Philosophy Course Descriptions - Southern State Community College





	PHILOSOPHY - PHIL A u preceding a course number indicates that the course is part of the transfer module. PHIL 100 Critical Thinking 3 credits This course is designed to empower students to sort through complex, multifaceted issues, find solutions to problems, and resolve conflict. Students will learn to clarify meaning and analyze and evaluate arguments. The student will learn how emotion and the traditional taught thinking skills fit into the processes of deciding how to act and resolving conflicts. uPHIL 101 Introduction to World Philosophy Prerequisite: ENGL 101 4 credits This course is designed to acquaint students with the value and various methods of philosophically examining life experiences, as well as to acquaint them with basic philosophical beliefs of Western and non-Western cultures. Students are required to read short selections from the primary works of various philosophers, required to write short philosophical papers; and are encouraged to raise philosophical questions about knowledge, reality, other cultures, and values. uPHIL 102 Introduction to Western Philosophy Prerequisite: ENGL 101 4 credits This course is designed to acquaint students with the value and various methods of philosophically examining life experiences, as well as to acquaint them with the historical development of Western philosophy from the Greeks to the modern age. Students are required to read at least one primary work by a major Western philosopher, as well as to write short philosophical papers. In addition, students will be encouraged to raise philosophical questions about knowledge, experience, value systems, and so forth. uPHIL 107 Ethics Prerequisite: ENGL 101 4 credits This course is designed to acquaint students with the historical development of formal theories of ethics in Western culture, as well as with many of the major ethical issues and moral questions that dominate contemporary life, both personal and professional. PHIL 199 Seminar 1-6 credits Discussion of particular problems related to chosen program and areas of special interest.