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PHIL 160 HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY:ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL (3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 836.The history of ancient philosophy, the early GreekPhilosopher through the Medieval Period. Special empha -sis on the Pre- Socratics, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, andAquinas. Topics include philosophy and religion, myth,science, and society. Transfer: UC; CSU (C2).PHIL 175 HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY:16TH-18TH CENTURY (3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100.The history of Western Philosophy from Descartesthrough Kant, set in the context of the scientific revolution,the Protestant Reformation, and the emergence ofmodern political institutions. Specifics include Erasmus,Bacon, Pascal, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Leibniz, Berkeley,Hume and Rousseau. Transfer credit: UC; CSU (C2).PHIL 195 HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY:19TH AND 20TH CENTURY (3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or 105, or equivalent.A survey of 19th and 20th century philosophy in its historicaland cultural context. Examination of intellectualmovements such as liberalism, positivism, Marxism, Dar -winism, psychoanalysis, existentialism, and post-moder -nism. Critical reading of influential thinkers such as Hegel,Marx, J.S. Mill, Kierkegaard, Darwin, Nietzsche, Freud,Bertrand Russell, Wittgenstein, J.P. Sartre, J.J. Ayer,Quine, and Daniel Dennett. Transfer credit: UC; CSU (C2).PHIL 200 INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC (3)Minimum of 48 lecture hours plus 16 lab hours by arrangement/semester.Recommended: Eligibility for ENGL 100 orENGL 105, or equivalent; and eligibility for MATH 120 orequivalent.An introduction to symbolic logic with an emphasis onproof systems for propositional and predicate logic.Includes translation of English sentences into a symboliclanguage, patterns and techniques of deductive andinductive inference, and basic probability theory. Transfercredit: UC; CSU (A3).PHIL 240 INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS (3)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or 105.A critical examination of philosophical views aboutethics including accounts of human nature and humanpotential; theories of value, rightness and justice; ideals ofcharacter, personal aims, action, ways of living, and othertopics. Contemporary moral issues will be explored indepth. Transfer credit: UC; CSU (C2).PHILOSOPHYPHIL 280 INTRODUCTION TO POLITICALPHILOSOPHY (3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or 105, or equivalent.An introduction to political philosophy. Readings andcritical discussion of political philosophies (such as liberalism,conservatism, communitarianism, libertarianism,socialism, feminism, etc.) through readings by influentialthinkers (such as Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Mill,Marx, Rawls, and contemporary writers). Topics includetheories of human nature, conceptions of justice, therelationship between the individual and the state, thedistribution of wealth and power, the significance ofideology, and the role of markets. Also listed as PLSC280. Transfer credit: UC; CSU (C2, D3).PHIL 300 INTRODUCTION TO WORLD RELIGIONS (3)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or 105.An exploration of the religions of the world, their origin,history, beliefs, practices, art, and rituals. Includes varietiesof Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam,and other selected traditions. Transfer credit: UC; CSU(C2).PHIL 312 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY OFRELIGION (3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or 105, or equivalent.An introduction to philosophical thinking about religion,with an emphasis on issues central to traditionalmonotheism. This course teaches how to critically examinearguments concerning the origin of religion, the existenceof God, the historicity of miracles, the veridicality ofreligious and mystical experience, the existence of spiritsor souls, the possibility of life after death, the equal validityof all religions, and other topics. Transfer credit: UC;CSU (C2).PHIL 320 ASIAN PHILOSOPHY (3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100.A general survey of the philosophical developments inIndia, China and Japan. Major philosophical theories ofthese countries will be compared and evaluated. Thephilosophical impact on Asian existence, human destiny,ethical and metaphysical views will be examined. Courseincludes an introduction to the challenges of comparativestudy. Transfer credit: UC; CSU (C2).C O U R S E D E S C R I P T I O N S2 011 – 2 012 C ATA L O G w w w. S k y l i n e C o l l e g e . e d u219
