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OCN 511. Marine Primary Production (3)
Systematics, evolution, and ecological position of
marine phytoplankton. Influence of physical and
chemical parameters on growth and production.
Primary and secondary trophodynamics.
[Prereq: OCN 109 and 310, or IA. Weekly: 1 hr
lect, 6 hrs lab.]
OCN 535. Marine Microbial Ecology (3). Role of
marine microorganisms in biogeochemical cycles
of carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, and trace metals in
marine environments. Current methods. [Prereq:
BIOL 105; OCN 310 or OCN 330 recommended.]
OCN 544. Beach & Nearshore Processes (3)
Topography and sediments of shorelines and
coasts. Physical processes in the nearshore
environment, including waves, littoral currents.
[Prereq: MATH 210 and OCN 340, or IA. Weekly:
1 hr lect, 6 hrs lab.]
Philosophy
Philosophy majors and minors must earn a
minimum grade of “C” in all courses taken to
fulfill the major/minor requirements.
LOWER DIVISION
PHIL 100. Logic (3). Study of correct reasoning.
Sentential logic, informal fallacies, and certain
paradigms of inductive reasoning. Nature of language,
artificial and natural. [GE.]
PHIL 104. Asian Philosophy (3). Critically
evaluate principal philosophies of China, India, and
Japan. Compare/contrast with Western philosophical
orientations. Asian thought as creative
proving ground for multiculturalism. [GE. DCG-n.]
PHIL 106. Moral Controversies (3). Major moral
theories applied to contemporary issues such as
environmental ethics, abortion, discrimination,
world hunger, the death penalty. [GE.]
PHIL 107. Introduction to Philosophy (3). Questions
such as: What is knowledge? Is morality
objective? Does God exist? What is beauty? Is
there free will? [GE.]
UPPER DIVISION
PHIL 301. Reflections on the Arts (3). Theories
of art as they emphasize or suppress one or more
dimensions of artistic creation and aesthetic
ex perience: form, feeling, realism, fantasy. Judgments
of taste, style, and excellence. [GE.]
PHIL 302 / WLDF 302. Environmental Ethics
(3). Critique approaches to relationship between
human beings and the environment. [GE.]
PHIL 303. Theories of Ethics (3). Ethical theo ries
of Western philosophical tradition: Plato, Aris totle,
Hume, Kant, Mill. Contemporary metaethical concerns
of definition and justification. [GE.]
PHIL 304. Philosophy of Sex & Love (3). What is
love? What sexual activities are natural or moral?
Friendship, adultery, pornography, pros titution,
sexual perversion, homosexuality, and premarital
sex. [GE.]
PHIL 306. Race, Racism & Philosophy (3). A
philosophical study of the conceptual, metaphysi-
cal, moral, and social political issues surrounding
race and racism. [DCG-d. GE.]
PHIL 309 / WLDF 309. Case Studies in Environmental
Ethics (3). Human responsibility to the
world’s biota. Scientific, ethical, political perspectives.
Recommended preparation: PHIL/WLDF
302. [GE. CWT. Weekly: 2 hrs lect, 1 hr disc.]
PHIL 309B. Perspectives: Humanities/Science/Social
Science (3). Critique perspectives,
modes of inquiry, and products of the humanities,
biological and physical sciences, social and behavioral
sciences, and their relationships. [GE. CWT.]
PHIL 341. History of Philosophy: Pre-Socrat ics
through Aristotle (3). Critique emergence of
Western philosophical inquiry. Interrelatedness of
nature and human nature. Origins of world views
from pre-Socratics through Plato and Aristotle.
PHIL 344. History of Philosophy: 19th Century
(3). Major philosophical problems in writings of
Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, and James
or Peirce.
PHIL 345. History of Philosophy: China (3).
Classic texts in Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism,
and I Ching. Focus on unifying concepts amid
differences. Compare to Western philosophies.
China encountering multiculturalism from within
and without.
PHIL 346. History of Philosophy: India (3). Classic
themes of Indian philosophy. Selections from
Rig Veda, Upanishads, Bhagavad-Gita, Buddhism,
Jainism, and Shankara. India’s approach to multiculturalism
and gender issues.
