Course Calendar 2011-2012 - Champlain College Saint-Lambert

Humanities (continued)
345-BMA-LA
Ethical Issues in the Sciences
(Humanities for Science students only)
This course is designed to acquaint students in the
science program with the fundamental principles of
ethics and a number of major ethical theories. Students
will then have the opportunity to test and apply these
theories to some common ethical problems. A
substantial part of the course will be devoted to
analyzing ethical issues that are especially relevant to the
science program.
3 hours/week Units: 2.00
Prerequisite: 345-101-MQ & 345-102-MQ
345-BMB-LA
Ethical Issues in the Social Sciences
(Humanities for Social Science students only)
This course is designed to acquaint students in the Social
Science program with the fundamental principles of ethics
and a number of major ethical theories. Students will have
the opportunity to test and apply these theories to some
common ethical problems. A substantial part of the course
will be devoted to the analyzing ethical issues that are
especially relevant to the Social Science program.
3 hours/week Units: 2.00
Prerequisite: 345-101-MQ & 345-102-MQ
345-BMC-LA
Ethical Issues in the Professional Programs
(Humanities for Sport Marketing/Advertising, Graphic
Com., Tourism and Computer Science students only)
This course is designed to acquaint students in the
professional programs with fundamental principles of
ethics and a number of major ethical theories. Students
will have the opportunity to test and apply these theories
to some common ethical problems. A substantial part of
the course will be devoted to analyzing ethical issues
which are especially relevant to the professional
programs.
3 hours/week Units: 2.00
Prerequisite: 345-101-MQ & 345-102-MQ
345-BMD-LA
Ethical Issues for Liberal Arts
(Humanities for Liberal Arts students only)
This course is designed to acquaint students in the
Liberal Arts program with fundamental principles of
ethics, and with a limited number of major ethical
theories. The students will then have the opportunity to
test and apply these theories and principles in regard to
some frequently encountered ethical problems of special
interest to Liberal Arts students.
3 hours/week Units: 2.00
Prerequisite: 345-101-MQ and 345-102-MQ
345-BME-LA
Justice, Knowledge and the Ideal State
(Humanities for IB students only)
How should we live? What does it mean to live a “good”
life? Is there an ideal way of organising society? What kinds
of moral or political obligations, if any, do we have? How
should we approach controversial political or moral issues?
This class will examine these and similar questions by
studying one optional theme in the International
Baccalaureate Philosophy syllabus (either “Political
Philosophy” or “Theories and Problems of Ethics”) and
through a close reading of one of the following texts:
Aristotle's “Nicomachean Ethics”, Immanuel Kant’s
“Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals”, Friedrich
Nietzsche’s “On the Genealogy of Morals”, John Stuart Mill’s
“Essay on Liberty” or Charles Taylor’s “The Ethics of
Authenticity”. Topics singled out for discussion may include
the different forms of ethical theory, the origins and nature
of value and value judgements, self-interest versus altruism,
the concept of liberty and its relation to social or political
life, authority, sovereignty, power, and corruption, human
rights and their denial, and retributive versus distributive
justice. Students will examine these and other issues by
means of lectures, structured discussions, workshops, oral
and written reports, and other learning activities. This
course is intended to allow students to apply concepts and
techniques acquired in TOK I and II and the introductory
course in philosophy. It will also permit them to acquire new
skills and knowledge in philosophical analysis while applying
skills from previous semesters.
3 hours/week Units: 2.00
Absolute Prerequisite: Theory of Knowledge II
345-BMF-LA
Ethical Issues in Creative Arts and Modern Languages
(Humanities for Creative Arts and Modern Languages
students only)
This course is designed to acquaint students in the
Creative Arts and Modern Languages programs with the
fundamental principles of ethics, and a number of major
ethical theories. Students will then have the opportunity
to test and apply these theories to some common ethical
problems. A substantial part of the course will be
devoted to analyzing ethical issues that are especially
relevant to these programs.
3 hours/week Units: 2.00
Prerequisite: 345-101-MQ & 345-102-MQ