20 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 108Introduction to Philosophy3
century philosophers from Kant through (MI) Letter Grade Hegel, Nietzsche, and Sartre, to the linguistic A study of various ways in which philosophers turn. structure their views of the experienced world. Emphasizes historical context, critical analysis, the nature of philosophical thinking, PHIL 203: Philosophy and Literature and the relation between philosophy and (MI) Credits: 3 Letter Grade other aspects of culture. Philosophy, theology and literature are all dedicated to a search for human meaning,
PHIL 109Philosophical Thinking relevance and truth. However each of these3
disciplines approaches these questions in (MI) Letter Grade different ways and from different perspectives. Introduces the student to the study of It will be the intention of this class to use reasoning, emphasizing the structure of these disciplines together in an effort to allow arguments. It is a basic introductory course each to assist the others so as to help us that explores Philosophy as a human activity. achieve some insight into the nature of the It focuses upon the processes used by human condition. Literature will gives us philosophers as they examine questions such specific scenarios and detailed characters so as as: What is reason? What is real? What ought to flesh out certain remote and esoteric we do? Is there a God? Students not only philosophical concepts. Philosophy will give experience major philosophers at work on use organizational patterns and direct human issues, but also participate in the assertions that may serve to grant us a deeper activity by developing their own skills for and more subtle understanding of our literary creative thinking, rational agreement and characters. Theology will grant us a focus on responsible judgment. The course is designed the interpretation of meaning that will serve to help students develop analytical skills for as the center of our inquiry. The directing understanding how arguments work, how questions of the semester will be as follows: they are structured, and how they are to be evaluated. This course will also help students What matters and how do we know? develop composition skills for constructing arguments and defending claims which will PHIL 207: History and Philosophy of help develop and enhance their ability to Science express themselves articulately and (MI) Credits: 3 Letter Grade persuasively. These skills are crucial for both An investigation into the nature and scientific making a civilized impact on the world and for inquiry through study of the development of ious and honest internal reflection. science and of the concept of science from the pre-Socratics to the twentieth century. Major
PHIL 131Philosophy of Science & Religion Philosophy3
(MI) Letter Grade (MI) Credits: 3 Letter Grade Focuses on both the historical continuity and Is there an inherent conflict between religion and science? From the exommunication of the dialectical tensions in the development of western thought. Content includes the pre- Galileo to the attempt to include intelligent design in the biology curriculum by the school Socratics, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, the Neo-Platonists, St. Augustine and his board of Dover, Pennsylvania, it seems as if influence on later medieval thought, Thomas science and religion have been on opposite Aquinas and Duns Scotus. sides of an intense and serious debate. How ought the spiritual and religious individual
respond to science? How ought the scientist respond to religion? We will be exploring the (MI) Letter Grade very structures of truth and assent in both Intended to be a serious investigation into the science and religion. Team teaching will occur work of the most prominent figures of the only during summer sessions. Each semester modern period in the history of philosophy. the instructor may choose from any number of Specifically we will seek to come to an initial topics for example, focusing on J.K. Rowling's understanding of selections from the work of Harry Potter series or Metaphor in Science Rene Descartes, David Hume, Jean-Jacques and Religion. When offered, the particular Rousseau, Immanuel Kant, G. W. F. Hegel, course topic will be noted in that semester's Soren Kierkegaard, Karl Marx and Friedrich f- course listings. Nietzsche. 275
PHIL 224Ethics and the Environment ENVS-401: Internship in Environmental Studies
* Associated lab will not count toward the minor ** Prerequisite of ECON 102 and MATH 201 is recommended, but not required *** Significant content devoted to environmental issues, e.g. the Law of the Sea, Paris Climate Change Accord, the United Nations SDGs, etc. European Union/European Studies Minor in European Union/European Studies The minor is designed to educate students about the European Union, its member countries, and to encourage students to attain high proficiency in one of the EU languages. There are two tracks available to students who would like to earn this minor: Note: no more than TWO courses in the same discipline may be taken to fulfill the minor. Requirements for the Minor in European Union/European Studies – Humanities Version Two 200-Level European World Language courses (6 credits) 173
Letter Grade Philosophy and theology are dedicated to a search for human meaning, relevance and truth. However, these two disciplines approach these questions in different ways and from different perspectives. It will be the intention of this class to use these disciplines together in an effort to allow each to assist the others so as to help us achieve some insight into the nature of the human condition. This class will attempt to look into a serious discussion of theology by means of the rigorous tools of philosophy. The class will delve into a discussion of both revealed and rational approaches to religion, divinity, and transcendence. The works of Immanuel Kant, Soren Kierkegaard and Paul Tillich will play a large role in this class.
(MI) Letter Grade This is a team-taught, interdisciplinary course Independent Study courses are subject to all that focuses on the relationship between faith tuition and fee schedules. Variable from 1.0 to and reason. Philosophy and theology are the 3.0 credits. two main disciplines in play in the course, and the readings for the course primarily derive
PHIL 232Justice for the Disadvantaged An introduction to the sky, the solar system3
(CL) Letter Grade stellar evolution, deep space objects and This course focuses largely on criminal defense cosmology as well as the tools used by for the disadvantaged (e.g., the racially or astronomers to study the universe. Laboratory socioeconomically disadvantaged) in activities as well as the use of a 12” Celestron contemporary American society. However, telescope and a planetarium instrument the course is broader than simply being a enhance the course material. Freshman may course about criminal defense. It also focuses not enroll in this course if it is scheduled one on philosophical questions of justice day per week. Has embedded lab. Core: concerning the disadvantaged in the United Natural Sciences with Lab requirement. States, as well as on philosophical questions about why we have the current criminal justice system that we have in the United PHYS 105: Physical/Earth/Space Science States. Finally, the course will focus some on (SI) Credits: 3 Letter Grade the philosophical disagreements between Introduces students to the basics of the natural law theorists, on the one hand, and physical sciences including Earth Science legal positivists, on the other hand. (geochemistry, the cycles of matter, and energetics) and Astronomy. Examines how
PHIL 281Special Topics in Philosophy scientific knowledge in these areas is obtained3
(MI) Letter Grade as well as the implications and applications of Topics vary by semester. Course is repeatable that knowledge. Emphasis is on how for credit. scientists perceive and attempt to understand the natural world. The approach is conceptual, with emphasis on understanding the way
