22 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 102Exploring Ethics3
In this course, students explore fundamental ethical questions and gain a framework which they can use to think through ethical issues that confront them as human beings, responsible citizens, and emerging leaders in a global community. The course aims to enhance the student’s abilities to think critically and reflectively. Through study of a variety of ethical approaches, students explore the meaning of self and society, and reflect on the compatibility of faith and reason with specific reference to the Catholic Franciscan intellectual and spiritual tradition.
THEO 104 and completed 24 credits. 1st level Philosophy Core Course
PHIL 202Business Ethics3
As an introduction to the basic philosophical and conceptual structure of the field of business ethics, students examine ethical choices and dilemmas that arise in business contexts and increase their knowledge of how ethics applies to business. They also gain an awareness of the ethical responsibilities facing employees, customers, citizens, managers, and executives, and enhance their knowledge of a basic ethical framework with which to examine a range of ethical issues that arise in business contexts. The course aims to develop the student’s abilities to think critically and reflectively. Through study of a variety of ethical approaches to business, students explore the meaning of self and society, and reflect on the compatibility of faith and reason with specific reference to the Catholic Franciscan intellectual and spiritual tradition.
PHIL 102 and THEO 104 and completed 55 credits 2nd level Philosophy Core Course
PHIL 203Life’s Big Questions3
In this survey course, students explore central philosophical questions concerning human nature, the self, freedom, knowledge, reality, God, and the meaning of life. Branches of philosophy such as logic, metaphysics, epistemology, and political philosophy, as well as other areas of thought, are studied. The course aims to enhance the student’s abilities to think critically and reflectively. Through study of a variety of philosophical questions, students explore the meaning of self and society, and reflect on the compatibility of faith and reason with specific reference to the Catholic Franciscan intellectual and spiritual tradition.
PHIL 102 and THEO 104 and Completed 55 credits. 2nd level Philosophy Core Course
PHIL 205Ethics in Criminal Justice3
Students examine the relationship between ethics and contemporary issues in criminal justice. Current ethical trends and systems are studied, including the legal and correctional professions as well as issues in law enforcement. Students gain an awareness of the ethical responsibilities facing members of the criminal justice professions, and knowledge of a basic ethical framework with which to examine a range of ethical issues that arise in criminal justice contexts. The course aims to enhance the student’s abilities to think critically and reflectively. Through study of a variety of ethical approaches to criminal justice, students explore the meaning of self and society, and reflect on the compatibility of faith and reason with specific reference to the Catholic Franciscan intellectual and spiritual tradition.
PHIL 102 and THEO 104 and completed 55 credits. 2nd level Philosophy Core Course
PHIL 208Philosophical Themes in Film3
This course uses film to explore some fundamental philosophic themes and questions. Film is a particularly powerful vehicle for philosophic thought because it is able to represent philosophic ideas in striking imagery and engaging narratives. In this course, students ask questions and explore themes related to metaphysics, ethics, aesthetics, social and political philosophy, and epistemology. In addition to introducing students to fundamental questions related to these areas of philosophy, this course aims to enhance the student’s ability to think critically and reflectively. Students will also reflect on the compatibility of faith and reason with specific reference to the Catholic Franciscan intellectual and spiritual tradition.
PHIL 102 and THEO 104 and completed 55 credits. 2nd level Philosophy Core Course
PHIL 210Biomedical Ethics3
In this introduction to the basic philosophical and conceptual structure of the field of biomedical ethics, you will examine ethical choices and dilemmas that arise in healthcare contexts and increase your knowledge of how ethics applies to medicine and healthcare. You will also gain an awareness of the professional and ethical responsibilities of health professionals. The course serves to enhance your knowledge of a basic ethical framework with which to examine a range of ethical issues that arise in healthcare contexts. The course aims to develop your abilities to think critically and reflectively. Through study of a variety of ethical approaches to bioethics, you will explore the meaning of self and society, and reflect on the compatibility of faith and reason with specific reference to the Catholic Franciscan intellectual and spiritual tradition.
PHIL 102 and THEO 104 and completed 55 credits 2nd level Philosophy Core Course
PHIL 212Logic for Life and Career Readiness3
This course is designed to take students on a journey through the process of critical thinking. A special emphasis will be placed on how critical thinking skills are applicable to your major and future career. Students will study why critical thought matters as well as obstacles to thinking critically. Students will learn to identify and evaluate arguments as well as study deductive and inductive reasoning. An examination of logical fallacies as well as a study of how to approach clashing views when it comes to experts, talking heads, and advertisements will be included within the course. Finally, students will be exposed to the Catholic intellectual tradition by way of an examination of arguments for the existence of God and the immortality of the soul.
