Course Calendar 2011-2012 - Champlain College Saint-Lambert
Course Calendar 2011-2012 - Champlain College Saint-Lambert Course Calendar 2011-2012 - Champlain College Saint-Lambert
Philosophy 340-101-LA Introduction to Philosophy: Greece and Rome – The Roots of Western Philosophy (Philosophy for Liberal Arts students only) The philosophers of ancient Greece are the chief architects of the Western intellectual tradition. This course is designed to introduce students to the writings and ideas of some of these philosophers with a view to fostering a better understanding of our model of the world and of our place in it. Through a careful examination of the views held by the Sophists, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and the stoics, students will explore some of the outstanding issues of philosophy. Throughout the investigation of these issues students will be encouraged to become more aware of their own beliefs and to critically assess the grounds upon which they rest. 3 hours/week Units: 2.00 340-404-LA Philosophy and Human Nature (Philosophy for International Baccalaureate students only) The quest for human nature - that is, the search for a better understanding of us as individuals and members of societies - has always been at the heart of philosophical investigations. In this course, the third in the sequence of IB Philosophy courses, students will explore some of the key ideas and theories about human nature. The following questions, among others, will be addressed: What is a person? What are the key manifestations of personhood? What, if anything, makes human beings different from nonhuman animals? What defines our uniqueness? Are human beings endowed with free will or are they programmed by their genes? Are members of Homo sapiens naturally inclined to be selfish and aggressive or not? Is the nature of men and women fundamentally different or similar? To what extent does the environment shape and modify human nature? Throughout the semester students will be encouraged to critically assess their views and assumptions about human nature. 3 hours/week Units: 2.00 340-301-LA Great Philosophical Ideas of the Modern World (Philosophy for Liberal Arts students only) This course will consider some of the great philosophical ideas of the 17th and 18th centuries, a period which saw the establishment of the foundations for our own contemporary world, through a survey of the theories of modern philosophers and a study of their historical context, the course will consider such questions as: can humans know and explain the universe? What is knowledge? What is truth? Does a God exist? What is liberty? What is happiness? These questions will be studied through a careful reading of selected texts by Descartes, Hume, Kant, Locke, and Rousseau. 3 hours/week Units: 2.00 Absolute Prerequisite: Philosophy 340-101-LA 340-913-02 (in-house course number) 340-104-LA (official ministerial course number) Introduction to Philosophy (Philosophy for IB students only) In this course, the first in the sequence of IB Philosophy courses, students will be introduced to some of the principal ideas and problems of Western philosophy. The following questions, among others, will be addressed: What is the mind? Does the external world truly exist? What, if anything, can be known with certainty to be true? What is truth? Do human beings survive death? Is free will an illusion? In their exploration of these questions and the various answers which have been proposed to them, students will be encouraged to engage in both conceptual and logical analysis with a view not only to better understand the issues involved in approaching these questions but also to improve their critical thinking skills. Throughout the semester students will be encouraged to become more aware of their own beliefs and to critically assess the grounds upon which they rest. 3 hours/week Units: 2.00 340-A2D-LA Meaning, and Life’s Problems: Exploring Philosophy (Complementary course - open to all students) The study of philosophy is the study of ourselves and our world – an attempt to explain the deeper meaning of things. What does it mean to be human? Is there a soul or life after death? What is the best way to organize society? Can war ever be justified? How should we think about science and new technologies? How should we approach relationships, sex and love? What is the difference between appearances and reality? This course will look at questions such as these, basing the discussion on a close study of the ideas found in the tests by some of the great philosophers in history. 3 hours/week Units: 2.00
Humanities 345-IB1-01 (in-house course number) 345-101-LA (official ministerial course number) Theory of Knowledge I (Humanities for International Baccalaureate students only) This is the first course of a two course sequence in the Theory of Knowledge. The principal objective of these courses is to develop student awareness of and sensitivity to similarities and differences in the forms of knowledge. Two general questions are at the heart of these courses: How do I know that something is the case (i.e., true)? and how are knowledge claims within a particular discipline justified? In this first course, the role of language in conditioning thinking and feeling, the various forms of logical inquiry, and the nature of science will be explored. The main objective of this course is to develop student ability to communicate effectively, and to think clearly and logically. To achieve these objectives, the course will begin by considering the nature of language, the role it plays in shaping and transmitting ideas and information, and its connection with knowledge and values. Attention will also be devoted to the study of logic. Deductive logic, as well as inductive logic, will be explored together with an examination of some of the more common informal fallacies. The course will conclude with an examination of natural science and the pattern of inquiry peculiar to it. 3 hours/week Units: 2.00 345-IB2-02 (in-house course number) 345-102-LA (official ministerial course number Theory of Knowledge II (Humanities for IB students only) This course is the second and final course in the Theory of Knowledge sequence. Building on the ideas studied in ToK I, students, in this course, will consider questions and issues connected with “knowledge” and “knowing” in the social sciences, history, ethics and aesthetics. In particular students will explore the relationship between objects of knowledge and the socio-cultural context of the "patterns of inquiry" connected with their construction. The following are among some of the more specific questions to be considered: Are "facts" objective, or are they theory laden? Are there historical facts which all historians must acknowledge? Is the fact value dichotomy tenable, or is it a vestige of a discredited epistemology? Is the scientific method the only reliable method available to human agents seeking knowledge? Are there “objective” standards in ethics or are all moral judgements “subjective”? Throughout the course students will be encouraged to engage in a review of their own assumptions regarding the nature of knowledge and the methods of knowing whereby it is acquired. The course will conclude with an examination of the nature of “truth”. 