through an exploration of readings, television, movies, and other media, students will survey a range of philosophical topics. In particular, the course pairs contemporary readings on philosophical topics such as the nature of morality, justice, freedom, existence, truth, knowledge, and meaning with television sh SUNY GE-SDES, SHUM, SCRT; SUNY GEN ED n/a NCC GEN ED -HUM and WESH Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
PHI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
PHI 101Introduction to Philosophy3

the course. Description: This course serves to introduce students to the field of philosophy. Through an exploration of classic and contemporary texts, students will survey a range of philosophical topics. These topics include the nature of morality, justice, freedom, existence, truth, knowledge, meaning, and the mind. SUNY GE-SHUM, SCRT, SDES; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, WESH Offered: Fall, Winterim, Spring, Summer Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
PHI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
Students must have satisfied all ENG and RDG developmental requirements prior to starting
PHI 102Contemporary Philosophy3

the course. Please note that PHI 101 is not a prerequisite. Description: This course introduces students to philosophy through contemporary texts that explore analytic and continental philosophy. Topics include the nature of meaning, language, identity, the self, social consciousness, and political action. Philosophers studied include Sartre, Wittgenstein, Arendt, Cassirer, Dewey, Russell and others. SUNY GE-SHUM, SCRT, SDES; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, WESH Offered: Fall, Spring Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
PHI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
Students must have satisfied all ENG and RDG developmental requirements prior to starting
PHI 103Critical Thinking3

the course. Please note that PHI 101 is not a prerequisite. Description: This course introduces students to the elements of logical reasoning and aims to develop students’ analytical and critical thinking abilities. Students will develop reasoning skills to rigorously analyze, identify, and evaluate different types of arguments found in ordinary language. Basic concepts include deduction, induction, soundness, validity, invalidity, formal and informal SUNY GE-SHUM, SCRT; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
PHI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
Students must have satisfied all ENG and RDG developmental requirements prior to starting
PHI 104Ancient and Medieval Philosophy3

the course. Please note that PHI 101 is not a prerequisite. Description: This course explores major philosophers from the ancient and medieval world. It begins with the transition from a mythological consciousness to philosophical reasoning in the thought of the Presocratics, and then moves on to Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Topics include the nature of morality, justice, freedom, existence, truth, belief, and knowledge. The tension between reason a SUNY GE-SHUM, SCRT; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, WESH Offered: Fall, Spring Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
PHI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
Students must have satisfied all ENG and RDG developmental requirements prior to starting
PHI 105Renaissance and Modern Philosophy3

the course. Please note that PHI 101 is not a prerequisite. Description: This course explores central philosophical views during the Renaissance and the period following the Scientific Revolution. Topics discussed include Renaissance Humanism, the Enlightenment, God, the rise of modern science, skepticism, human rights, and the place of human beings in the universe. Representative philosophers studied are Bacon, Galileo, Descartes, Princess Elisabeth o SUNY GE-SHUM, SCRT; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, WESH Offered: Fall, Spring Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
PHI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
Students must have satisfied all ENG and RDG developmental requirements prior to starting
PHI 106Introduction to Ethics3

the course. Please note that PHI 101 is not a prerequisite. Description: This course introduces students to problems in moral philosophy. The class focuses on the theoretical foundations for judgments about right and wrong, good and evil, and justice and injustice. Philosophers studied will include Plato, Aristotle, Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill and others. Special attention will be paid to how philosophy can help us to address issues such as free sp SUNY GE-SHUM, SCRT; SUNY GEN ED -n/a; NCC GEN ED -HUM, WESH Offered: Fall, Spring Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
PHI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
Students must have satisfied all ENG and RDG developmental requirements prior to starting
PHI 107The Philosophy of Sex & Gender3

the course. Please note that PHI 101 is not a prerequisite. Description: Many people distinguish males and females along two different dimensions: biological endowment and social role. The first dimension is labeled 'sex', the second 'gender'. This course examines the nature and development of the sex-gender distinction, its application to issues surrounding sexual equality, as well as contemporary challenges to the distinction that arise within conver SUNY GE-SHUM, SCRT, SDES; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, PLDI Offered: Fall and Spring Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
PHI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
Students must have satisfied all ENG and RDG developmental requirements prior to starting
PHI 108Black Social Philosophy3

