COURSE SYLLABI:
There may be additional prerequisites/corequisites
required on entry-level courses in addition to any listed below. For further
information, see "Basic Skill Prerequisites for Entry-Level College Courses"
in the current San Antonio College Class Schedule.
PHIL 0370. RATIONAL THINKING (FORMERLY 0301)
This course is the study of the principles of rational
thinking and their application to problem solving, to the evaluation of information
and arguments, and to the selection and testing of hypotheses.
PHIL 1301. INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
This course is a theoretically diverse introduction
to the systematic areas of philosophy and to the main problems of philosophy.
These may include logic, the nature of reality, knowledge, ethics and morality
and the philosophy of religion. This is a writing-intensive course.
PHIL 1304. MAJOR WORLD RELIGIONS (FORMERLY 2316)
This course presents a survey of the fundamental doctrines
and religious practices of the great religions such as Buddhism, Christianity,
Islam, Taoism, Confucianism, Hinduism and Judaism.
PHIL 2303. INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC (FORMERLY 1302)
This course is an introductory survey of the principle
areas of logic and may include informal logic, Aristotelian and Boolean categorical
logic, propositional logic, predicate logic, inductive logic and the scientific
method. (Recommended by English and Mathematics Departments.)
PHIL 2306. ETHICS (FORMERLY 2314)
This course examines the questions of morality from
theoretically diverse perspectives and considers their application to moral
and social issues, with an emphasis on moral reasoning and decision making.
This is a Writing-Intensive (WI) course.
PHIL 2307. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (FORMERLY
2310)
This course is a critical analysis of political theories
and social-moral issues. Consideration will be given to historically significant
and contemporary systems, problems and thinkers (e.g., Plato, Aristotle, Hobbs,
Locke, Marx, Jefferson, Gandhi, Rawls and others).
PHIL 2316. HISTORY OF ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY
(FORMERLY 2307)
This course is a survey of the major philosophies of
the ancient and medieval western world and may include the Pre-Socrates, Socrates,
Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Anselm and Acquinas, and others. This is a Writing-Intensive
(WI) course.
PHIL 2317. HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY (FORMERLY
2308)
This course is a survey of the major philosophies of
the modern period into the 19th Century and may include Bacon, Hobbes, Descartes,
Spinoza, Locke, Leibniz, Berkeley, Hume, Kant, Hegel and others. This is a Writing-Intensive
(WI) course.
PHIL 2321. PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION (FORMERLY 2315)
This course considers the basic assumptions and problems
of the Western religious tradition by analyzing such issues as the proofs of
God=s existence, the problem of evil, the nature of religious experience and
religious language.
PHIL 2370. STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY (FORMERLY 2318)
This course is an in-depth study of significant philosophical
topics. It may be repeated for credit if topic varies.
PHIL 2371. BUSINESS ETHICS (FORMERLY 2330)
This course is an examination of principles of moral conduct from theoretically diverse perspectives, with an emphasis on issues that guide behavior in the world of business. Specific problems to be considered may include topics such as corporate responsibility, employee rights, the nature of the free enterprise system, environmental concern and ethical business practices.
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