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Class Search Results: Spring 2017
PHIL 1010
INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
A first course in philosophy designed to introduce students to the major philosophic positions.
Section 001 |
Waitlist |
Class Number | 18434 |
Type | LEC |
Enrolled | 40 |
Class Max | 40 |
Seats Available | 0 |
Credit Hours | 3 |
Students on Waitlist | 0 |
Course Attribute | Humanities and Fine Arts General Education course |
Note | This section is based on historic texts in philosophy. |
Date | Jan 09, 2017 - May 05, 2017 |
Time | 10:00AM - 11:15AM |
Days | MW |
Location | Arts and Sciences Hall 380 |
Instructor | Andrew J Newman |
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Section 002 |
Closed |
Class Number | 19014 |
Type | LEC |
Enrolled | 35 |
Class Max | 35 |
Seats Available | 0 |
Credit Hours | 3 |
Course Attribute | Humanities and Fine Arts General Education course |
Date | Jan 09, 2017 - May 05, 2017 |
Time | 10:00AM - 11:15AM |
Days | TR |
Location | Roskens Hall 304 |
Instructor | Christopher John Gibilisco |
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Section 004 |
Open |
Class Number | 21482 |
Type | LEC |
Enrolled | 33 |
Class Max | 35 |
Seats Available | 2 |
Credit Hours | 3 |
Course Attribute | Humanities and Fine Arts General Education course |
Note | The Philosophy of Brain and Mind: This special section of Introduction to Philosophy examines traditional philosophical problems of Ethics, Metaphysics, and Epistemology with a special emphasis on the relation between the Brain and the Mind. Possible topics include problems of mental representation, problems regarding the nature of consciousness, and the possible evolutionary basis of our ethical intuitions. This course should be of particular interest to students interested in neuroscience and psychology. |
Date | Jan 09, 2017 - May 05, 2017 |
Time | 1:00PM - 2:15PM |
Days | MW |
Location | Arts and Sciences Hall 310 |
Instructor | William Jason Melanson |
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Section 005 |
Open |
Class Number | 21483 |
Type | LEC |
Enrolled | 31 |
Class Max | 35 |
Seats Available | 4 |
Credit Hours | 3 |
Course Attribute | Humanities and Fine Arts General Education course |
Date | Jan 09, 2017 - May 05, 2017 |
Time | 1:00PM - 2:15PM |
Days | MW |
Location | Arts and Sciences Hall 378 |
Instructor | Andrew J Newman |
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Section 850 |
Open |
Class Number | 22355 |
Type | LEC |
Enrolled | 34 |
Class Max | 35 |
Seats Available | 1 |
Credit Hours | 3 |
Course Attribute | Totally Online |
Course Attribute | Humanities and Fine Arts General Education course |
Date | Jan 09, 2017 - May 05, 2017 |
Time | TBA |
Days | TBA |
Location | Totally Online |
Instructor | Christopher John Gibilisco |
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PHIL 1020
CONTEMPORARY MORAL PROBLEMS
Introduction to the application of basic moral concepts and theories to contemporary moral issues. Discussion topics will vary and may include: distribution of wealth and resources, environmental ethics and sustainability, animal rights, capital punishment, torture, euthanasia, abortion, cloning, genetic engineering, privacy rights, drug laws, marriage and sexuality, gun control, and affirmative action.
Section 001 |
Open |
Class Number | 26185 |
Type | LEC |
Enrolled | 27 |
Class Max | 35 |
Seats Available | 8 |
Credit Hours | 3 |
Course Attribute | Humanities and Fine Arts General Education course |
Date | Jan 09, 2017 - May 05, 2017 |
Time | 12:00PM - 12:50PM |
Days | MWF |
Location | Arts and Sciences Hall 378 |
Instructor | Rachel Natasha Mohr |
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Section 002 |
Open |
Class Number | 18435 |
Type | LEC |
Enrolled | 33 |
Class Max | 35 |
Seats Available | 2 |
Credit Hours | 3 |
Course Attribute | Humanities and Fine Arts General Education course |
Date | Jan 09, 2017 - May 05, 2017 |
Time | 10:00AM - 10:50AM |
Days | MWF |
Location | Arts and Sciences Hall 100 |
Instructor | Rachel Natasha Mohr |
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Section 850 |
Open |
Class Number | 19981 |
Type | LEC |
Enrolled | 33 |
Class Max | 35 |
Seats Available | 2 |
Credit Hours | 3 |
Course Attribute | Totally Online |
Course Attribute | Humanities and Fine Arts General Education course |
Date | Jan 09, 2017 - May 05, 2017 |
Time | TBA |
Days | TBA |
Location | Totally Online |
Instructor | Clifford Shaw Hill |
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PHIL 1210
CRITICAL REASONING
A study of the principles of correct reasoning: induction, deduction, formal and informal fallacies. Critical reasoning is excellent preparation for the LSAT and the reasoning portions of other examinations for graduate study.
