PHILOS 1, INTRODUCTION: KNOWLEDGE AND REALITY 3 UNITS
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course introduces students to the analysis of various metaphysical and epistemological questions and problems in philosophy, typically including, the nature and limits of knowledge, the existence of God, and Mind-Body Problem, the Freedom vs. Determination debate, and the Absolutism vs. Relativism debate. Related topics in ethics may also be included.
2571 8:00a-9:20a MW LA 240 Katherine A L
2572 9:30a-10:50a MW LA 240 Katherine A L
2573 11:15a-12:35p MW LA 240 Katherine A L
2574 12:45p-2:05p TTh LV 3 Quesada D M
2575 3:45p-5:05p MW LA 136 Ortega G R
2576 Arrange-6 Hours ONLINE-E Flores Robert
Above section 2576 meets for 8 weeks, Aug 30 to Oct 22, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
2577 Arrange-6 Hours ONLINE-E Flores Robert
Above section 2577 meets for 8 weeks, Aug 30 to Oct 22, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
2578 Arrange-6 Hours ONLINE-E Flores Robert
Above section 2578 meets for 8 weeks, Oct 25 to Dec 17, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
2579 Arrange-6 Hours ONLINE-E Flores Robert
Above section 2579 meets for 8 weeks, Oct 25 to Dec 17, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
2944 9:00a-12:05a Sat LA 121 Jones R C
NEW 3066 12:45p-2:05p TTh LV 9 Holmgren C
4481 6:45p-9:50p M LV 1 Jones R C
4482 6:45p-9:50p T AET 235 Stramel J S
6:45p-9:50p T AET 235 Katherine A L
Above section 4482 meets at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street. Class involves critical engagement with selected episodes/films in the “Star Trek” series.
4483 6:45p-9:50p W LV 2 Crane M L
4484 6:45p-9:50p Th LA 240 Crane M L
PHILOS 2, INTRODUCTION: ETHICS 3 UNITS
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course provides an introduction to the nature of ethical theory (moral philosophy), an analysis of significant ethical theories, and an exploration of the problems encountered in the continuing quest for a satisfactory ethical theory for contemporary society. Some of the main topics in normative ethics and meta-ethics are covered.
2580 8:00a-9:20a MW LA 115 Shamey K L
2581 9:30a-10:50a MW LA 115 Shamey K L
4486 6:45p-9:50p W LA 136 Ortega G R
PHILOS 3, EARLY PHILOSOPHERS 3 UNITS
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This historical introduction to philosophy traces the development of Western philosophy from the early Greeks through the Middle Ages. The ideas which have influenced the development of Western culture are emphasized.
2582 2:15p-3:35p TTh LV 9 Holmgren C L
2583 3:45p-5:05p MW LV 9 Holmgren C L
PHILOS 4, MODERN PHILOSOPHERS 3 UNITS
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This study of the principal philosophical developments since the Renaissance emphasizes the relation of philosophy to the growth of science and social and cultural changes in the modern period.
4487 6:45p-9:50p M LA 136 Ortega G R
PHILOS 5, CONTEMPORARY MORAL CONFLICTS 3 UNITS
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course is a philosophic examination of major ethical debates in contemporary American society. Topics may include capital punishment, abortion, euthanasia, racial and sexual equality, affirmative action, sexual morality, pornography, “victimless crimes,” bio-medical research, animal rights, and environmental issues. Preparatory to those investigations, time is devoted to studying some of the most important moral theories and various types of moral reasoning.
2584 12:45p-2:05p MW LA 240 Stramel J S
2585 2:15p-3:35p MW LA 240 Stramel J S
2586 2:15p-3:35p TTh LA 115 Stramel J S
Above section 2586 will focus on sexual morality with an emphasis on moral questions concerning homosexuality.
PHILOS 7, LOGIC & CRITICAL THINKING 3 UNITS
Transfer: UC, CSU • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
A course in general logic emphasizing its applications to practical situations. The course covers both inductive and deductive techniques.
2588 8:00a-9:20a TTh LV 1 Shamey K L
2589 9:30a-10:50a TTh LV 1 Shamey K L
4488 6:45p-9:50p Th MC 72 Jones R C
PHILOS 9, SYMBOLIC LOGIC 3 UNITS
Transfer: UC, CSU • Prerequisite: None.
This is a beginning course in modern logic covering symbolic notation and translations, and decision procedures for validity and invalidity of arguments in sentential logic and predicate logic.
2590 11:15a-12:35p MW PE 33 Shamey K L
PHILOS 10, BIO-ETHICS 3 UNITS
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Arts and Humanities) • Prerequisite: None.
This is an introduction to moral philosophy as applied to a range of normative issues raised by contemporary biology and medicine. The course introduces the main moral theories and strategies for moral decision-making, and such topics as assisted or alternative reproduction, abortion, cloning and genetic engineering, suicide, euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, animal and human experimentation, research, practitioner-patient relationships, and allocation of scarce medical resources.
4489 6:45p-9:50p T LA 136 Crane M L
PHILOS 22, ASIAN PHILOSOPHY 3 UNITS
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
The cultural settings and basic concepts of the major philosophical and religious systems of India, China, and Japan are studied. Rituals and literature are used to compare and contrast Asian and non-Asian belief systems.
2591 8:00a-9:20a TTh LV 3 Quesada D M
2592 9:30a-10:50a TTh LV 3 Quesada D M
PHILOS 23, PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION 3 UNITS
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This is an introduction to several traditional philosophical problems connected with religious belief. Among the issues to be discussed are the existence and nature of God, the problem of evil, the nature of religious language, religious experiences, mysticism, the rationality of religious belief, and the relationship between reason and revelation.
2593 2:15p-3:35p MW LV 9 Holmgren C L
2594 3:45p-5:05p TTh LV 9 Holmgren C L
Above section 2594 is part of the Scholars Program and enrollment is limited to program participants. See Special Programs section of class schedule or www.smc.edu/scholars for additional information.
PHILOS 51, POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY 3 UNITS
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This inter-disciplinary course in philosophy and political science examines fundamental ideas about human nature, politics, and the state in the writings of major Western thinkers from Plato to Marx.
Philosophy 51 is the same course as Political Science 51. Students may earn credit for one, but not both.
2595 9:30a-10:50a MW LV 2 Oifer E R
2596 11:15a-12:35p MW LV 2 Oifer E R
NEW 3061 8:00a-9:20a MW LV 2 Oifer E R
4490 6:45p-9:50p W LA 240 Kurvink S J
PHILOS 52, MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT 3 UNITS
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This inter-disciplinary course in philosophy and political science examines main currents of contemporary political thought and ideology such as Liberalism, Conservatism, Socialism and Feminism. The theoretical foundations of these ideologies as well as their significance in illuminating political and economic movements and conflicts in the 20th century are considered. Students may receive credit for either Political Science 52 or Philosophy 52, but not both.
Philosophy 52 is the same course as Political Science 52. Students may earn credit for one, but not both.
2597 2:15p-3:35p TTh LV 2 Katherine A L
Above section 2597 is part of the Women’s College and open to all students. See Special programs section for additional information.
PHILOS 88A, INDEPENDENT STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY 1 UNIT
Transfer: CSU
Please see Independent Studies section.
2598 Arrange-1 Hour LA 110P Schultz C K
PHILOS 88B, INDEPENDENT STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY 2 UNITS
Transfer: CSU
Please see Independent Studies section.
2599 Arrange-2 Hours LA 110P Schultz C K