COURSE INDEX - LaGuardia Community College
COURSE INDEX - LaGuardia Community College
COURSE INDEX - LaGuardia Community College
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Humanities Department<br />
HUP106 Social & Political Philosophy: Making a World of<br />
Difference<br />
3 credits; 3 hours<br />
This course invites students to explore both classical and contemporary<br />
social and political philosophical theories. Time-honored<br />
philosophical perspectives will provide students with a stimulating<br />
foundation upon which to explore current social and political<br />
issues on a global perspective. With so many provocative challenges<br />
confronting the world, students will be offered a philosophical<br />
and comparative format through which to better<br />
understand and address these global concerns.<br />
Prerequisite: CSE099, ENA/ENG/ESA099/ENC101<br />
HUP107 Philosophy of Art<br />
3 credits; 3 hours<br />
This course explores philosophical theories of beauty and their<br />
relationship to the nature of art, as well as the relationship of<br />
beauty to truth, morality, and social context. Using examples<br />
drawn from the visual arts, performing arts, film, and music —<br />
students will examine the origins, purpose, and meaning of art; the<br />
nature of the aesthetic experience; and the standards we use<br />
to judge artistic expression. Full use will be made of the rich<br />
artistic resources of New York City.<br />
Prerequisite: CSE099, ENA/ENG/ESA099/ENC101<br />
HUP108 Environmental Ethics<br />
3 credits; 3 hours<br />
This course offers students an opportunity to investigate ethical<br />
issues concerning the environment. The study of Environmental<br />
Ethics relates in complex ways to moral theory, as well as global<br />
issues in economics, politics and science. This course will explore<br />
environmental questions such as our personal responsibility for<br />
solving environmental problems; health concerns, and our obligations<br />
to ourselves and to other species. Potential solutions will also<br />
be explored.<br />
Prerequisite: CSE099, ENA/ENG/ESA099/ENC101<br />
HUP109 Philosophy of Law<br />
3 credits; 3 hours<br />
This course examines legal concepts and theories, moral theories,<br />
and problems of legal reasoning and decision-making. Students<br />
have the opportunity to critically evaluate philosophical arguments<br />
in the areas of justice, liberty and responsibility. Topics to<br />
be addressed include, among others, excuse and justification in<br />
criminal law, capital punishment, theories of torts and contracts,<br />
international law, civil disobedience, censorship and the right to<br />
privacy.<br />
Prerequisite: CSE099, ENA/ENG/ESA099/ENC101<br />
HUP112 Logic and Philosophy<br />
3 credits; 3 hours<br />
An introduction to modern symbolic logic with a focus on its<br />
application to actual philosophical problems. Topics to be discussed<br />
include validity, entailment, truth-tables, proofs, translations<br />
from English into symbolic form, as well as more philosophical<br />
topics like the relation of modern logic to earlier syl-<br />
logistic logic, the possibility of the use of logic to resolve philosophical<br />
problems (e.g., God’s existence or free will), the relation<br />
of English to logic, and the possibility of ’alternative’ logics.<br />
Prerequisite: CSE099, ENA/ENG/ESA099/ENC101, MAT096<br />
HUP114 Medical Ethics<br />
3 credits; 3 hours<br />
This course emphasizes the application of moral theory to the<br />
issues that arise in the context of medical research and practice.<br />
Topics to be addressed include, among others, the role and responsibility<br />
of healthcare givers in death and dying, the use of stem<br />
cells and animals in medical research, the use of genetic information<br />
to influence the outcome of human pregnancy, cosmetic surgical<br />
addiction and issues involving involuntary psychiatric care.<br />
Prerequisite: CSE099, ENA/ENG/ESA099/ENC101<br />
HUP116 Latin American Philosophy<br />
3 credits, 3 hours<br />
This class discusses philosophy from and about Latin America and<br />
the topics, styles, and voices that have been born there. Latin<br />
America is an invented region, regulated and formulated by external<br />
forces. It is only logical that such a place would have adopted<br />
some philosophical modes, and yet it also makes sense that philosophy<br />
would find here a style that challenges traditional formulations<br />
and problems.<br />
Prerequisite: CSE099, ENA/ENG/ESA099/ENC101<br />
HUP118 African Philosophy<br />
3 credits, 3 hours<br />
A critical examination of the fundamental questions of human<br />
existence as reflected in African traditional conceptions of God,<br />
nature, person, identity, free will, morality and the search for a<br />
viable political system. This course will analyze the differences and<br />
similarities with other systems of thought including the philosophical<br />
ideas in the writings of modern thinkers of African<br />
descent.<br />
Prerequisite: CSE099, ENA/ENG/ESA099/ENC101<br />
HUP120 Eastern Philosophical Traditions<br />
3 credits, 3 hours<br />
This course will introduce the student to Eastern philosophies<br />
through an historical and cultural perspective. Hinduism, Buddhism,<br />
Taoism, Confucianism, Jainism, Sikhism, Shintoism and<br />
Sufism will be among the topics covered in this course. Students<br />
will work through several texts and selected readings from primary<br />
sources for each philosophy in order to gain an understanding<br />
of the doctrines, values, metaphysics and epistemology of<br />
various Eastern philosophies.<br />
Prerequisite: CSE099, ENA/ENG/ESA099/ENC101<br />
HUP220 Philosophy of Mind<br />
3 credits; 3 hours<br />
This class provides an introduction to basic issues in the philosophical<br />
study of the mind. Topic to be addressed include an<br />
examination of the nature of mind and its relation to physical real-<br />
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