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234 2017-2018 Catalog Office Technology - Philosophy 151 CHAMPIONSHIP KEYBOARDING 1 unit, .5 lecture hours, 2 lab hours, pass/no pass only PREREQUISITES: Office Technology 150 or high school typing course. ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 125 and 126. This intermediate keyboarding course provides students with proven methods for improving typing speed and accuracy. Two distinguishing features of this course are its diagnostic approach and utilization of corrective drills using Championship typing methods. (A) 152 SPEED TYPING 1 unit, .5 lecture hour, 2 lab hours, pass/no pass only PREREQUISITE : Off ice Technology 151. ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 125 and 126. This advanced keyboarding course utilizes skill building methods which are designed to increase keying speed and accuracy to employment levels of 45+ wpm. (A) PHILOSOPHY (PHIL) 1 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY 3 units, 3 lecture hours, pass/no pass ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 1A. This course introduces students to traditional and contemporary views in metaphysics, epistemology, and value-theory. Topics may include the sources and limits of knowledge, the nature of reality, the relationship between mind and body, free will and determinism, the existence of God, and the nature of morally right action. Readings will include selections drawn from the primary texts of Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, or Kant, as well as various twentieth century philosophers. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I) (C-ID PHIL 100) 1C ETHICS 3 units, 3 lecture hours, pass/no pass ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 1A. This course examines key ethical theories, and includes application of theories to contemporary moral problems. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I) (C-ID PHIL 120) 1CH HONORS ETHICS 3 units, 3 lecture hours, pass/no pass PREREQUISITE: Enrollment in the Honors Program. ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 1A or 1AH. This course is a rigorous introduction to key ethical theories and their application to classic and contemporary moral problems through study of four primary texts: Plato’s Republic, Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, and Mill’s Utilitarianism. As an honors section, the class will be conducted as a seminar with an emphasis on student writing. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I) (C-ID PHIL 120) 1D WORLD RELIGIONS 3 units, 3 lecture hours, pass/no pass ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 1A. This course surveys the major religions of the world: Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and selected new religious movements. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I) 2 CRITICAL REASONING AND ANALYTIC WRITING 3 units, 3 lecture hours, pass/no pass PREREQUISITES: English 1A or equivalent. This is a course designed to develop skills in recognition, analysis, evaluation, and construction of arguments beyond the level achieved in English 1A. Topics include: the distinction between deductive and inductive reasoning; identification of formal and informal fallacies; structures of valid arguments; important arguments of well-known philosophers. The central focus of the course is instruction and practice in the argumentative essay. Students will write a minimum of 6,000 words during the course of the semester. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I) 4 INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC 3 units, 3 lecture hours, pass/no pass ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 1A or 1AH. This course is an introduction to basic concepts, methods and principles of correct reasoning, with emphasis on deductive logic. Topics include traditional categorical logic, sentential logic including formal proof techniques, inductive arguments, and informal fallacies. (A, CSU-GE, UC) (C-ID PHIL 110)