
PHIL 101: Introduction to Philosophy
An introduction to philosophical questioning and to the rudiments of philosophical ways of reasoning. This course will examine some key notions of the history of philosophy, especially in the areas of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and social/political philosophy. 3 HRS
IAI GEC Code - H4 900

PHIL 105: Introduction to Non-Western Philosophy
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. 3 HRS
IAI GEC Code - H4 903N

PHIL 111: Logic
An introduction to the forms of inductive and deductive reasoning including modern symbolic logic. 3 HRS
IAI GEC Code - H4 906

PHIL 114: Ethics
An introduction to the study of moral philosophy. This course will provide an introductory historical survey of the major ethical systems and will consider their application to contemporary moral problems. 3 HRS
IAI GEC Code - H4 904

PHIL 201: History of Philosophy I
An introduction to the history of philosophy from the ancient Greeks to the end of the medieval era. This course will examine key ideas of various major philosophers from the Western tradition including the philosophers of Athens (the Pre-Socratics, Socrates, the Sophists, Plato, and Aristotle), the Hellenistic philosophers (the Epicureans, Stoics, and Skeptics), and the medieval religious philosophers (Augustine, Anselm, and Aquinas). 3 HRS
IAI GEC Code - H4 901

PHIL 202: History of Philosophy II
An introduction to the history of philosophy from the beginning of the seventeenth century to the present. This course will examine key ideas of various major philosophers from the Western tradition including the philosophers of the early modern period (Hobbes, Descartes, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant), of the nineteenth century (Hegel, Marx, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and the utilitarians), and various movements in twentieth-century philosophy (pragmatism, logical atomism, logical positivism, ordinary language philosophy, and phenomenology). 3 HRS
IAI GEC Code - H4 902
PHIL 214: Healthcare Ethics
An introduction to important theories in moral philosophy and important issues in healthcare ethics. Students will learn to use ethical theories and philosophical concepts to evaluate various perspectives on issues such as professional conduct, patients’ rights, privacy, genetic engineering, death and dying, euthanasia, and abortion. 3 HRS
PHIL 296: Studies in Philosophy
An introductory philosophy course with variable content that focuses on an area of philosophy such as Philosophy of Religion, Feminist Philosophy, non-Western Philosophy, or Existentialism. Students will critically interpret and analyze philosophical texts that are representative of a particular sub-field of philosophy. Because the subjects and texts will vary each semester, PHIL 296 may be repeated for a total of six credit hours. 3 HRS