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
05/29/2023 - 11/03/2023 11/06/2023 - 12/31/2023 November Fall 2023 Session I 8 Week session
06/26/2023 - 12/01/2023 12/04/2023 - 01/28/2024 December Fall 2023 Session D 8 Week session
07/31/2023 - 12/29/2023 01/01/2024 - 02/25/2024 January Winter 2024 Session B 8 Week session
08/28/2023 - 02/02/2024 02/05/2024 - 03/31/2024 February Winter 2024 Session I 8 Week session
09/25/2023 - 03/01/2024 03/04/2024 - 04/28/2024 March Winter 2024 Session D 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 30.00%
Week 2 Infograhic 15.00%
Week 4 Comparative Philosophy Presentation 15.00%
Philosophical Essay 20.00%
Week 7 - Philosophical Essay 20.00%

Previous Syllabi

Not current for future courses.