PHIL 102 and THEO 104 and completed 55 credits. 2nd level Philosophy Core Course
PHIL 214Philosophy of Education3
The course is designed to explore fundamental issues related to education. Education will be considered in broad terms. We will explore education in light of what it means to be human, what it means to be a citizen, and what it means to be good. Education in the formal sense of schooling, both at the primary and university level, will be investigated philosophically. The question of what ought to be taught is of concern. The ideal form of control in an educational system-the state, a voucher system, or home schooling-will also be reviewed.
PHIL 102 and THEO 104 and completed 55 credits. 2nd level Philosophy Core Course
PHIL 215Life After Death3
In this course, we will explore the concept of the afterlife from the perspective of the following question: What is the afterlife meant to do and/or what desire does it serve? In response, we will examine the Catholic and Franciscan tradition and ask about the role of the afterlife in this tradition. We will also explore the notion that the afterlife exists to produce behavior, to help individuals escape, in various forms, from the misery of this life, to continue to survive as an individual, and as a way in which the demands of love can be fulfilled.
PHIL 102 and THEO 104 and Completed 55 credits . 2nd level Philosophy Core Course
PHIL 218Philosophy of Sport3
In this survey course you will explore central philosophical questions concerning human nature, the mind, ethics, society, and art, as they arise in sport. You will study branches of philosophy such as social and political philosophy, ethics, metaphysics, the philosophy of mind, and aesthetics, as well as other areas of thought. The course aims to enhance your abilities to think critically and reflectively. Through study of a variety of philosophical questions, you will explore the meaning of self and society, and reflect on the compatibility of faith and reason with specific reference to the Catholic Franciscan intellectual and spiritual tradition.
PHIL 102 and THEO 104 and Completed 55 credits 2nd level Philosophy Core Course
PHIL 226Special Topics in Philosophy3
Neumann University periodically offers Special Topics courses in Philosophy [PHIL] that reflect specific topics of study which are not part of the standard University curriculum. Special Topics courses in Philosophy are numbered at the 226 or 326 level, depending on level of difficulty. For any given semester, course title(s) and content area(s), as well as any specified prerequisites in addition to those listed below, are published during the preceding semester.
PHIL 102 and THEO 104 and Completed 55 credits 2nd Level Philosophy Core Course
PHIL 230Fate, Freedom and Responsibility3
Whether we have free will and some control over our fate, and whether we are morally responsible for what we do, are questions of central importance to what it is to be a human being. People have long been drawn to think carefully about these questions and modern science has shed important light on them. In this course students are introduced to the depth and complexity of these questions and offered the means to acquire a solid basis for informed and sophisticated views about the answers to them. Along the way, through study of a variety of philosophical questions related to free will and moral responsibility, students explore the meaning of self and society, and reflect on the compatibility of faith and reason with specific reference to the Catholic Franciscan intellectual and spiritual tradition.
PHIL 102 and THEO 104 and Completed 55 credits. 2nd Level Philosophy Core Course.
PHIL 250Women and Philosophy3
Women and gender are studied from a variety of perspectives. Emphasis is given to women philosophers, the ideological roots of feminism in the Western world, as well as the changing role and position of women from the Classical period through the 20th century.
PHIL 102 and THEO 104 and Completed 55 credits. 2nd level Philosophy Core Course
PHIL 255Ethics and the Environment3
The course is an introduction to the basic philosophical and conceptual structure of the field of environmental ethics. Students study ethical choices and dilemmas as they appear in thinking about the natural environment. Students gain an awareness of the ethical responsibilities facing human beings with respect to the natural environment, and knowledge of a basic ethical framework with which to examine a range of ethical issues that arise in thinking about how we ought to live in relation to the natural environment. The course aims to enhance the student’s abilities to think critically and reflectively. Through study of a variety of ethical approaches, students explore the meaning of self, society, and nature, and reflect on the compatibility of faith and reason with specific reference to the Catholic Franciscan intellectual and spiritual tradition.