the course. Description: (Dual listed with AFR 170 ). An examination of the social philosophy of thinkers such as Du Bois, Garvey, King and Fanon. Particular attention is paid to oppression and the struggle for self-identity. The ideals of freedom, equality, justice and community are carefully considered. SUNY GE-SDES, SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, PLDI Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
PHI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
Students must have satisfied all ENG and RDG remediation requirements prior to starting
PHI 110Biomedical Ethics3

the course. Please note that PHI 101 is not a prerequisite. Description: This course examines ethical issues that arise in the field of medicine and related areas of biomedical research. Several traditional ethical theories are introduced, theories which establish the foundations needed for later thoughtful analysis and evaluation of specific issues. Issues analyzed typically include: truth-telling, informed consent, research on human subjects, euthana SUNY GE-SDES, SHUM, SCRT; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM Offered: Fall, Winterim, Spring, Summer Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
PHI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
Students must have satisfied all ENG and RDG developmental requirements prior to starting
PHI 111Business Ethics in the Digital Age3

the course. Please note that PHI 101 is not a prerequisite. Description: This course explores the ethical challenges that the digital revolution poses for businesses and the larger society, as well as ethical issues related to business in general. Attention will be given to the ways in which technological advances, especially in computing and information technology, have reshaped the relationships between businesses, workers, customers, regulators, and SUNY GE-SHUM, SCRT; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM Offered: Spring Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
PHI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
Students must have satisfied all ENG and RDG developmental requirements prior to starting
PHI 201Ethics and Law Enforcement3

the course. Please note that PHI 101 is not a prerequisite. Description: Recommended for all students, and especially pertinent for pre-Law and Criminal Justice students, the course examines our legal tradition. Emphasis is placed upon the analysis of key concepts of legal and philosophical importance such as justice, freedom, civil disobedience, equality, rights, duties, and property. The relation of law to questions of race and gender will also be ex SUNY GE-SDES, SHUM, SCRT; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, WESH Offered: Fall, Spring Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
PHI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
Students must have satisfied all ENG and RDG developmental requirements prior to starting
PHI 203Philosophy of Art3

the course. Please note that PHI 101 is not a prerequisite. Description: A philosophical examination of the nature and value of the visual, musical and literary arts. Taking as examples primarily works from the contemporary period, we explore the intersections between art and related notions such as craft, decoration, beauty, entertainment, self-expression, pictorial representation and politics. SUNY GE-SDES, SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM, WESH Offered: Fall, Spring Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
PHI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
Students must have satisfied all ENG and RDG developmental requirements prior to starting
PHI 204Philosophy of Religion3

the course. Please note that PHI 101 is not a prerequisite. Description: A critical examination of the nature of religion and of religious doctrine. Topics discussed include the concept of religion, various arguments for the existence of God, the problem of evil, the rationality of faith, the nature of religious experience, and the compatibility of religion and science. Readings are drawn from philosophical, scientific, and theological sources. SUNY GE-SHUM; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -HUM Offered: Fall, Spring Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
PHI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
Students must have satisfied all ENG and RDG developmental requirements prior to starting
PHI 208Asian Philosophy and Religion3

the course. Please note that PHI 101 is not a prerequisite. Description: Recommended for all students interested in non-Western philosophical traditions. The course examines central themes in classical Indian and Chinese systems of thought (Daoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism) as developed in texts such as The Upanishads, The Bhagavad-Gita, the Buddhist scriptures, the Analects of Confucius, and the Daodejing. Topics to be discussed include: the nature SUNY GE-SHUM, SCRT; SUNY GEN ED -GHUM; NCC GEN ED -GLNW, HUM, PLDI Offered: Fall, Spring Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
PHI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
Students must have satisfied all ENG and RDG developmental requirements prior to starting
PHI 295Independent Study-Philosophy3

the course. Please note that PHI 101 is not a prerequisite. Description: Formerly PHI 699. Students who have completed PHI 699 will not receive credit for PHI 295 . Department: Humanities, Fine & Perf'g Arts

Subject
PHI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
Students must have satisfied all ENG and RDG developmental requirements prior to starting

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