Philosophy

Introduction to the various branches of philosophy, including metaphysics, the theory of knowledge and ethics through a survey of the history of Western philosophy.

A non-symbolic approach to logic and critical thinking focusing on the principles of reasoning and the criteria for validity. Case studies in government, health, education and business, with an emphasis on real-life examples. Principles of argumentation in discourse as seen through the critique of sample arguments and analysis of informal fallacies.

Introduces students to the structure and evaluation of deductive arguments. The core of this course is sentence logic with proofs and predicate logic with quantifiers and proofs. Will learn to translate natural language into symbolic notation and test for validity using natural deduction.

An introduction to ethical and legal issues and policies relevant to health care.

In this course, students will discuss ethical and healthcare policy related issues relevant to community health nursing.

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In this course, students will apply professional nursing concepts to their individual nursing practice.  Students will also evaluate how to integrate healthcare ethics and policy into professional nursing practice.

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Explores the role of ethical evaluation in the context of the healthcare profession.

By permission only. 

Philosophical examination of religion, especially of the theistic worldview. Topics include the nature and knowledge of God, faith and reason, religious knowledge, life after death, miracles, and the problem of evil.

Survey of the history of philosophical ethics, including teleological and deontological theories, as well as their application to ethical issues.

Survey of major world religions of both Western and Eastern traditions. Other religions are considered as time permits.