3 hours/week Units: 2.00 Absolute Prerequisite: Theory of Knowledge I 345-101-MQ The Vision of Art (Humanities – Knowledge) This course looks at the visual art as a form of knowledge. Students will study a wide variety of artwork and will place each piece in its cultural and historical context. A variety of artwork and topics, for example gender and beauty, war and destruction, culture and religion, social change and consumerism will be examined in order to highlight how culture, time, place and social context can affect the interpretation and representation of ideas. Students will think critically about what the artists and their societies ‘knew’ to be true and compare this with their own knowledge base and value system. 4 hours/week Units: 2.33 345-101-MQ Religion and Knowledge (Humanities – Knowledge) Since their inception, religions have offered various truth claims about the world, the fundamental mysteries of the universe and existence. This course will compare scientific, philosophical and other types of knowledge with religion in order to determine whether indeed there is such a things as religious knowledge. 4 hours/week Units: 2.33 345-101-MQ Science and History (Humanities – Knowledge) In this course we examine how we come to know in Science and how such knowing has revolutionized the way in which we see the world and ourselves. In our analysis we also explore the possible limits to such knowledge, for example, the limits to self-understanding. We also examine knowing in History and compare it with knowing in Science. Is the process of knowing the same or different? And how do we come to know about History? We shall see how our way of viewing historical events influences our lives. 4 hours/week Units: 2.33
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Philosophy<br />
340-101-LA<br />
Introduction to Philosophy: Greece and Rome – The<br />
Roots of Western Philosophy<br />
(Philosophy for Liberal Arts students only)<br />
The philosophers of ancient Greece are the chief<br />
architects of the Western intellectual tradition. This<br />
course is designed to introduce students to the writings<br />
and ideas of some of these philosophers with a view to<br />
fostering a better understanding of our model of the<br />
world and of our place in it. Through a careful<br />
examination of the views held by the Sophists, Socrates,<br />
Plato, Aristotle, and the stoics, students will explore<br />
some of the outstanding issues of philosophy.<br />
Throughout the investigation of these issues students will<br />
be encouraged to become more aware of their own<br />
beliefs and to critically assess the grounds upon which<br />
they rest.<br />
3 hours/week Units: 2.00<br />
340-404-LA<br />
Philosophy and Human Nature<br />
(Philosophy for International Baccalaureate students<br />
only)<br />
The quest for human nature - that is, the search for a<br />
better understanding of us as individuals and members<br />
of societies - has always been at the heart of<br />
philosophical investigations. In this course, the third in<br />
the sequence of IB Philosophy courses, students will<br />
explore some of the key ideas and theories about human<br />
nature. The following questions, among others, will be<br />
addressed: What is a person? What are the key<br />
manifestations of personhood? What, if anything, makes<br />
human beings different from nonhuman animals? What<br />
defines our uniqueness? Are human beings endowed<br />
with free will or are they programmed by their genes?<br />
Are members of Homo sapiens naturally inclined to be<br />
selfish and aggressive or not? Is the nature of men and<br />
women fundamentally different or similar? To what<br />
extent does the environment shape and modify human<br />
nature? Throughout the semester students will be<br />
encouraged to critically assess their views and<br />
assumptions about human nature.<br />
3 hours/week Units: 2.00<br />
340-301-LA<br />
Great Philosophical Ideas of the Modern World<br />
(Philosophy for Liberal Arts students only)<br />
This course will consider some of the great philosophical<br />
ideas of the 17th and 18th centuries, a period which saw<br />
the establishment of the foundations for our own<br />
contemporary world, through a survey of the theories of<br />
modern philosophers and a study of their historical<br />
context, the course will consider such questions as: can<br />
humans know and explain the universe? What is<br />
knowledge? What is truth? Does a God exist? What is<br />
liberty? What is happiness? These questions will be<br />
studied through a careful reading of selected texts by<br />
Descartes, Hume, Kant, Locke, and Rousseau.<br />
3 hours/week Units: 2.00<br />
Absolute Prerequisite: Philosophy 340-101-LA<br />
340-913-02 (in-house course number)<br />
340-104-LA (official ministerial course number)<br />
Introduction to Philosophy<br />
(Philosophy for IB students only)<br />
In this course, the first in the sequence of IB Philosophy<br />
courses, students will be introduced to some of the<br />
principal ideas and problems of Western philosophy. The<br />
following questions, among others, will be addressed:<br />
What is the mind? Does the external world truly exist?<br />
What, if anything, can be known with certainty to be<br />
true? What is truth? Do human beings survive death? Is<br />
free will an illusion? In their exploration of these<br />
questions and the various answers which have been<br />
proposed to them, students will be encouraged to<br />
engage in both conceptual and logical analysis with a<br />
view not only to better understand the issues involved in<br />
approaching these questions but also to improve their<br />
critical thinking skills. Throughout the semester students<br />
will be encouraged to become more aware of their own<br />
beliefs and to critically assess the grounds upon which<br />
they rest.<br />
3 hours/week Units: 2.00<br />
340-A2D-LA<br />
Meaning, and Life’s Problems: Exploring Philosophy<br />
(Complementary course - open to all students)<br />
The study of philosophy is the study of ourselves and our<br />
world – an attempt to explain the deeper meaning of<br />
things. What does it mean to be human? Is there a soul<br />
or life after death? What is the best way to organize<br />
society? Can war ever be justified? How should we think<br />
about science and new technologies? How should we<br />
approach relationships, sex and love? What is the<br />
difference between appearances and reality? This course<br />
will look at questions such as these, basing the discussion<br />
on a close study of the ideas found in the tests by some<br />
of the great philosophers in history.<br />
3 hours/week Units: 2.00