Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3 Laboratory Hours: 0
Days and times the course meets: (Needs to be filled in by instructor)
Introduction: (Optional)
Catalog Description:
An introduction to non-western philosophical questioning and to the rudiments of non-western philosophical ways of reasoning. This course will examine some key notions of the history of non-western philosophy, especially in the areas of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and social/political philosophy, in particular the traditions found in Africa, India, Eastern Asia, and the Mideast.
Instructor Information:
Instructor name: Usha Kapoor
Phone number to contact instructor: (309) 829-5481
Instructor e-mail address, if one: None
Location of instructor’s office: ICB 2025
Hours and days of instructor’s office hours: By appointment
Textbook: Required :
Daniel Bonevac, Stephen Phillips, (1993), Understanding Non Western Philosophy,
Mayfield Publ Comp.
Relationship to Academic Development Programs and Transfer:
PHIL 105 fulfills 3 of the required 9 semester hours of credit in the Humanities for the A.A. or
A.S. degrees. It is a General Education course and is included in the Illinois Articulation
Initiative. Therefore, it should transfer to any Illinois college or university as a general education requirement in the Humanities. Check with an advisor about transferability to particular institutions.

Course Objectives (Learning Outcomes):
Outcomes General
Education
Outcome
Outline the main historical developments and the main philosophical concepts of the non-western philosophical traditions, matching important works with the philosophers who wrote them and important beliefs with the philosophers who held them.
Identify the historically dominant non-western philosophical “problems,” the non-western philosophers who dealt with each of them, and the reasons that they have become viewed as “problems.”
Contextualize various nonwestern philosophies and philosophical problems within the societies and cultures that gave rise to them, identifying the social phenomena that provided the impetus for solutions to those problems.
Analyze critically the extent that a philosopher’s identity, assumptions, and social context influence his or her perspective or beliefs.
D3
D2 Describe the differences between non-western and western philosophical views and the ways of thinking that underlie the respective cultures.
Demonstrate an ability to critically evaluate the effectiveness of non-western
Range of Assessment Methods

Written examinations, consisting of short essay, multiple choice, true/false, and short answer questions

Class discussions

Student presentations

Written examinations, consisting of short essay, multiple choice, true/false, and short answer questions

Class discussions

Student presentations

Written examinations, consisting of short essay, multiple choice, true/false, and short answer questions

Class discussions

Student presentations

Written examinations, consisting of short essay, multiple choice, true/false, and short answer questions

Class discussions

Student presentations

Written examinations, consisting of short essay, multiple choice, true/false, and short answer questions

Class discussions

Student presentations

Written examinations, consisting of short essay, multiple choice, true/false, and short answer

philosophical solutions that have been proposed to the main philosophical problems.
Demonstrate the ability to aptly interpret difficult philosophical texts and support those interpretations with reasoned arguments.
Demonstrate an ability to analyze the historical processes and experiences that enable human beings to come to knowledge.
CT2 questions

Class discussions

Student presentations

Research paper with documented sources

Written examinations, consisting of short essay, multiple choice, true/false, and short answer questions

Class discussions

Student presentations

Research paper with documented sources

Written examinations, consisting of short essay, multiple choice, true/false. and short answer questions

Class discussions

Student presentations
Course/Lab Outlines:
1. Africa (Ancient Egypt)
2. South Asia (Hinduism, Early Buddhism, Jainism, Non-Dualism, Sikhism)
3. China (Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism,)
4. Japan (Shintoism and Buddhism)
5. Middle East and Northern Africa (Islam, creationism, rationalism)
Methods of Instruction:
The instructional method will include lecture and discussion in both large and small groups.
Students will have ample opportunity to interact with the instructor and one another.
Course Policies:
Method of Evaluation (Tests/Exams, Grading System):
There are several exams composed of short essay, multiple choice, true/false, and short answer questions. There is a research paper of at least nine pages, with documented sources. Attendance and class-participation are graded.
The final grade will be calculated as follows:
75% Exams
20%
5%
Research Paper
Student presentations and participation in class discussions