Section 001 |
Open |
Class Number | 19693 |
Type | LEC |
Enrolled | 23 |
Class Max | 30 |
Seats Available | 7 |
Credit Hours | 3 |
Course Attribute | Humanities and Fine Arts General Education course |
Note | Focus on International Affairs |
Date | Jan 09, 2017 - May 05, 2017 |
Time | 10:00AM - 11:15AM |
Days | TR |
Location | Arts and Sciences Hall 378 |
Instructor | Rory J Conces |
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Section 002 |
Open |
Class Number | 18438 |
Type | LEC |
Enrolled | 15 |
Class Max | 30 |
Seats Available | 15 |
Credit Hours | 3 |
Course Attribute | Humanities and Fine Arts General Education course |
Note | Focus on International Affairs |
Date | Jan 09, 2017 - May 05, 2017 |
Time | 11:30AM - 12:45PM |
Days | TR |
Location | Arts and Sciences Hall 378 |
Instructor | Rory J Conces |
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Section 003 |
Open |
Class Number | 19910 |
Type | LEC |
Enrolled | 6 |
Class Max | 30 |
Seats Available | 24 |
Credit Hours | 3 |
Course Attribute | Humanities and Fine Arts General Education course |
Date | Jan 09, 2017 - May 05, 2017 |
Time | 2:30PM - 3:45PM |
Days | TR |
Location | Arts and Sciences Hall 306 |
Instructor | Todd Matthew Grassman |
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Section 004 |
Open |
Class Number | 22358 |
Type | LEC |
Enrolled | 21 |
Class Max | 23 |
Seats Available | 2 |
Credit Hours | 3 |
Course Attribute | Second-Year Thompson Learning Scholars |
Course Attribute | Humanities and Fine Arts General Education course |
Date | Jan 09, 2017 - May 05, 2017 |
Time | 1:00PM - 2:15PM |
Days | TR |
Location | Arts and Sciences Hall 308 |
Instructor | Laura W Grams |
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Section 005 |
Open |
Class Number | 22359 |
Type | LEC |
Enrolled | 10 |
Class Max | 30 |
Seats Available | 20 |
Credit Hours | 3 |
Course Attribute | Humanities and Fine Arts General Education course |
Date | Jan 09, 2017 - May 05, 2017 |
Time | 12:00PM - 12:50PM |
Days | MWF |
Location | Arts and Sciences Hall 100 |
Instructor | Lia Elwonger |
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A first course in symbolic logic designed to introduce students to formal systems of propositional and predicate logic. Logic is excellent preparation for the LSAT and the reasoning portions of other examinations for graduate study.
Section 001 |
Open |
Class Number | 18439 |
Type | LEC |
Enrolled | 16 |
Class Max | 20 |
Seats Available | 4 |
Credit Hours | 3 |
Date | Jan 09, 2017 - May 05, 2017 |
Time | 2:30PM - 3:45PM |
Days | MW |
Location | Arts and Sciences Hall 310 |
Instructor | William Jason Melanson |
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PHIL 2030
INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS
A critical study of basic moral concepts and problems contained in ethical theories of important western philosophers: relativism, egoism, happiness, obligation, justice, freedom, conscience, love, religious precepts, moral rules, moral attitudes and moral language.
Section 001 |
Closed |
Class Number | 18441 |
Type | LEC |
Enrolled | 30 |
Class Max | 30 |
Seats Available | 0 |
Credit Hours | 3 |
Course Attribute | Humanities and Fine Arts General Education course |
Date | Jan 09, 2017 - May 05, 2017 |
Time | 2:30PM - 3:45PM |
Days | MW |
Location | Arts and Sciences Hall 100 |
Instructor | Hichem Naar |
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Section 002 |
Closed |
Class Number | 18777 |
Type | LEC |
Enrolled | 20 |
Class Max | 20 |
Seats Available | 0 |
Credit Hours | 3 |
Course Attribute | Humanities and Fine Arts General Education course |
Date | Jan 09, 2017 - May 05, 2017 |
Time | 1:00PM - 2:15PM |
Days | TR |
Location | Roskens Hall 112 |
Instructor | William L Blizek |
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Section 003 |
Open |
Class Number | 18440 |
Type | LEC |
Enrolled | 19 |
Class Max | 20 |
Seats Available | 1 |
Credit Hours | 3 |
Course Attribute | Humanities and Fine Arts General Education course |
Date | Jan 09, 2017 - May 05, 2017 |
Time | 10:00AM - 11:15AM |
Days | TR |
Location | Allwine Hall 314 |
Instructor | William L Blizek |
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Section 005 |
Open |
Class Number | 18862 |
Type | LEC |
Enrolled | 18 |
Class Max | 30 |
Seats Available | 12 |
Credit Hours | 3 |
Course Attribute | Humanities and Fine Arts General Education course |
Date | Jan 09, 2017 - May 05, 2017 |
Time | 2:30PM - 3:45PM |
Days | TR |
Location | Arts and Sciences Hall 279 |
Instructor | Hichem Naar |
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Section 006 |
Closed |
Class Number | 21486 |
Type | LEC |
Enrolled | 24 |
Class Max | 23 |
Seats Available | 0 |
Credit Hours | 3 |
Course Attribute | First-Year Thompson Learning Scholars (Group 1) |
Course Attribute | Humanities and Fine Arts General Education course |
Date | Jan 09, 2017 - May 05, 2017 |
Time | 1:00PM - 2:15PM |
Days | MW |
Location | Arts and Sciences Hall 100 |
Instructor | Hichem Naar |
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A detailed examination of selected topics in normative ethics and/or metaethics. Normative ethical questions to consider may include: Is the morally right thing to do always the thing that has the best consequences, as so-called "consequentialists" believe? What sorts of things are intrinsically good, i.e., good in themselves, regardless of their effects? Metaethical questions to be considered may include: Are there any objective moral facts? If so, where do they come from?
