Reedley College Catalog 2018-19

244 2018-2019 Catalog Office Technology- Philosophy 48 TODAY’S RECEPTIONIST 1.5 units, 1.5 lecture hours, pass/no pass ADVISORIES: English 125 and 126 or English 128 and 130. Today’s Receptionist is a course where students will learn the proper use of the telephone, including basic communication skills, answering the phone, placing callers on hold, transferring calls, and taking complete messages. This course also includes handling mail, scheduling appointments, making travel arrangements, developing appropriate business relationships, and general front desk duties. (A, CSU) 150 BEGINNING KEYBOARDING 1 unit, .5 lecture hour, 2 lab hours, pass/no pass only ADVISORIES: English 125 and 126 or English 128 and 130. This course provides students with an opportunity to learn to keyboard by touch. The course is software driven, allowing students to self-pace their skill level. Upon learning the keyboard by touch, the student will practice keyboarding to increase speed and accuracy. The student must key 25 words per minute in a 3-minute timed test with 3 or fewer errors in order to receive credit for this course. (A) 151 CHAMPIONSHIP KEYBOARDING 1 unit, .5 lecture hours, 2 lab hours, pass/no pass only PREREQUISITES: Office Technology 150.ADVISORIES: English 125 and 126 or English 128 and 130. 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: Office Technology 151. ADVISORIES: English 125 and 126 or English 128 and 130. 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: 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. A philosophical study of the values, beliefs, and practices of Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, indigenous tribal religions, and selected new religious movements. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I)