Grading Policy:
The grading system will be as follows:
A
B
C
D
F
90-100%
80-89%
70-79%
60-69%
Below 60%
Required Writing and Reading:
Besides the essay examination questions, required writing will take the form of a research paper of at least nine pages. Required reading will be from the textbook and from outside sources.
Student Conduct:
Academic Integrity and Plagiarism
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a fundamental principle of collegial life at Heartland Community College and is essential to the credibility of the College’s educational programs. Moreover, because grading may be competitive, students who misrepresent their academic work violate the right of their fellow students. The College, therefore, views any act of academic dishonest as a serious offense requiring disciplinary measures, including course failure, suspension, and even expulsion from the College. In addition, an act of academic dishonesty may have unforeseen effects far beyond any officially imposed penalties.
Violations of academic integrity include, but are not limited to cheating, aiding or suborning cheating or other acts of academic dishonesty, plagiarism, misrepresentation of data, falsification of academic records or documents and unauthorized access to computerized academic or administrative records or systems. Definitions of these violations may be found in the college catalog.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the presenting of others’ ideas as if they were your own. When you write a paper, create a project, do a presentation or create anything original, it is assumed that all the work, except for that which is attributed to another author or creator, is your own. Plagiarism is considered a serious academic offense and may take the following forms:
1
2
Copying word-for-word from another source and not giving that source credit.
Paraphrasing the work of another and not giving that source credit.
3
4
5
6
Adopting a particularly apt phrase as your own.
Using an image or a copy of an image without crediting its source.
Paraphrasing someone else’s line of thinking in the development of a topic as if it were your own.
Receiving excessive help from a friend or elsewhere, or using another project as if it were your own.

Note that word-for-word copying is not the only form of plagiarism.
The penalties for plagiarism may be severe, ranging from failure on the particular piece of work, failure in the course or expulsion from school in extreme cases.
[Adapted from the Modem Language Association’s MLA Handbook for Writers of
Research Papers. New York: MLA, 1995: 26]
Support Services:
Heartland Library Information
The Library, located in the Students Commons Buildings at the Raab Road campus, provides Heartland students with a full range of resources including books, online journal databases, videos, newspapers, periodicals, reserves, and interlibrary loan. Librarians are available to assist in locating information.
For more information please call the Library (309) 268-8200 or (309) 268-8292
Tutoring Center
Heartland Community College offers tutoring in various forms at no cost to
Heartland students at the Academic Support Center (ASC) in Normal and at the Pontiac and Lincoln Centers. Tutors are available at convenient times throughout the week.
Study groups, group tutoring facilitated by a specially-trained tutor, are also available by request. For more information about services available at each location, please call the
ASC in Normal (309) 268-8231; the Pontiac Center (815) 842-6777; the Lincoln Center
(217) 735-1731.
Testing Center
The Testing Center provides a quiet environment for students to complete make-up exams, online exams, and exams for students with special accommodations. Students may be able to complete exams in the Testing Center if arrangements are made with their instructor. For more information, contact the Testing Center at (309) 268-8231.
Course Calendar:
Exam I – February 2, 2005 – Wednesday
Lectures, Philosophy, Africa and study guide review
Exam II – March 2, 2005 – Wednesday
Lectures, Indian Philosophy and study guide review
Mid Term Break – March 12-19
Exam III – April 6, 2005 – Wednesday
Chinese and Japanese Philosophy and study guide review
Term Paper – April 13, 2005
Exam IV – May 11, 2005
Lectures, Mid East Philosophy and study guide review

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3 Laboratory Hours: 0
Days and times the course meets: (Needs to be filled in by instructor)
Introduction: (Optional)
Catalog Description:
An introduction to non-western philosophical questioning and to the rudiments of non-western philosophical ways of reasoning. This course will examine some key notions of the history of non-western philosophy, especially in the areas of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and social/political philosophy, in particular the traditions found in Africa, India, Eastern Asia, and the Mideast.
Instructor Information:
Instructor name: Usha Kapoor
Phone number to contact instructor: (309) 829-5481
Instructor e-mail address, if one: None
Location of instructor’s office: ICB 2025
Hours and days of instructor’s office hours: By appointment
Textbook:
Required:
Recommended:
Relationship to Academic Development Programs and Transfer:
PHIL 105 fulfills 3 of the required 9 semester hours of credit in the Humanities for the A.A. or

