• PHIL 100HC HONORS INTRO TO PHILOSOPHY
  3 Units UC/CSU, AA GE, CSU GE, IGETC, CAN PHIL 2

This enhanced introductory course systemically explores, analyzes, and evaluates the concepts of knowledge, reality, and value including topics such as the nature of God, mind, free will, personal identity and the meaning of life. Duplicate credit not granted for PHIL 100C.

• PHIL 101C Intro to Religious Studies
  3 Units UC/CSU, AA GE, CSU GE, IGETC

This course is an introductory study of religion with emphasis on the origins and functions of religion, religious experience, and religious and theological modes of expression. Course content will be drawn from Eastern and Western traditions, ancient, medieval and modern times.

• PHIL 110C RELIGIONS OF THE EAST
  3 Units UC/CSU, AA GE, CSU GE, IGETC

This course systematically introduces and analyzes the basic concepts of the philosophical and religious systems of such Eastern Traditions as Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Zen. A field trip may be required by the instructor. 

• PHIL 120C RELIGIONS OF THE WEST
  3 Units UC/CSU, AA GE, CSU GE, IGETC .

This course is an introduction to the history, beliefs, rituals, literature, and art of Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, as well as the religions of ancient Mesopotamia, Canna, and Egypt.

• PHIL 130C PHILOSOPHY OF IMMORTALITY
  3 Units CSU

This course critically examines the issue of life after death.  It explores this issue from both conceptual and empirical perspectives.  It discusses three views regarding life after death and the arguments advanced for them:  disembodied survival, reincarnation, and bodily resurrection.  It also examines the annihilationalist arguments raised by skeptics against these views about survival. Not regularly scheduled. Consult class schedule for offerings in a particular Academic year.  

• PHIL 160C INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS
  3 Units UC/CSU, AA GE, UC/CSU GE, IGETC, CAN PHIL 4

This course explores basic questions in ethics: What is good? How should I live? Are morals relative or meaningful? The course includes such topics as abortion, sexual ethics, biotechnology, and environmental issues.

• PHIL 165C BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
  3 Units UC/CSU Credit/No Credit/letter Grade Option

This course examines the major ethical issues that arise in contemporary business practices, e.g., preferential treatment for underrepresented groups, responsibility to the environment, sexual harassment, and the morality of strikes. The course considers leading normative ethical theories and the ways they have been applied by ethicists to provide solutions to the ethical problems that arise in business. It also emphasizes the development of logical skills necessary for critically evaluating arguments that have been given for and against the solutions proposed to ethical problems that arise in business.

• PHIL 170C LOGIC & CRITICAL THINKING
  3 Units UC/CSU, AA GE, CSU GE, IGETC, CAN PHIL 6

This course is an introduction to the elementary techniques of argument analysis and evaluation with a goal to practical application to students' lives in tackling everyday problems.

• PHIL 172C CRITICAL THINKING/WRITING
  3 Units UC/CSU, AA GE, CSU GE, IGETC

This course is an introduction to the techniques of argument analysis, evaluation, and construction as applied to essay writing. This course is specifically designed to meet the IGETC critical thinking/writing requirement.

• PHIL 175C SYMBOLIC LOGIC
  3 Units CSU

This is a course in propositional and predicate logic. It covers the techniques for the symbolic translation and evaluation or arguments about philosophical, political, moral, scientific, and religious issues.

• PHIL 176C PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND CRITICAL THINKING
  3 Units UC/CSU
  Advisory: Eligibility for Engl 100 recommended; a course in science recommended, but not required.

This course is a designed for students who want to understand the structure of science, its methodology, and how it differs from pseudo-science. Emphasis is on the use of critical thinking methods as used in science which includes the ability to distinguish fact from judgment, belief from knowledge, skills used in elementary inductive and deductive processes along with an understanding of the formal and informal fallacies of language and thought. 

• PHIL 201C EARLY PHILOSOPHERS
  3 Units UC/CSU, AA GE, CAN PHIL 8

This historical introduction to philosophy traces the development of Western philosophy from the early Greeks through the Medieval Period. Emphasis will be placed on the ideas of reality, knowledge and ethics which have influenced the development of Western culture.

• PHIL 202C MODERN PHILOSOPHERS
  3 Units UC/CSU, AA GE, CSU GE, IGETC

This study of Western philosophical developments since the Renaissance emphasizes the traditional topics in metaphysics, theory of knowledge, and ethics, and may include modern and contemporary views on mind and body, personal identity, language, justice, religion, and freedom.

• PHIL 225C JESUS AND HIS INTERPRETERS
  3 Units UC/CSU Credit/No Credit/letter Grade Option

This course is an introduction to the historical study of Jesus of Nazareth, focusing upon Jesus as depicted in the traditions of the Bible, as critically reconstructed by New Testament scholars, and as portrayed in the arts.

• PHIL 230C PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
  3 Units UC/CSU, AA GE, CSU GE, IGETC

This course is an introduction to philosophical thinking about religion, with an emphasis upon arguments for and against the God of traditional Western monotheism.

• PHIL 269C PHILOSOPHY, HUMAN SEXUALITY AND RELIGION
  3 Units UC/CSU Credit/No Credit/Letter Grade Option

This interdisciplinary course is a systematic examination of the philosophical and religious aspects of human sexuality. The course includes an historical overview of the major philosophical and religious theories about sexuality in the context of a discussion of basic ethical theories. It specifically examines the topics of sex, gender equality, pornography, premarital sex, fidelity, abortion, homosexuality, romantic love, and marriage and family. Not regularly scheduled. Consult class schedule for offerings in a particular Academic year.

• PHIL 298C PHILOSOPHY SEMINAR
  1/2 - 3 units Lecture/Discussion hours will vary with credit given. UC Credit Limitation/CSU 
  Prerequisite: May be required. (See class schedule.)

This is a lecture/discussion type course developed on a particular limited problem or topic of interest to students. It is designed for able students who wish to increase their knowledge of a particular topic concerning which no other regular class is offered. A paper or group activity may be requested. Not regularly scheduled. Consult class schedule for offerings in a particular Academic year.

• PHIL 299C PHILOSOPHY INDEPENDENT STUDY
  1 Unit (may be taken for credit 3 times) Varying hours of scheduled conferences per week according to instructor. UC Credit Limitation/CSU 
  Prerequisite: Approved Independent Study Learning Contract

Independent study is for able students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area through individual research and study. It is thought that topics might develop out of a curiosity stimulated in a regular class. The student would then contact the supervising instructor to develop a contract for his/her particular interest so that they could learn more regarding their special topic.

• PHIL 098C PHILOSOPHY NON-TRANSFER SEMINAR
  1/2 - 2 Units (Variable Units) (may be taken for credit 4 times) Lecture/Discussion hours will vary with credit given.
  Prerequisite: May be required. (See class schedule.)

This course offers a lecture/discussion approach to particular problems for students who wish to increase their knowledge of subjects which are not of a nature generally taught in college. Various topics will be offered according to the interests of the instructor and students as stated in the class schedule. Various types of measuring devices will be used and unit credit may range from 1/2 to 2 non-transferable units in any given semester. Consult the class schedule to verify credit for a particular term.