3 courses with the subject CORE, 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.
service to the poor and to all others, and seek to The University-wide CORE 101 composition course build the communities in which we live and work in an ESL context A liberal arts education provides the practical in-
Critical Thinking 3 cr require in the 21st Century Successful leaders must The University-wide CORE 102 literature course in have the skills that a liberal arts education best culti an ESL context vates disciplined thought, careful analysis, articulate presentation of ideas, and organized and persuasive writing and speech They also need the human values and broad perspective that are hallmarks of graduates of the McAnulty College
philosophy, "the love of wisdom;' is a discipline for This course includes a study of major legal tradi- discussing basic questions about ourselves and our tions and considers topics such as justice, ethics world Students read selected works by major and law, legal reasoning, and philosophical issues figures throughout the history of philosophy, they in evidence and procedure are encouraged to think critically and to formulate 270 American Philosophy 3 cr their own answers to perenrual philosophical ques- This course covers some main figures in American tions This course is required for all students in the pragmatism, including both classical (e g , Peirce, university It counts as the first course for the ma- James and Dewey) and recent (e g, Quine, Putnam, jor and minor in philosophy and Rorty) 105 Ethics 3 cr 280 Oriental Philosophy 3 cr The course provides an introduction to important This course provides an introduction to Oriental ethical theories, past and present, and some of their thought through the study of traditions such as applications to concrete issues Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and Hmdwsm 106 Introduction to Logic 3 cr 290 Concentrated Philosophical Readings 3 cr This course includes an analysis of valid reasoning, This is a private tutorial arranged with an individual logical fallacies, types of definitions, arguments in professor It is intended for a student who needs ordinary discourse, and the formal logic of to concentrate on a philosophical topic which is not inferences offered in a regular course 107 Medical Ethics 3 cr Ethical questions that arise in medical care and HISTORICAL COURSES are designed for majors, research are examined Possible topics doctor minors, and serious students of philosophy Prereq- /patient relation, informed consent, and euthanasia uisites at least two 100-level or 200-level courses or 108 Business Ethics 3 cr instructor's permission Ethical questions which relate to business are ex- 300 Ancient Philosophy 3 cr amined, in theory and in practice This course spans the beginning of philosophy in 109 Contemporary Moral Problems 3 cr Greece, from the Pre-Socratics to Plotinus, with This course concentrates on concrete case studies readings taken primarily from Plato and Aristotle from various fields Prerequisite PHIL 105 Ethics 301 Medieval Philosophy 3 cr Medieval texts representing the broad range of BASIC COURSES are useful electives for general issues, approaches, and theories which characterize undergraduates Prerequisite at least one 100-level the major Christian, Jewish, and Islamic philo- course in philosophy sophical thinking of this period are studied 204 Literature and Philosophy 3 cr 302 Early Modem Philosophy 3 cr This course explores philosophical themes in Major issues in modern thought beginning with selected works of literature Descartes are discussed Selected texts irught include 212 Political Philosophy 3 cr figures such as Montaigne, Pascal, Spinoza, Leib- Fundamental political questions are explored niz, Hume, and Kant through readings from some classical but mainly 304 Later Modern Philosophy 3 cr from contemporary sources The link between A study of the period of philosophy initiated by philosophy and practical political themes is empha- Kant, this course deals with some of the crucial sized as much as possible thinkers of the 19th century such as Hegel, 214 Philosophy of Sex 3 cr Feuerbach, Kierkegaard, Marx, Mill, and Nietzsche This course provides an introduction to some of the Prerequisite PHIL 302 or instructor's permission basic themes and texts, both traditional and con- 305 Contemporary Philosophy 3 cr temporary, related to the philosophical study of This course concentrates on philosophy from 1900 sexuality to the present and covers the methods of selected 220 Philosophy of Death and Living 3 cr 20th-century movements Prerequisite 302, 304, or This course provides an introduction to traditional instructor's permission and contemporary themes and texts related to this
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