PHE 440: Internship in Physical Education. A supervised internship in a professional work environment, which will provide the student with exposure to the job market in physical education business and public health agencies. Credit: 3 semester hours.
PHI 200: Introduction to Philosophy. * An introductory study of some classical philosophical issues. Includes the mind body problem; free will, determinism, and moral responsibility; and arguments concerning the existence of God. Credit: 3 semester hours.
PHI 210: Introduction to Logic. An introductory study of the art of reasoning. Attention to fallacies, inductive inference, traditional Aristotelian logic, and the modern logic of truth functions. Credit: 3 semester hours.
PHI 220: Classical Philosophy. A survey of the western and eastern philosophies from the ancient world, specifically the traditions of India, China, the Middle East, and Greece. Includes themes of justice, duty, the good life, the quest for wisdom, and how philosophy might be distinguished from religion. Credit: 3 semester hours.
PHI 310: Moral Philosophy. An introductory study of major issues in normative ethical theory and selected applied topics of social ethics, such as abortion and euthanasia. Credit: 3 semester hours.
PHI 330: Philosophy and Religion. An analytical and critical investigation of arguments concerning the existence and nature of God. Notions of survival after death and the epistemology of religious claims. Credit: 3 semester hours.
PHI 350: Special Topics in Philosophy. A broad range of philosophical topics in specialized areas of philosophy, including historical periods, not covered in the current philosophy program curriculum. Examples include such topics 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.