Philosophy FULL TERM CLASSES
SPRING 2001 CLASS SCHEDULE
Philosophy FULL TERM CLASSES
| PHIL 1 | Introduction to Philosophy |
| This survey course covers the major areas of philosophy and examines central and significant questions such as: What can we know? What is it to reason correctly? Does God exist? How are we to distinguish moral right from wrong? What is the nature of reality? CAN: PHIL 2 |
| Advisory: | Eligible for English 1A. |
| Transferable: | CSU; UC |
| Sect# | Type | Room | Instructor | Hours | Units | Days | Time Start-End | Footnotes | Campus | Date Start-End |
| 4500 | LEC |
TH127 |
HODGE E |
3.00 |
3.0 |
TuTh |
1110A-1225P | GIL | Full term |
| PHIL 2 | Logic |
| Logic is an art as well as a science. It is concerned with the principles and standards of correct reasoning. This course involves a thorough coverage of syllogistic and propositional logic. The emphasis is on techniques by which the validity of arguments can be tested and guaranteed. Practical applications of the subject are also discussed. CAN: PHIL 6 |
| Advisory: | Eligible for English 1A. |
| Transferable: | CSU; UC |
| Sect# | Type | Room | Instructor | Hours | Units | Days | Time Start-End | Footnotes | Campus | Date Start-End |
| 4501 | LEC |
BU118 |
HODGE E |
3.00 |
3.0 |
MWF |
0810A-0900A | GIL | Full term |
| PHIL 4 | Critical Thinking and Writing |
| This course introduces critical thinking and critical writing and their relationship. The student will learn techniques of critical thinking, practical reasoning, and argumentation, with an accompanying emphasis on the application of these techniques in a sequence of written argumentative essays. Topics shall include critical reading, argument analysis, recognition of propaganda, stereotypes, and paradigms, clarifying linguistic ambiguity, definitions, and meanings, evaluating evidence, logical and factual correctness, formal and informal fallacies in reasoning. Critical writing strategies are emphasized in the 8,000 word writing requirement. Arguments for analysis are taken from various readings in philosophy, literature, and culturally diverse sources in other fields. The course is designed to fulfill the IGETC Critical Thinking/English Composition requirement. |
| Prerequisite: | English 1A |
| Transferable: | CSU; UC |
| Sect# | Type | Room | Instructor | Hours | Units | Days | Time Start-End | Footnotes | Campus | Date Start-End |
| 4502 | LEC |
SS111 |
HODGE E |
3.00 |
3.0 |
TuTh |
0820A-0935A | GIL | Full term | |
| 4503 | LEC | BU120 | HODGE E | 3.00 | 3.0 | MWF | 1110A-1200P | GIL | Full term |
| PHIL 5 | Critical Thinking |
| Critical thinking is a theoretical study and practical application of logical argumentation; uncritical and critical thinking; the dialogical dialectic; the encoder-decoder process; communication symbolism and intensities; critical thinking qualities and strategies; language, acceptability, sufficiency, and relevancy fallacies; extended arguments; and critical thinking applied to advertising and the mass media. Assignments include at least five separate written discourses totaling more than six thousand words and four major exams; both objective and subjective questions. |
| Advisory: | Eligible for English 1A. |
| Transferable: | CSU; UC |
| Sect# | Type | Room | Instructor | Hours | Units | Days | Time Start-End | Footnotes | Campus | Date Start-End |
| 6154 | LEC |
HOL1 |
HODGE E |
3.00 |
3.0 |
Th |
0645P-0935P | 57 | HOL | Full term |
| PHIL 6 | Religions of the World |
| A descriptive survey of the religious history of humankind. This course explores religious experience in the light of myth, tradition, cultural diversity and social significance. |
| Advisory: | Eligible for English 1A. |
| Transferable: | CSU; UC |
| Sect# | Type | Room | Instructor | Hours | Units | Days | Time Start-End | Footnotes | Campus | Date Start-End |
| 4504 | LEC |
BU120 |
HODGE E |
3.00 |
3.0 |
MWF |
1010A-1100A | GIL | Full term |
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