Philosophy (PHI)
PHI 1301 Introductory Topics in Philosophy (3)
A writing-intensive introduction the major philosophical topics, themes, and thinkers. Students develop the ability to read texts critically and to write well-researched argumentative essays about perennial philosophical questions.
PHI 1302 Introduction to Philosophy (Non-writing Intensive) (3)
An introduction to the major philosophical topics, themes, and thinkers. Students develop the ability to read texts critically.
PHI 1306 Logic (3)
A study of the basic principles and methods for distinguishing good and bad reasoning across a broad range of contexts, with an emphasis on deductive reasoning. Students develop formal tools to identify, reconstruct, and evaluate arguments, and to compose argumentative essays of their own.
PHI 1307 Critical Thinking (3)
The development of critical, coherent, and creative thinking, including understanding, analyzing, and evaluating the claims of others, organizing ideas clearly, and constructing sound arguments. Development of sensitivity to argumentation technique and to the language in which arguments are expressed, with particular attention to the persuasive techniques of advertising and other controversial issues in the mass media.
PHI 1308 Contemporary Moral Problems (3)
An introduction to philosophical issues and theories associated with the normative assessment of human behavior through engagement with one or more contemporary social issues such as poverty, war, immigration, affirmative action, drug legalization, abortion, sexuality, animal rights, and the environment.