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LIBERAL STUDIES 2007-2008
Liberal Studies Program for Undergraduates Learning Domains Philosophical Inquiry
Philosophical Inquiry
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Courses in the Philosophical Inquiry domain address conceptual issues fundamental to reflection on such philosophical topics as metaphysics (e.g., being and nonbeing, the one and the many, the nature of reality, same and other, self and other); epistemology (e.g., the nature and possibility of knowledge, different ways of knowing, knowledge vs. opinion, truth and falsity); ethics (e.g., right and wrong action, good and bad, objectivism and relativism in ethics, social and political philosophies, the idea of value, the problem of evil); and aesthetics (e.g., the nature of beauty, aesthetic value, the possibility of aesthetic valuation). Courses address questions of how philosophical topics such as those indicated above impinge upon, shape, and challenge student lives.
   
AFRICAN & BLACK DIASPORA STUDIES
ABD 234           Survey of Black Aesthetic Thought
 
AMERICAN STUDIES
AMS 389           Sports in America: A Philosophic Perspective
AMS 390           American Spirit
 
CATHOLIC STUDIES
CTH 338           Early Modern Philosophy
CTH 339           Philosophy Since Kant

COMPUTER SCIENCE
CSC 208          The Computer and Social Responsibility

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
IT 228              Ethics in Computer Games and Cinema 
 
LIBERAL STUDIES IN EDUCATION
LSE 380           Philosophical Issues in Education and Cultural Studies
 
MANAGEMENT
MGT 248           Business Ethics
 
PHILOSOPHY
PHL 100            Philosophy and Its Issues
PHL 200            Ethical Theories
PHL 202            Philosophy of God
PHL 204            Philosophy and Existential Themes
PHL 206            The Question of Evil
PHL 208            Values and Persons
PHL 229            Biomedical Ethics
PHL 230            Contemporary Topics in Ethics
PHL 231            Philosophy and the Question of Race
PHL 232            What Is Freedom?
PHL 233            Issues in Sex and Gender
PHL 234            Philosophy of Modern Society
PHL 235            Philosophy and the Environment
PHL 236            Philosophy and the City
PHL 237            Philosophy, Conflict and Peace
PHL 238            Philosophy and Women
PHL 239            Philosophies of Africa 
PHL 240            Love, Hatred, and Resentment
PHL 241            Ethics and Public Policy
PHL 242            Philosophy and Technology
PHL 243            Philosophy and Film
PHL 245            Reason and Society
PHL 248            Business Ethics
PHL 262            Black Feminist Theory
PHL 263            Philosophy and Women of Color
PHL 264            Philosophy and Postcoloniality
PHL 280            Critical Thinking  
PHL 287            Introduction to Asian Philosophies
PHL 293            Ancient Philosophy
PHL 295            Philosophy Since Kant
PHL 296            Survey of Ethics
PHL 312            Early Modern Philosophy
PHL 315            Survey of Political Philosophy
PHL 381            Dramatic Theory: Tragedy
PHL 382            Dramatic Theory: Comedy
PHL 390            Philosophical and Literary Visions of Paris
 
POLITICAL SCIENCE
PSC 230            Classical Political Thought
PSC 231            Modern Political Thought
 
WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES
WMS 284          Queer Theory: An Introduction
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