14 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 2000ETHICS BOWL1
This course will cover moral theories, including fairness, utilitarianism, virtue ethics, common good, and Kantian deontology. Students will not only learn these theories but apply them to a selection of morally ambiguous case studies. Past cases have concerned business ethics, education, and technology. Students will have the opportunity to join the MU Ethics Bowl team at the annual NCICU State Ethics Bowl tournament. May be repeated for credits as the case studies change every term. Offered: fall
Subject
PHI
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated for credits as the case studies change every term.
Socrates claimed that the “unexamined life is not worth living.” This course examines a life worth living by critically struggling with some of life’s most intractable philosophical problems: what is the world like (metaphysics), how do we know what we know (epistemology), and what are the implications of all this for how we should act in the world (ethics). Offered: fall and spring
Required Professional Writing Course: 3 credit hours Select one course (3 credit hours) from the following list: ENG 3201 Business Writing (3) SWK 2400 Professional Writing and Critical Thinking (3) Required Creativity Course: 3 credit hours Select one course (3 credit hours) from the following list: AGD 1000 Design Production (3) THE 2000 Practicing Creativity (3)
PHI 2200Moral Philosophy and Contemporary Ethical Problems3
This course philosophically examines issues of social justice and individual moral problems that we as professionals and citizens face on a daily basis in medicine, the military, education, business, personal relationships, and political life. Offered: spring (even years)
After a brief consideration of ethical theory, this course will examine selected ethical issues which arise from business, such as corporate responsibility, whistle blowing, environmental issues, and privacy. Emphasis will be placed on the role of virtues in business practice. Cross-listed: BUS 3200 Offered: fall and spring
Philosophical examination of religion; topics include arguments for the existence of God, the nature and reliability of religious experience, the problem of evil, the nature and attributes of God, the meaning of religious language, and life after death. Offered: fall (even years)
This course is a theoretical and practical introduction to the ethical obligations embedded in the relationship of human beings to the natural world. It will cover various theories of how we should interact with the environment and other animals. Exercises will include traditional papers as well as group projects that give students an opportunity to explore such issues in concrete ways.
Total: 42 credit hours Minor in Women’s Studies The minor in Women’s Studies serves the university by raising students’ awareness of the impact of gender on their personal, professional, and academic lives; encouraging a culture of openness surrounding issues of gender and gender identity; and providing students with a grounding in feminist theory, enabling them to engage in scholarship informed by feminist and gender-studies perspectives. Required CORE courses: 9 credit hours ENG 3420 Women’s Literature (3) WST 2000 Introduction to Women’s Studies (3)
A humanistic study of death, including discussions about the experience of dying as well as various philosophical, religious, and artistic understandings of death. Class materials will include personal and literary accounts to bring our experience of death to life. Return to Table of Contents
A study of the basic concepts, arguments, and methods of ethics as they apply to those who work in the field of criminal justice. Students will be introduced to the classic theories of normative ethics. Emphasis is placed on the case study approach and ethical decision-making. Cross-listed: JUS 4200 Offered: fall
Significant works, problems, and thinkers in the field of philosophy. Can be repeated for credits. Cross-listed: REL 4850 as applicable Offered: as needed
An opportunity for a well-qualified, upper-division student to engage in special research in his/her major. Prerequisite: approval by the faculty advisor, the supervising professor, the division head, and the college dean before approval by the Provost. Credits to be determined.
