as Philosophy of Technology, Philosophical Anthropology, and Modern Philosophy: Descartes to Kant. Consistent with other philosophy 300 level offerings, there are no prerequisites. Credit: 3 semester hours.
PHI 390: Philosophy and Science. An exploration of ethical issues arising from modern biology and medicine, including altruism and sociobiology, abortion, birth control technology, euthanasia, and genetic engineering. Credit: 3 semester hours.
PHI 400: Metaphysics. A critical investigation of arguments concerning categorical concepts including time, space, modalities of existence, and causality. Prerequisite: PHI 200 or 210 or consent of instructor. Credit: 3 semester hours.
PHI 410: Philosophy and Literature. An exploration of the intersection of speculative philosophy and imaginative literature, seeking to discover both resonance and contrast between philosophy and literature. Credit: 3 semester hours.
PHI 490: Survey of Basic Mathematical Logic. A survey of sentential and quantificational language systems and their calculi. Includes proofs of functional completeness, metatheorems, Gödel's proof, and elements of modal logic. Prerequisite: PHI 210 or one course above MAT 111. Credit: 3 semester hours.
PHI 495: Philosophy and Modern Culture. Explores the philosophies, belief systems, and value systems implicit in the expressive forms of modern and popular culture, particularly youth culture, broadly defined. Themes include: tradition and innovation, and whether or not popular culture presents a coherent system of belief. Credit: 3 semester hours.
PHS 201: Physical Sciences I. An inquiry-based course based on federal and state education standards covering the basic principles of motion, optics, sound and vibration, motion in the heavens, and important environmental topics. Prerequisite: Either completion of or testing out of remedial courses. Credit: 3 semester hours.
PHS 202: Physical Science II. An inquiry-based course based on federal and state education standards covering the basic principles of electricity, electrical circuits, magnetism, heat and energy, Earth internal processes, the surface of the Earth, and important environmental topics. Prerequisite: Either completion of or testing out of remedial courses. Credit: 3 semester hours.
PHS 211: Earth and Environmental Science. An inquiry based course covering topics in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Topics include internal and surface processes, the oceans, the atmosphere, and human interaction with the environment. Prerequisite: Either completion of or testing out of remedial courses. Credit: 3 semester hours.
PHS 221: Introduction to Weather Studies. This course discusses the causes of weather, the interactions between the atmosphere and the sun and the oceans. It also discusses weather instruments. Satellite and radar weather maps will be analyzed. Also discussed will be climate and climate change. This is a lecture/laboratory course that will meet about 5 hours per week. Prerequisite: either completion of or testing out of remedial courses. Credit: 3 semester hours.
PHS 231: Introduction to Astronomy. This course is an inquiry-based introduction to astronomy including an understanding of the physical laws governing the Universe. Topics include optical instruments, laws governing astronomy, a detailed assessment of the solar system including current understanding of the formation and evolution of the solar system. Prerequisite: either completion of or testing out of remedial courses. Credit: 3 semester hours.