PHIL101 - Introduction to Philosophy

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
01/30/2023 - 06/30/2023 07/03/2023 - 08/27/2023 July Summer 2023 Session B 8 Week session
02/27/2023 - 08/04/2023 08/07/2023 - 10/01/2023 August Summer 2023 Session I 8 Week session
03/27/2023 - 09/01/2023 09/04/2023 - 10/29/2023 September Summer 2023 Session D 8 Week session
04/24/2023 - 09/29/2023 10/02/2023 - 11/26/2023 October Fall 2023 Session B 8 Week session
05/29/2023 - 11/03/2023 11/06/2023 - 12/31/2023 November Fall 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.

NameGrade %
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%

Previous Syllabi

Not current for future courses.