A.S. degrees. It is a General Education course and is included in the Illinois Articulation
Initiative. Therefore, it should transfer to any Illinois college or university as a general education requirement in the Humanities. Check with an advisor about transferability to particular institutions.
Course Objectives (Learning Outcomes):
Outcomes General
Education
Outcome
Outline the main historical developments and the main philosophical concepts of the non-western philosophical traditions, matching important works with the philosophers who wrote them and important beliefs with the philosophers who held them.
Identify the historically dominant non-western philosophical
“problems,” the non-western philosophers who dealt with each of them, and the reasons that they have become viewed as “problems.”
D3 Contextualize various nonwestern philosophies and philosophical problems within the societies and cultures that gave rise to them, identifying the social phenomena that provided the impetus for solutions to those problems.
Analyze critically the extent that a philosopher’s identity, assumptions, and social context influence his or her perspective or beliefs.
Describe the differences between non-western and western philosophical views and the ways of thinking that
D2
Range of Assessment Methods
 questions

Class discussions

Student presentations
 questions

Class discussions

Student presentations
 questions

Class discussions

Student presentations

Written examinations, consisting of short essay, multiple choice, true/false, and short answer
Written examinations, consisting of short essay, multiple choice, true/false, and short answer
Written examinations, consisting of short essay, multiple choice, true/false, and short answer
Written examinations, consisting of short essay, multiple choice, true/false, and short answer questions

Class discussions

Student presentations

Written examinations, consisting of short essay, multiple choice, true/false, and short answer questions

underlie the respective cultures.
Demonstrate an ability to critically evaluate the effectiveness of non-western philosophical solutions that have been proposed to the main philosophical problems.
Demonstrate the ability to aptly interpret difficult philosophical texts and support those interpretations with reasoned arguments.
Demonstrate an ability to analyze the historical processes and experiences that enable human beings to come to knowledge.
CT2

Class discussions

Student presentations

Written examinations, consisting of short essay, multiple choice, true/false, and short answer questions

Class discussions

Student presentations

Research paper with documented sources

Written examinations, consisting of short essay, multiple choice, true/false, and short answer questions

Class discussions

Student presentations

Research paper with documented sources

Written examinations, consisting of short essay, multiple choice, true/false. and short answer questions

Class discussions

Student presentations
Course/Lab Outlines:
1. Africa (Ancient Egypt)
2. South Asia (Hinduism, Early Buddhism, Jainism, Non-Dualism, Sikhism)
3. China (Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism,)
4. Japan (Shintoism and Buddhism)
5. Middle East and Northern Africa (Islam, creationism, rationalism)
Methods of Instruction:
The instructional method will include lecture and discussion in both large and small groups.
Students will have ample opportunity to interact with the instructor and one another.
Course Policies:
Method of Evaluation (Tests/Exams, Grading System):
There are several exams composed of short essay, multiple choice, true/false, and short answer questions. There is a research paper of at least nine pages, with documented sources. Attendance and class-participation are graded.

The final grade will be calculated as follows:
75% Exams
20%
5%
Research Paper
Student presentations and participation in class discussions
Grading Policy:
The grading system will be as follows:
A
B
C
90-100%
80-89%
70-79%
D
F
60-69%
Below 60%
Participation (or Attendance):
Class Participation:
Incompletes:
Extra Credit:
Make-up of tests and assignments:
Deadlines:
Required Writing and Reading: (from Master Course Syllabus)
Besides the essay examination questions, required writing will take the form of a research paper of at least nine pages. Required reading will be from the textbook and from outside sources.
Student Conduct:
Academic Integrity and Plagiarism
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a fundamental principle of collegial life at Heartland Community College and is essential to the credibility of the College’s educational programs. Moreover, because grading may be competitive, students who misrepresent their academic work violate the right of their fellow students. The College, therefore, views any act of academic dishonest as a serious offense requiring disciplinary measures, including course failure, suspension, and even expulsion from the College. In addition, an act of academic dishonesty may have unforeseen effects far beyond any officially imposed penalties.
Violations of academic integrity include, but are not limited to cheating, aiding or suborning cheating or other acts of academic dishonesty, plagiarism, misrepresentation of data,

