A "T" located
to the left of the available semester indicates transfer to Murray State University,
Southeast Missouri State University, and Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
as per articulation agreements. These courses will also transfer to most public
four-year institutions in the state of Illinois.
PHI 215 INTRODUCTION
TO PHILOSOPHY
T H4 900 Fall/Spring
This course is a study of patterns of
philosophic thought, and discussion of persistent problems of philosophy
illustrated in the writings of major thinkers from Greece through the 20th Century.
Credit:
3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
PHI 216 LOGIC
T H4 906 By Request
The purpose of this course is to give students
a general knowledge of the fundamental laws of correct deductive and inductive
reasoning. Emphasis will be placed on
practical exercises and the detection of formal and informal fallacies.
Credit:
3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
PHI 217 ETHICS IN HEALTH CARE
T By
Request
This course examines the ethical implications
of recent developments in the fields of biology and medicine. Topics covered include abortion, genetic
engineering, experimentation with human subjects, allocation
of scarce medical resources, behavior control, truth
telling in medicine, health care delivery, and euthanasia.
Credit:
3 hours - Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
PHI 218 INTRODUCTION
TO ETHICS AND VALUES
T H4 904 By Request
This course is an introduction to
representative ethic systems, approaches to problems of values and
conduct. A study of
the principal ethical theories and concepts of human conduct and character as
well as critical evaluation of these theories and concepts as they apply to
particular moral problems and decisions.
Credit:
3 hours – Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
PHI 219 RELIGION IN
AMERICAN SOCIETY
T H5 905 Fall/Spring
This course is designed as a survey of the
role of religion in the development of American history. Its focus will be on the pluralism of
religious beliefs in America
as well as the ways in which religion has served as a unifying force throughout
American history. It will examine
religion from a social, cultural, intellectual, and political perspective.
Credit:
3 hours – Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): None