PHIL 351. 20th Century Philosophy: Selected
Topics (3). Study of a major movement, school
of thought, or philosopher of the 20th century,
such as Logical Positivism, Pragmatism, Analytic,
Postmodern, Continental, Process Philosophy,
Dewey, Wittgenstein, Austin, Quine, Sartre.
PHIL 355. Existentialism (3). Principal existen tial
philosophers of 19th and 20th centuries, such
as Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Nietzsche, Sar tre,
Marcel, Buber.
PHIL 371. Contemporary Social & Political
Philosophy (3). A critical study of the main contemporary
Western theories of the ideal state and
how these theories deal with such core political
values as justice, liberty, equality, and community.
PHIL 382. History of Philosophy: Renaissance
through the Rationalist (3). Philosophy in Age of
Enlightenment. Begins with Renaissance thinkers,
then focuses on theme—in Descartes, Spinoza,
and Leibniz—that truth and nature of reality are
discovered through rational analysis, not empirical
investigation.
PHIL 383. History of Philosophy: Empiricists
& Kant (3). Works of Locke, Berkeley, and Hume.
Culminates with Kant and his synthesis of empiricist
and rationalist perspectives.
PHIL 391. Seminar in Philosophy (1-3). Intensive
study of a philosophical movement, philosophical
problem, writings of a philosopher, or a subdiscipline
(for example, philosophy of mind). [Elective
credit for philosophy majors requires prior DA.
Rep.]
PHIL 392. Experiential or Service Learning
(1). Participation in 12-24 hours of designated
activity with a reading and discussion component.
[Mandatory CR/NC.]
PHIL 415. Symbolic Logic (3). Quantifiable logic,
including logic of relations; properties of axiomatic
systems; many-valued logic; modal logic and its
extensions. [Prereq: PHIL 100 or IA.]
PHIL 420. Contemporary Epistemology &
Metaphysics (3). What exists? What are the
basic categories of being? What does it mean
to know? Are there different kinds or sources of
knowing? Recommended preparation: PHIL 100.
PHIL 425. Philosophy of Science (3). Critical examination
of aims, assumptions, and norms of science.
Nature of satisfactory explanations, nature
of theories and their criteria of acceptability. Study
of scientific progress, limits of science, reasoning
in science & scientific method. Recommended
preparation: PHIL 100.
PHIL 475. Postmodern Philosophies (3).
Postmodern and feminist critiques of traditional
western philosophy. Issues include whether all
knowledge is relative, whether rationality is sexist,
whether all knowledge must be deconstructed.
Thinkers include Derrida, Foucault, Irigaray.
PHIL 485. Seminar in Philosophy (3). Intensive
study of a philosophical movement, philosophical
problem, writings of a philosopher, or a subdiscipline
(for example, philosophy of mind). [Rep. Two
of these seminars required for philosophy majors.]
PHIL 499. Directed Study (1-2). [Rep.]
GRADUATE
PHIL 680. Special Topics (1-3). Intensive study
in selected philosophers and/or topics. [Rep.]
Physical Education
Contents of this section:
General information
Aquatics
Dance
Individual Activities
Intercollegiate Athletics
Intercollegiate Club Sports
Team Sports
Activity courses provide opportunities to develop
skills, knowledge, and increased fitness level.
All activity courses (100-300) must be taken
CR/NC, with the exceptions of PE 262, PE 360, PE
362, and PE 382 which may be taken for a grade.
Beginning Level (100 series)—introductory
courses for fundamental instruction.
Intermediate Level (200 series)—prerequisite is
beginning level or equivalent skill (with IA).
Advanced Level (300 series)—prerequisite is
intermediate level or equivalent accomplished
skill (and IA).
Students injured while participating in a physical
education or recreation administration class are
not covered by any university insurance policy.
Each student is responsible for obtaining her/his
own coverage through a private insurance agency
activ activity; (C) may be concurrent; coreq corequisite(s); CR/NC mandatory credit/no credit; CWT communication & ways of thinking; DA dept approval
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2011-2012 Humboldt State University Catalog