falsification of academic records or documents and unauthorized access to computerized academic or administrative records or systems. Definitions of these violations may be found in the college catalog.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the presenting of others’ ideas as if they were your own. When you write a paper, create a project, do a presentation or create anything original, it is assumed that all the work, except for that which is attributed to another author or creator, is your own. Plagiarism is considered a serious academic offense and may take the following forms:
1 Copying word-for-word from another source and not giving that source credit.
2
3
4
5
6
Paraphrasing the work of another and not giving that source credit.
Adopting a particularly apt phrase as your own.
Using an image or a copy of an image without crediting its source.
Paraphrasing someone else’s line of thinking in the development of a topic as if it were your own.
Receiving excessive help from a friend or elsewhere, or using another project as if it were your own.
Note that word-for-word copying is not the only form of plagiarism.
The penalties for plagiarism may be severe, ranging from failure on the particular piece of work, failure in the course or expulsion from school in extreme cases.
[Adapted from the Modem Language Association’s MLA Handbook for Writers of
Research Papers. New York: MLA, 1995: 26]
Support Services:
Heartland Library Information
The Library, located in the Students Commons Buildings at the Raab Road campus, provides Heartland students with a full range of resources including books, online journal databases, videos, newspapers, periodicals, reserves, and interlibrary loan. Librarians are available to assist in locating information.
For more information please call the Library (309) 268-8200 or (309) 268-8292
Tutoring Center
Heartland Community College offers tutoring in various forms at no cost to
Heartland students at the Academic Support Center (ASC) in Normal and at the Pontiac and Lincoln Centers. Tutors are available at convenient times throughout the week.
Study groups, group tutoring facilitated by a specially-trained tutor, are also available by request. For more information about services available at each location, please call the
ASC in Normal (309) 268-8231; the Pontiac Center (815) 842-6777; the Lincoln Center
(217) 735-1731.
Testing Center
The Testing Center provides a quiet environment for students to complete make-up exams, online exams, and exams for students with special accommodations. Students may be able to complete exams in the Testing Center if arrangements are made with their instructor. For more information, contact the Testing Center at (309) 268-8231.

Specifications for written materials: (Optional)
Syllabi disclaimer: (Optional)
Course Calendar: (Needs to be completed by Instructor)

Philosophy 101
Tuesday/Thursday
Student Assignments and Calendar – Spring 2005
Exam 1 – February 1, 2005
Lectures, chapters 1 & 2 and study guide review
Exam II – March 1, 2005
Lectures, chapters 3, 4, 8 and study guide review
Mid Term Break – March 12-19, 2005
Exam III – April 5, 2005
Lectures, chapters 5 and contemporary study and study guide review
Term paper due: April 12, 2005
Exam IV – May 10, 2005
Lectures, chapter 6 & 7 and study guide review

Philosophy 101
Monday/Wednesday/Friday
Student Assignments and Calendar – Spring 2005
Exam 1 – February 2, 2005
Lectures, chapters 1 & 2 and study guide review
Exam II – March 2, 2005
Lectures, chapters 3, 4, 8 and study guide review
Mid Term Break – March 12-19, 2005
Exam III – April 6, 2005
Lectures, chapters 5 and contemporary study and study guide review
Term paper due: April 13, 2005
Exam IV – May 11, 2005
Lectures, chapter 6 & 7 and study guide review

Philosophy 114
Student Assignments and Course Calendar – Spring 2005
Exam 1 – February 1, 2005 - Tuesday
Lectures, Chapters 1-4 and study guide review
Exam II – March 1, 2005 - Tuesday
Lectures, chapters 5 – 7 and study guide review
Mid Term Break – March 12-19, 2005
Exam III – April 1, 2005 –
Lectures, chapter 8-11 and study guide review
Term Paper Due – April 12, 2005 – Tuesday
Exam IV – May 10, 2005 – Tuesday
Lectures, chapters 12 – 14 and study guide review