Prereq: PHIL 2030 or six hours in philosophy or permission of instructor.
Section 001 |
Open |
Class Number | 22276 |
Type | LEC |
Enrolled | 8 |
Class Max | 20 |
Seats Available | 12 |
Credit Hours | 3 |
Date | Jan 09, 2017 - May 05, 2017 |
Time | 10:00AM - 11:15AM |
Days | MW |
Location | Allwine Hall 303 |
Instructor | Alexander B Hyun |
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PHIL 3130
HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY
An examination of the leading philosophical ideas of the 17th and 18th centuries: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume and Kant. This course also fulfills the writing requirements for philosophy majors.
Prereq: 6 hours in Philosophy
Section 001 |
Open |
Class Number | 20371 |
Type | LEC |
Enrolled | 11 |
Class Max | 20 |
Seats Available | 9 |
Credit Hours | 3 |
Date | Jan 09, 2017 - May 05, 2017 |
Time | 10:00AM - 11:15AM |
Days | TR |
Location | Arts and Sciences Hall 388 |
Instructor | Laura W Grams |
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PHIL 3200
PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
A study of the major arguments for and against the existence of God, religious knowledge, miracles, morality without religion and immortality.
Prereq: Junior or 3 credits in philosophy.
Section 001 |
Open |
Class Number | 21488 |
Type | LEC |
Enrolled | 7 |
Class Max | 20 |
Seats Available | 13 |
Credit Hours | 3 |
Date | Jan 09, 2017 - May 05, 2017 |
Time | 2:30PM - 3:45PM |
Days | MW |
Location | Arts and Sciences Hall 202 |
Instructor | Andrew J Newman |
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PHIL 3210
SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY
An examination of the problems and concepts of social and political philosophy.
Prereq: Three credits in philosophy or junior.
Section 001 |
Open |
Class Number | 21489 |
Type | LEC |
Enrolled | 15 |
Class Max | 20 |
Seats Available | 5 |
Credit Hours | 3 |
Date | Jan 09, 2017 - May 05, 2017 |
Time | 1:00PM - 2:15PM |
Days | MW |
Location | Arts and Sciences Hall 202 |
Instructor | Rory J Conces |
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PHIL 3250
LIMITS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
A course focusing on the scientific study of the psychology, neurology, and philosophy of the mind. This course is designed for students who are interested in thinking about thinking. (Cross-listed with PSYC 4250, PSYC 8256)
Prereq: PSYC 1010; or 6 hours in Philosophy.
Section 001 |
Waitlist |
Class Number | 19911 |
Type | LEC |
Enrolled | 20 |
Class Max | 20 |
Seats Available | 0 |
Credit Hours | 3 |
Students on Waitlist | 0 |
Date | Jan 09, 2017 - May 05, 2017 |
Time | 1:00PM - 2:15PM |
Days | TR |
Location | Arts and Sciences Hall 279 |
Instructor | Hichem Naar |
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PHIL 3410
PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
An examination of the history and nature of the goals and methods of social science in general and certain social-science disciplines in particular.
Prereq: Three credits in philosophy and junior
Section 001 |
Open |
Class Number | 20363 |
Type | LEC |
Enrolled | 2 |
Class Max | 20 |
Seats Available | 18 |
Credit Hours | 3 |
Date | Jan 09, 2017 - May 05, 2017 |
Time | 11:30AM - 12:45PM |
Days | TR |
Location | Arts and Sciences Hall 216 |
Instructor | Imafedia Okhamafe |
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PHIL 3600
THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE
An examination of the nature and limits of human knowledge and related issues such as skepticism, certainty, rationality and perception, and the problem of other minds.
Prereq: Six hours of philosophy
Section 001 |
Open |
Class Number | 21902 |
Type | LEC |
Enrolled | 8 |
Class Max | 20 |
Seats Available | 12 |
Credit Hours | 3 |
Date | Jan 09, 2017 - May 05, 2017 |
Time | 2:30PM - 3:45PM |
Days | TR |
Location | Arts and Sciences Hall 388 |
Instructor | William Jason Melanson |
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