18 courses with the subject SPL, 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.
SPL 100Introduction to Philosophy (Philosophy)3
Credit(s) Surveys philosophical questions in order to experience and reflect on philosophical insight. Preparation for SLA 400 .
Credit(s) This course addresses one the central moral and political issues of our time: the relationship of humans to the non-human natural world. Topics to be addressed may include: climate change, biodiversity, the Anthropocene, extinction, sustainability, and ecocentricism, among many others.
Credit(s) Addresses central questions in philosophy as they relate to sport, games, and competition, offers methods to understand philosophers, and involves students in sustained written and oral reflection.
Credit(s) An investigation of Africana philosophy and Black theology from the African cultural context and diaspora centers, namely, the United States. Writings from continental philosophy, Black existentialism, Black liberation theology, postcolonial theory, and cultural studies by African, African American, and non-African scholars will be analyzed along with activist movements. Within the context of colonialism and globalization, topics vary but remain anchored in revisionist philosophical anthropologies and corrective theologies of God and Jesus.
Credit(s) Explores diverse philosophical approaches to human health, well-being, and the treatment of disease. Topics to be covered may include the ethical basis of healthcare practice (including nursing, hospice care, clinical research, and pharmacology, among other areas), the history and present state of the field of biomedical ethics, the distinction between physical illness and mental disorder, theories of disability and health justice, ethical controversies surrounding emerging medical technologies, and existential-philosophical attitudes towards death and dying.
Variable. Credit(s) Examines a philosophical question on a topic negotiated between student and faculty; research approach to a final document. Open to advanced students with faculty consent. Permission Required.
Variable. Credit(s) Unites academic research and pro-active experience. Open to advanced students with faculty consent. Permission Required. Repeatable for credit.
