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PHOTOGRAPHY 207

116 118 121
ETHICS FOR MODERN LIFE WOMEN, THE EARTH, AND THE PHILOSOPHY - ISLAM
3.0 Units DIVINE 3.0 Units
PHILO 116 is an analysis of the concept of the 3.0 Units PHILO 121 is a study of Islam as both a
good, the scope of morality, the deterministic PHILO 118 introduces students to the religion and a culture. The study of the reli-
controversy, the ethical yardsticks, and the relationship between social domination of gion includes a consideration of beliefs and
major ethical systems and their roots. Atten- women and domination of the rest of nature. practices of the faith, and the history of the
tion is given to contemporary positivism, The goal of this course is to help students man, Muhammad, who revealed the faith.
John Dewey, Marxist ethics, authority as develop skills in analyzing the impact of The study of the culture includes a consider-
an ethical principle, intuitionism, egoistic the world’s major religions on the lives of ation of the early successors to Muhammad,
hedonism, utilitarianism, ethical idealism, women in both the majority and minority religious movements and sects, philosophy,
Immanuel Kant, modern Aristotelianism, cultures and on the life of the planet earth. science, and political power. Lecture 3 hours.
existentialism, and recent ethical theories. Topics covered are the defi nition of values, Recommended Preparation: Eligibility for
The nature and scope of contemporary a study in viewpoints of the major religious ENGL 101. Course Typically Off ered: Spring.
moral problems are also examined. Lecture traditions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC.
3 hours. Recommended Preparation: ENGL Judaism, Christianity and Islam. This course 123
120 or ESL 151. Course Typically Off ered: also off ers a brief assessment of the conse- INTRODUCTION TO SYMBOLIC
Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. quences of such attitudes in creating and/or LOGIC
(C-ID PHIL 120) solving women’s as well as environmental 3.0 Units
problems in the United States. Emphasis is
117 placed on developing judgment in the use of PHILO 123 introduces students to the calcu-
INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC primary or secondary sources, and helping lus of propositional and predicate logic to
3.0 Units enable students to formally evaluate argu-
students discern what sources they should
PHILO 117 is a study of the structure and or should not trust. The course considers ments. Students learn to translate English
function of language, inductive and deduc- the diff erences among applications of delib- arguments, use truth tables, create natural
tive forms of reasoning and argumentation. erately selected value systems with respect deduction derivations, use defi ned identity
The course includes the study of formal to the treatment of women in the United relations, acquire a precise understanding
argumentation, the predicate calculus, the States. In addition, it presents how the treat- of soundness and validity, and to begin
methods of experimental inquiry, the nature ment of women in minority cultures aff ects to develop a working grasp on logic meta
of scientifi c proof, and some probability cross cultural understanding and aff ects the theory. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended
theory. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended attitudes of the majority towards minorities. Preparation: Eligibility for ENGL 101. Trans-
Preparation: Eligibility for ENGL 101. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Prepara- fer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID PHIL 210)
Course Typically Off ered: Winter/Spring/ tion: ENGL 191 or ESL 141. Course Typically
Summer/Fall. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, Off ered: Fall. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. PHOTOGRAPHY
USC. (C-ID PHIL 110)
119 101
HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY: INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOGRAPHY
ANCIENT PERIOD 4.0 Units
3.0 Units PHOTO 101 introduces students to basic
PHILO 119 is a critical study of the philo- camera controls and techniques in both
sophic systems of the ancient Greeks and traditional and digital photographic meth-
Romans, with special emphasis on the ods. The historic development and diverse
Pre-Socratics, Plato, Aristotle, and Roman cultural history of photography is surveyed
philosophical thinkers. Lecture 3 hours. throughout the course. Signifi cant photo-
Recommended Preparation: Eligibility graphic works are presented and discussed
for ENGL 101. Course Typically Off ered: to provide a context for the production
Fall. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID and critique of photographic images. Note:
PHIL 130) Single Lens Refl ex (SLR) and Digital Single
Lens Refl ex (DSLR) camera are available for
120 checkout from the Photography Depart-
HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY: ment. Lecture 3 hours/Laboratory 3 hours.
MODERN PERIOD Recommended Preparation: MATH 155 and
3.0 Units ESL 125. Course Typically Off ered: Winter/
PHILO 120 is a critical study of the philo- Spring/Summer/Fall. Transfer Credit: CSU,
sophic systems and ideas of the early modern UC, USC.
period that have had a dominant impact on
Western civilization, with special empha-
sis on Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke,
Berkeley, Hume, and Kant. Lecture 3 hours.
Recommended Preparation: Eligibility
for ENGL 101. Course Typically Off ered:
Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC.
(C-ID PHIL 140)

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