Course Descriptions
PHIL 110 (3-3-0) Critical Thinking: An introduction to the basic elements of argumentation, focusing on the analysis, evaluation, and development of claims and arguments in the sciences, the humanities, the social sciences, the applied sciences, and everyday life experiences.
PHIL 210 (3-3-0) Introduction to Philosophy:
An analytical study of ancient and modern philosophical problems in metaphysics, the philosophy of religion, epistemology, ethics, and political philosophy, with emphasis on encouraging critical approaches to theoretical and practical issues.
Prerequisite: PHIL 110 Or PHIL 110
PHIL 211 (3-3-0) Introduction to World
Religion: Examination of the religions of the world, including the nature of religious beliefs, spiritual beings and powers, myths, rituals, ethics, religious claims and arguments, and the impact of religions on culture, politics, society,
Course Objectives Artifacts/Evidence

and the daily lives of believers. Addresses traditional African religions, Islam, Hinduism,
Buddhism, Christianity, religions of Meso
America, religions of Native Americans,
Confucianism, Taoism, Shintoism, Judaism, and
Sikhism.
PHIL 212 (3-3-0) African-American
Philosophy: A critical examination of the following concepts and issues pertaining to the
African-American experience in historical and contemporary periods: oppression, resistance, justice, liberation, separatism, integration, affirmative action, identity, self-respect, race, class, gender, the universality of Western
Philosophy, and cultural features of philosophy.
Concepts and issues will be addressed through an analysis of writings by major figures:
Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B.
DuBois, Alain Locke, Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Malcolm X, William Jones, Cornel West,
Angela Davis, Leonard Harris, Lucius Outlaw,
& Bernard Boxill.
PHIL 220 (3-3-0) Introduction to Logic: An introduction to techniques of correct reasoning in informal contexts, to Aristotelian and mathematical logic, and to practical applications of logic, for example, in addressing contemporary issues and in completing logic sections of national examinations such as the
GRE, GMAT, LSAT, NTE, MCAT, etc.
Prerequisite: PHIL 110

PHIL 230 (3-3-0) Political and Social
Philosophy: An introduction to traditional and contemporary social-political thought and its relationship to practice, with emphasis on the interdependence of economic and sociopolitical issues and on the African viewpoint and its relationship to other world views.
Prerequisite: PHIL 220 Or PHIL 210 And
PHIL 110
PHIL 310 (3-3-0) Philosophy of Religon: A course examining the claims of religion from a logical point of view and covering such topics as traditional arguments for the existence of
God, the problem of evil, evolution, knowledge and belief, religion and morality, religious experience and verification, and existentialism.
Prerequisite: PHIL 220 Or PHIL 210 Or PHIL
110
PHIL 320 (3-3-0) Introduction to Ethics: A philosophical exploration of the basis of the good life, involving approaches to the problems of moral belief and practices.
Prerequisite: PHIL 220 Or PHIL 110 Or PHIL
210
PHIL 330 (3-3-0) Ancient and Medieval
Philosophy: A study of major philosophical developments from the ancient Greeks through the medieval period, emphasizing Plato,
Aristotle, and Aquinas. Students will develop skills in the analysis, development, and evaluation of claims and arguments connected with the ancient and medieval period.
Prerequisite: PHIL 220 Or PHIL 110 Or PHIL

210
PHIL 340 (3-3-0) Modern Philosophy: This course provides a study of major philosophical developments of the modern period, with emphasis on the arguments of the rationalists and empiricists. Students will develop skills in the analysis, development, and evaluation of claims and arguments of the modern period.
Prerequisite: PHIL 220 Or PHIL 110 Or PHIL
210
PHIL 360 (3-3-0) Existentialism: This seminar in philosophy provides a study of Existentialism as a response to the philosophical problems unique to the post-industrial societies as articulated by Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Sartre,
Camus, et al. Focusing primarily on such major existential themes as choice, responsibility, identity, freedom, and alienation, the students will explore the common concern of these thinkers about human existence and the conditions and quality of the life of the individual.
Prerequisite: PHIL 220 Or PHIL 110 Or PHIL
210
PHIL 370 (3-3-0) Philosophy of Science: This course provides a philosophical exploration of issues in the philosophy of science and technology, and of problems of scientific belief and practice. Topic areas include the value of science; the nature of scientific activities; science and myth; generalization and related inductive reasoning; causal reasoning; scientific theories; science and society; change in science;

and, scientific explanation. Students will develop skills in the analysis, development, and evaluation of scientific claims and scientific arguments.
Prerequisite: PHIL 220 Or PHIL 110 Or PHIL
210
PHIL 430 (3-3-0) Seminar in Philosophy:
Individual or group study and critical discussion of selected philosophical issues.
Prerequisite: PHIL 110 Or PHIL 210 Or PHIL
220
POLI 200 (3-3-0) Introduction to Political
Science: The study of the basic principles and concepts of political science with emphasis on the nature and function of political systems.
Various approaches to the study of politics and the relationship of political science to other social sciences will be examined.