PHIL 102 and THEO 104 and Completed 55 credits 2nd level Philosophy Core Course
PHIL 260The Philosophy of Music3
A philosophical analysis of the nature and value of music is presented in this course. Additionally, specific topics in the aesthetics of music, such as mimesis, autonomy, meaning, and perception, are also explored. Through a survey of the philosophy of music in ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary periods, students are taught the relationship between philosophy, art, and music.
PHIL 102 and THEO 104 and Completed 55 credits This course can be used to satisfy the Fine Arts Core requirement
PHIL 300Contemporary Ethical Issues3
This course focuses on the application of ethical theories to specific contemporary issues, e.g., the death penalty; scarcity of resources and economic justice; war and nuclear deterrence; censorship; and ethical problems posed by technology - including such bioethical issues as abortion, euthanasia, and experimentation.
PHIL 102 and THEO 104 and Completed 55 credits 2nd level Philosophy Core Course
PHIL 303Philosophy in African American Thought3
The experience of African Americans in the history of the United States has been distinctive in important ways. That experience has stimulated writings and speeches that are eloquent as well as deeply morally and intellectually engaging. In this course we will be reading a sample of such writings and speeches, with a special emphasis on writings and speeches stimulated by the struggle of African Americans during the last two hundred years to achieve social and political equality within the United States. We will be reading these works with an eye towards understanding and engaging with philosophical ideas - especially ideas related to social and political philosophy, and ethics - found in them. Along the way we will be reading and learning about the history that was the context for these works. We will also be engaging with the work of some contemporary African American thinkers. A relevant consideration throughout the course will be what light our studies might throw on contemporary African American experience. In keeping with the fact that this course is a Neumann University Core philosophy course, in conjunction with our studies we will have occasion to reflect on the compatibility of faith and reason with specific reference to the Catholic Franciscan intellectual and spiritual tradition.
PHIL 102 and THEO 104 and completed 55 credits. 2nd level Philosophy Core Course
PHIL 320God, Science, Religion and Evil3
In this course, students engage in philosophical analysis of such topics as the idea of God, the problem of evil, the nature of religion, the relation between science and religion, the relation between religion and morality, the question of the rational justification of religious belief, the nature of religious faith, and the possibility of life after death. Through study of a variety of philosophical questions related to religion and religious belief, students explore the meaning of self and society, and reflect on the compatibility of faith and reason with specific reference to the Catholic Franciscan intellectual and spiritual tradition.
PHIL 102 and THEO 104 and Completed 55 credits 2nd level Philosophy Core Course
PHIL 326Special Topics in Philosophy3
Neumann University periodically offers Special Topics courses in Philosophy [PHIL] that reflect specific topics of study which are not part of the standard University curriculum. Special Topics courses in Philosophy are numbered at the 226 or 326 level, depending on level of difficulty. For any given semester, course title(s) and content area(s), as well as any specified prerequisites in addition to those listed below, are published during the preceding semester.
PHIL 102 and THEO 104 and a Completed 55 credits 2nd Level Philosophy Core Course
PHIL 350Social and Political Philosophy3
Students examine key social/political concepts such as political obligation, liberty, equality, rights, justice, society and community. The course covers a range of social/political theories and traditions as well as a selection of contemporary social/political issues. The course aims to enhance the student’s abilities to think critically and reflectively about social/political issues. Through study of a variety of social/political philosophies, students explore the meaning of self and society, and reflect on the compatibility of faith and reason with specific reference to the Catholic Franciscan intellectual and spiritual tradition.
PHIL 102 and THEO 104 and Completed 55 credits 2nd level Philosophy Core Course
PHIL 360Existentialism and the Meaning of Life3
This historical and thematic study of the 19th- to 20th-century philosophical movement known as Existentialism includes such themes as freedom, anxiety, death, the absurd, and the value of the individual against the crowd or mass society. These themes are discussed in the context of the thought of influential existentialist philosophers such as Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Sartre. The course aims to enhance the student’s abilities to t hink critically and reflectively. T hrough study of a variety of existentialist approaches, students will e xplore the meaning of self and society, and reflect on the compatibility of faith and reason with specific reference to the Catholic Franciscan intellectual and spiritual tradition.
PHIL 102 and THEO 104 and Completed 55 credits 2nd level Philosophy Core Course
PHIL 480Independent Study Project (ISP)
Credit Varies Qualified students who seek individualized advanced study in some area of philosophy that is not covered in scheduled courses may apply for an Independent Study Project (ISP). Students assume responsibility for special readings and research under the supervision of a designated faculty member. Regular meetings with faculty and completion of all assignments are required.
