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Course No.	Title	Units
PHILO 1	INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY	3.0
Introduction to the most troublesome questions: meaning, existence, truth, reasoning, perception, intuition, morality, god, self, mind. Appropriate readings. Total of 54 hours lecture.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC
PHILO 3	ETHICS	3.0
An analysis from the philosophical pint of view of the nature of morality and moral judgments; study of the major ethical systems; theories of conduct; theories of value; the moral virtues; science and morality; ethical relativism. Total of 54 hours lecture.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC
PHILO 7	CONTEMPORARY MORAL PROBLEMS	3.0
Nature of value. Concepts of choice, obligations, moral standards; types of ethical theory. Analysis of such concepts as justice, freedom, the state; various types of political theory. Total of 54 hours lecture.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC
PHILO 8	PHILOSOPHY AND HUMANNESS	3.0
The essence of human nature: reason, desire, work, freedom and organism; some deficiencies in human nature: sin, ignorance, neurosis, alienation; means for changing human nature: redemption, education, therapy, social reconstruction. Total of 54 hours lecture.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC
PHILO 20	INDEPENDENT STUDY	1.0
Prerequisite: One semester of philosophy and permission of department chairperson.
Individual research projects; emphasis on library research and preparation of research papers. Total of 54 hours laboratory.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC credit limitations. See counselor.
PHILO 20A	HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY	3.0
Beginnings of philosophy and science in Greece; Socrates, Plato, Aristotle; philosophies in Roman Empire; developments to St. Thomas Aquinas. Total of 54 hours lecture.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC
PHILO 20B	HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY	3.0
Philosophical systems of Renaissance; rationalism in Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz; empiricism in Locke, Berkeley and Hume; Kant and post-Kantian philosophers; 20th century developments. Total of 54 hours lecture.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC
PHILO 25	INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL THINKING	3.0
Prerequisite: Engl 1A.
An introduction to critical thinking skills and techniques of critical analysis in written form. Course will include applications of critical reasoning skills in everyday situations and seek to develop the ability to integrate the principles of critical thinking with the techniques of effective written argument. A total of 6,000 to 8,000 words will be required during the semester in a variety of written assignments. Total of 54 hours lecture.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC
PHILO 30	LOGIC	3.0
Elementary thought processes, both deductive and inductive, emphasis on definition, verification, evidence, validity, forms of argument and of fallacious reasoning. Total of 54 hours lecture.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC
PHILO 31	CONTEMPORARY CHICANO PHILOSOPHY	3.0
Survey of Mexican philosophy; emphasis on contemporary developments; implications of Mexican thought for the Mexican-American. Total of 54 hours lecture.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC
PHILO 33	INTRODUCTION TO SYMBOLIC LOGIC	3.0
Elements of symbolic logic; sentential and quantificational; forms of reasoning; structure of language. Total of 54 hours lecture.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC
PHILO 37	PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION	3.0
Nature of the religious experience; content of religious studies. Relationship of religion to philosophy and science. Role of reason and faith; arguments for GodÆs existence; meaning of evil; beliefs in immortality. Religion as a social and political force. Total of 54 hours lecture.
Transfer Credit: CSU; UC
PHILO 110	SKILLS FOR SUCCESS IN COLLEGE PHILOSOPHY	1.0
Development of essential study techniques for success in philosophy courses; orientation to applications of computer-based technologies in philosophy; time management; textbook mastery, lecture outlining, test taking, and critical analysis. Total of 18 hours lecture.