C O U R S E D E S C R I P T I O N SPHYSICAL EDUCATION „ PHYSICSPHYSICAL EDUCATIONSee listings under Kinesiology.PHYSICS (PHYS)PHYS 105 CONCEPTUAL PHYSICS (3)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Recommended:Completion of MATH 110 with a grade of C or better, orequivalent; and eligibility for ENGL 836 and READ 836, orENGL 846, or ESOL 400, or equivalent.A conceptual introduction to physics intended tofoster scientific understanding of the world. Stressesimportant and applicable topics in motion, force, oscillations,fluids, thermodynamics, waves, electricity, magnetism,light and modern physics. Some students may wishto use this course as extra preparation for algebra-basedphysics. Transfer credit: UC; CSU (B1).PHYS 210 GENERAL PHYSICS I (4)Minimum of 48 lecture hours and 48 lab hours/semester.Prerequisite: Completion of MATH 130 with a grade of Cor better, or appropriate placement test score and othermeasures as appropriate, or equivalent.The first semester of a two-semester sequence ofalgebra/trigonometry-based physics. Designed for studentsmajoring in certain fields of letters and science, andrequired of those planning to enter medicine, dentistry,pharmacy, optometry, agriculture or forestry. Coversmechanics, fluids, waves and thermodynamics. Thelaboratory portion covers measurement and analysis ofphenomena discussed in lecture. Transfer credit: UC;CSU (B1, B3).PHYS 211 GENERAL PHYSICS I –CALCULUS SUPPLEMENT (1)Minimum of 16 lecture hours/semester. Prerequisite: Con -current enrollment in or completion of MATH 242 orMATH 252 with a grade of C or better, or appropriateplacement test score and other measures as appropriate,or equivalent; and concurrent enrollment in or completionof PHYS 210 with a grade of C or better, or equivalent.Further depth and application of calculus to topics inPHYS 210. Examples include derivatives and integrals ofequations of motion, work done by a variable force, andtorque as a cross product. Required of some pre-medical,biology and architecture students. Transfer credit: UC;CSU.PHYS 220 GENERAL PHYSICS II (4)Minimum of 48 lecture hours and 48 lab hours/semester.Prerequisite: Completion of PHYS 210 with a grade of C orbetter, or equivalent.The second semester of a two-semester sequence ofalgebra/trigonometry-based physics. Designed for studentsmajoring in certain fields of letters and science, andrequired of those planning to enter medicine, dentistry,pharmacy, optometry, agriculture or forestry. Coverselectricity, magnetism, light and modern physics. The laboratoryportion covers measurement and analysis ofphenomena discussed in lecture. Transfer credit: UC;CSU (B1, B3).PHYS 221 GENERAL PHYSICS II –CALCULUS SUPPLEMENT (1)Minimum of 16 lecture hours/semester. Prerequisite:Concurrent enrollment in or completion of MATH 242 orMATH 252 with a grade of C or better, or appropriateplacement test score and other measures as appropriate,or equivalent; and concurrent enrollment in or completionof PHYS 220 with a grade of C or better, or equivalent.Further depth and application of calculus to topics inPHYS 220. Examples include surface integrals forGauss’s Law, line integrals for Ampere’s Law, and classicalwave equation. Required of some premedical, biologyand architecture students. Transfer credit: UC; CSU.PHYS 250, 260, 270 PHYSICS WITHCALCULUS I, II, III (4, 4, 4)Minimum of 48 lecture hours and 48 lab hours/semester.Prerequisite: PHYS 250 – Completion of MATH 251 witha grade of C or better and concurrent enrollment in orcompletion of MATH 252 with a grade of C or better, orappropriate placement test score and other measures asappropriate, or equivalent; PHYS 260 – Completion ofPHYS 250 with a grade of C or better and completion ofMATH 252 with a grade of C or better, or equivalent. PHYS270 – Completion of PHYS 250 with a grade of C orbetter and completion of MATH 252 with a grade of C orbetter, or equivalent.This three-semester physics sequence is designed togive the student majoring in engineering, physics, orchemistry a thorough foundation in the fundamentals ofphysics.PHYS 250 PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS I – The firstsemester of a three-semester sequence of calculusbasedphysics. Designed to give students majoring inengineering, physics or chemistry a thorough foundationin the fundamentals of physics. Covers Newtonianmechanics, including gravitation and mechanical oscillations.The laboratory portion covers measurement andanalysis of phenomena discussed in lecture. Transfercredit: UC; CSU (B1, B3).220 w w w. S k y l i n e C o l l e g e . e d u 2011 – 2 012 C ATA L O G
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