ing system. Prerequisites: NURS460, NURS463,
NURS466, and NURS469.
NURS473
NURSING AND HEALTH CARE
LEADERSHIP II
6 sem. hrs.
This is an advanced nursing course in a curriculum
specifically designed for second baccalaureate stu-
dents. The student synthesizes knowledge from
Orem's and Erikson's theories to function in a leader-
ship capacity in in-patient health care settings. The
student assumes the role of collaborator within the
health care team using the wholly compensatory, part-
ly compensatory, and supportive-educative nursing
systems. Prerequisites: NURS460, NURS463,
NURS466, and NURS469.
PHILOSOPHY
DEPARTMENT
PHIL120
ANALYSIS OF REASONING
1 sem. hr.
This practical course teaches a systematic procedure
for analysis and elementary evaluation of reasoning.
It emphasizes direct application to realistic cases.
PHIL200
INTRODUCTION TO
PHILOSOPHY AND VALUES
3 sem. hrs.
This course examines basic philosophical positions in
the areas of ethics, value theory, social and political
philosophy, free will and determinism, epistemology,
philosophy of religion, and philosophy of mind. This
course is approved for General Education Core 6.
PHIL204
INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN'S
STUDIES
3 sem. hrs.
This interdisciplinary course introduces students to
the theories and research pertaining to women's expe-
riences and women's status in contemporary society.
This course is approved for General Education Core
5.
PHIL205
CRITICAL THINKING 3 sem. hrs.
Reasoning is a cognitive process by which persons
extend their knowledge, explain truths, and persuade
others. This course teaches how to recognize, ana-
lyze, and evaluate reasoning. It also examines pat-
terns of good reasoning and common errors in rea-
soning. This course is approved for General
Education Distribution 1.
PHIL240
INTRODUCTION TO
CONTEMPORARY MORAL
ISSUES
3 sem. hrs.
This course teaches the process and principles of eth-
ical decision-making. It surveys traditional moral the-
ory, and selected case studies involving contemporary
moral issues. Students evaluate arguments on the case
studies and learn to apply different ethical systems to
understand how these systems determine right and
wrong in particular cases. This course is approved for
General Education Core 6.
PHIL260
BUSINESS ETHICS
3 sem. hrs.
A study of philosophical theories in relation to ethical
issues which arise in business and non-profit admin-
istration. Examples of issues might include conflicts
of interest and duties; loyalty to organization, to
employees and owners or funding sources, private
ownership, personal morality and the public interest.
Case studies will be used to illustrate the application
of ethical theories such as those of Kant or Mill.
PHIL265
DEATH AND DYING
3 sem. hrs.
The course introduces some basic themes such as the
stages of grief, suicide, euthanasia, existence of life
after death, and strategies for handling the anxiety
associated with death. It includes both traditional and
contemporary texts related to the philosophical study
of death.
PHIL300
ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
3 sem. hrs.
This course introduces the student to the philosophi-
cal thought of Ancient Greece. Beginning with the
pre-Socratics (Thales, etc.), the main themes of Greek
physics, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and poli-
tics are reviewed in their historical development. The
course ends with the philosophy of Aristotle. This
course is approved for General Education
Distribution 1.
PHIL301
MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY
3 sem. hrs.
This course deals with the development of philosoph-
ical thought from early Christian times to the rise of
Modern Philosophy with Descartes. Emphasis is
placed on Christian thinkers and especially the
Golden Age of Scholasticism.
PHIL306, 307, 308, 309
PHILOSOPHY IN POPULAR
CULTURE
3-6 sem. hrs.
This course explores philosophical issues and themes
raised in popular culture, especially through popular
literature and films. Topics covered could be: war and
peace issues, the ethics of duty versus the ethics of
consequences, self-deception and the value of being
honest, feminism, personal freedom versus communi-
ty security, ethics and technology, time travel, the
existence of different realities, personal identity and
life-after-death.
PHIL310
EASTERN PHILOSOPHY
3 sem. hrs.
This course introduces Eastern thought through a
study of its major structures in their historical setting,
aimed at an understanding of its characteristic vision.
It examines traditional perspectives such as
Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Shinto
and Zen. This course is approved for General
Education Distribution 1.
PHIL311
WORLD RELIGIONS 3 sem. hrs.
This course introduces the student to the great and liv-
ing religions of the world: Buddhism, Hinduism,
Confucianism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity, and
Islam. Those perennial insights are stressed that make
these religions relevant and meaningful to contempo-
rary persons. This course is approved for General
Education Distribution 1.
PHIL312
BLACK/WHITE: APPEARANCE
AND REALITY
3 sem. hrs.
Emphasis in this course is on discovering the mean-
ing of racial injustice for the victims, for those who
participate in it, and for society as a whole and on the
relation of racism to other forms of oppression. The
search for solutions may be traced in the writings of
several Third World thinkers as well as American
authors. This course is approved for General
Education Distribution 1.
PHIL318
MARXISM
3 sem. hrs.
Careful examination is made of the Marxist philoso-
phy of nature, man, history, the state and revolution.
Emphasis is on reading the basic writings of Marx
and Engels. Some attention is given to the origins and
genesis of Marxism, to its practice, and to contempo-
rary Marxist theorists. This course is approved for
General Education Distribution 1.
PHIL319
EXISTENTIALISM
3 sem. hrs.
This course examines the main themes of contempo-
rary existentialistic thought. Atheistic, agnostic, and
theistic existentialists are treated. The course begins
with Kierkegaard and Nietszche and studies, among
others, Heidegger, Jaspers, Sartre, Marcel, Camus,
and Merleau-Ponty. The phenomenological method is
also examined and evaluated.
PHIL323
INVESTIGATION OF CLAIMS OF
THE PARANORMAL
3 sem. hrs.
This course is an introduction to the philosophy of
science. The course uses the extremely interesting,
yet scientifically improbable, claims made in best
seller books, such as Chariots of the Gods and
Bermuda Triangle, as well as ESP and related phe-
nomena as examples to focus attention on important
topics in the Philosophy of Science. Such topics as
science vs. pseudo-science, skepticism vs. dogma-
tism, fallacies of experimental procedure and how to
critically evaluate paranormal claims will be taken
up. The student will have an opportunity to critically
appraise such claims in a research project.
PHIL326
TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN
VALUES
3 sem. hrs.
This course familiarizes students with the philosoph-
ical and value implications of the technological tex-
ture of modern life. This course evaluates various
philosophical positions with regard to technology and
develops such concepts as the technological system,
post industrial technologies, techno-scientific think-
ing and autonomous technology.
PHIL327
BEGINNING LOGIC
3 sem. hrs.
This non-symbolic logic course emphasizes
Aristotelian ('syllogistic') reasoning. It includes the
translation of ordinary language sentences into
Aristotelian form, the determination of validity
through Venn diagrams, and traditional topics such as
uses of language, varieties of definition, and varieties
of fallacies. This course is approved for General
Education Distribution 1.
PHIL330
NIETZSCHE
3 sem. hrs.
This course examines Nietzsche's philosophy, includ-
ing his concepts of the last man, overman, eternal
recurrence, and will to power. Prerequisite: PHIL200
or instructor's permission.
PHIL340
ETHICS
3 sem. hrs.
This course, intended as a second course in values,
examines the main theoretical issues of ethics and
relates them to practical moral problems. It discusses
the nature of values and the justification of normative
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