Course Details
Course Code: PHIL101 Course ID: 3532 Credit Hours: 3 Level: Undergraduate
This course is intended to equip the student with a baseline understanding of issues and concepts that compose the Western philosophic enterprise, and to serve as a point of departure for their further studies in Philosophy.
Course Schedule
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Start Month | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25/2022 - 12/30/2022 | 01/02/2023 - 02/26/2023 | January | Winter 2023 Session B | 8 Week session |
| 08/29/2022 - 02/03/2023 | 02/06/2023 - 04/02/2023 | February | Winter 2023 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 09/26/2022 - 03/03/2023 | 03/06/2023 - 04/30/2023 | March | Winter 2023 Session D | 8 Week session |
| 10/31/2022 - 03/31/2023 | 04/03/2023 - 05/28/2023 | April | Spring 2023 Session B | 8 Week session |
| 11/28/2022 - 04/28/2023 | 05/01/2023 - 06/25/2023 | May | Spring 2023 Session I | 8 Week session |
Current Syllabi
After successfully completing this course students will be able to:
CO1: Identify historical beginnings of philosophy and contemporary positions concerning the nature of knowledge and reality;
CO2: Examine the relevance of language and logic to problems of knowledge and reality;
CO3: Distinguish the basic concepts of moral and political philosophy;
CO4: Evaluate arguments for and against the existence of God
CO5: Evaluate various approaches to the mind-body problem;
CO6:Evaluate various approaches to the problem of free will.
| Name | Grade % |
|---|---|
| Discussions | 50.00 % |
| Week 1 Introductions | 5.56 % |
| Week 1 Discussion | 5.56 % |
| Week 2 Discussion | 5.56 % |
| Week 3 Discussion | 5.56 % |
| Week 4 Discussion | 5.56 % |
| Week 5 Discussion | 5.56 % |
| Week 6 Discussion | 5.56 % |
| Week 7 Discussion | 5.56 % |
| Week 8 Discussion | 5.56 % |
| Assignments | 15.00 % |
| Week 2 Infograhic | 15.00 % |
| Quiz | 15.00 % |
| Week 4 - Vocabulary Quiz | 15.00 % |
| Philosophical Essay | 20.00 % |
| Week 7 - Philosophical Essay | 20.00 % |
After successfully completing this course students will be able to:
CO1: Identify historical beginnings of philosophy and contemporary positions concerning the nature of knowledge and reality;
CO2: Examine the relevance of language and logic to problems of knowledge and reality;
CO3: Distinguish the basic concepts of moral and political philosophy;
CO4: Evaluate arguments for and against the existence of God
CO5: Evaluate various approaches to the mind-body problem;
CO6:Evaluate various approaches to the problem of free will.
| Book Title: | Various resources from the APUS Library & the Open Web are used. Please visit http://apus.libguides.com/er.php to locate the course eReserve. |
| ISBN: | ERESERVE NOTE |