1999-2000 - The University of Scranton

PHILOSOPHY Dept. and No. Descrptive Title of Course Credits
FIRST YEAR FALL SPRING
MAJOR (GE PHIL) PHIL 120-210 Introduction to Philosophy - Ethics 3 3
GE SPCH-WRTG WRTG 107-COMM 100 Composition-Public Speaking 3 3
GE C/IL C/IL 102 Computing and Information Literacy 3
GE HUMN HUMN ELECT Electives 3 3
GE QUAN QUANT ELECT Elective 3
GE NSCI NSCI ELECT Elective 3
GE S/BH S/BH ELECT Elective 3
GE FSEM INTD 100 Freshman Seminar 1
GE PHED PHED ELECT Physical Education 1
16 16
SECOND YEAR
MAJOR (GE PHIL) PHIL 200 or 300 level Second-year Electives 3 3
GE T/RS T/RS 121-122 Theology I & II 3 3
GE HUMN FOR LANG 1 Electives 3 3
GE S/BH S/BH ELECT Elective 3
GE NSCI NSCI ELECT Elective 3
GE ELECT ELECT Electives 3 3
GE PHED PHED ELECT 1 1
16 16
THIRD YEAR
MAJOR PHIL 200 or 300 level Third-year Elective 3 6
COGNATE ELECT 2 Electives 9 9
GE ELECT ELECT Electives 3 3
15 18
FOURTH YEAR
MAJOR PHIL 300 or 400 level Fourth-year Courses 6 3
COGNATE ELECT 2 Electives 9 9
GE ELECT ELECT Electives 3 3
18 15
TOTAL: 130 CREDITS
1 Foreign language is recommended by department.
2 In the Cognate area of 24 hours, the department requires that 12 credits be focused in one field. It should be noted
that six credits not required by the department in the major area are added to the free area in senior year. These may be
taken in any field including Philosophy.
MINOR. A minor in Philosophy consists of 18 credits; i.e., the 6 credits required of all students and 12 additional
credits to be chosen by the student.
PHIL 214 Dr. Nordberg
(P)Computers and Ethics 3 credits
(Prerequisite: PHIL 210) The computer
revolution raises new ethical problems and
presents novel aspects of traditional ethical
issues. Ethical aspects of hacking, software
piracy, computer-aided decisionmaking,
protection of software by copyright,
patent, trade-secret laws, unauthorized
use of computer resources, privacy
and data-base security, program warranties
and programmer responsibility, artificial
intelligence, the interface between human
and computer.
175
PHIL 215 Drs. Casey, Pang-White
(P)Logic 3 credits
This course will help the student to understand
reasoning – and to reason better. We
will study syllogistic, propositional, quantificational,
and modal logic. We will use
these to analyze hundreds of arguments;
many of these are on philosophical topics
like morality, free will, and the existence
of God.