Bulletin - John Jay College Of Criminal Justice - CUNY

Courses Offered
the 15th century to the present. The course will use an ethnomusicological
approach to sound and video recordings and examine
how African-American musics reflect important historical and social
forces in the Americas and how these musics connect to Africa and
conceptions of Africa in the Americas.
Prerequisites: ENG 102 or ENG 201; and any General Education
History course (HIS 231 or HIS 232 or HIS 203 or HIS 204 or HIS
205); and any 100-level music course, or permission of the instructor
PHI 105 Critical Thinking and Informal Logic
3 hours, 3 credits
This course is a basic introduction to critical reasoning. Focus is on
students’ developing and applying skills in critical and analytic
reading and writing. Topics covered include recognizing arguments,
identifying premises and conclusions, clarity and relevance in
argumentative language, distinguishing types of arguments, validity
and soundness in constructing and evaluating arguments, fallacies,
elements of legal reasoning.
NATURAL SCIENCE (Department of
Sciences)
NSC 107 Introduction to Science in Society
6 hours: 3 hours lecture, 1 1/2 hours recitation, 1 1/2hours laboratory; 4 credits
A course in the basic principles of atomic and molecular physical
science including concepts of measurement and data collection, the
scientific method, the structure of matter and living organisms, with
emphasis on the relationships between science and society.
Prerequisites: MAT 104, and MAT 105 or the equivalent. May not
be taken after CHE 108, ENV 108, FOS 108 or PHY 108.
PHILOSOPHY
PHI 102 Introduction to Ethics
3 hours, 3 credits
Do objective moral standards exist or is morality relative to culture or
individual This course examines the principles that guide moral
reasoning and argumentation. The main theories of ethical
justification are analyzed, with application to such selected issues of
social morality as punishment, civil disobedience, privacy and sexual
behavior, war, racial and sexual equality, abortion, euthanasia,
business integrity and economic justice.
PHI 201 Philosophy of Art
3 hours, 3 credits
Theories of beauty, creativity and expression, emotion and art; art
and society; aesthetics and ethics. Readings include Aristotle,
Plotinus, Lessing, Kant, Hegel, and Nietzsche.
Prerequisites: ENG 101; sophomore standing or above or permission
of the section instructor
PHI 202 American Philosophy
3 hours, 3 credits
This course is a look at the history of philosophy as it has been
practiced in the United States. The course will pay close attention to
the uniquely American philosophical movement known as
pragmatism, but the course may also study some intellectual
precursors to pragmatism such as transcendentalism, and intellectual
figures such as Thoreau, and Emerson. Moreover, the course may
involve the study of philosophical works and figures that are often
left out of the history of American philosophy, such as David Walker,
Martin R. Delaney, Ida B. Wells, Frederick Douglas, and W.E.B.
DuBois. The course may also include some contemporary texts or
issues in American philosophy.
Prerequisite: ENG 101
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