General Course Descriptions - Houston Community College System

pHed 2113 indiViduAlized
Fitness trAining
Credit: 1 (1 lecture, 2 activity)
Provides opportunity to accomplish fitness objectives
at own pace . Some knowledge of concepts of fitness
and weight training recommended .
pHed 2115 WeigHt trAining
And Conditioning ii
prerequisite: weight training
experience
Credit: 1 (1 lecture, 2 activity)
Emphasis is placed on acquiring advanced training
techniques for improving muscular strength, including
competitive lifting skills .
pHed 2118 yogA ii
Credit: 1 (1 lecture, 2 activity)
Continuation of Yoga I .
pHed 2146 BoWling ii
Credit: 1 (1 lecture, 2 activity)
This course includes everything the advanced and
competitive bowler needs to know about the game of
bowling: rules, regulations, and techniques . In addition
to the basics of bowling, this course attempts to give
each student a better understanding of the elements
involved in competitive bowling .
pHed 2150 interMediAte
sWiMMing
Credit: 1 (lecture, 2 activity)
Continued acquisition of new strokes . Emphasis is
placed on increasing stamina and strength . Beginning
skills needed . Basic Water Safety Certification
available .
pHed 2255 WAter sAFety
instruCtor
prerequisite: knowledge of red
Cross Community Water safety
course. Must pass written and skills
pretest to remain in class. red Cross
Certification
Credit: 2 (1 lecture, 2 activity)
Provides training needed to become certified Red
Cross swim instructor . Includes instructor candidate
training course .
pHil 1301 introduCtion to
pHilosopHy
prerequisites: Must be placed into collegelevel
reading (or take gust 0342 as a
co-requisite) and be placed into collegelevel
writing (or take engl 0310/0349 as a
co-requisite)
Credit: 3 (3 lecture)
This course is a theoretically diverse introduction
to the study of ideas, including arguments and
investigations about abstract and real phenomena,
particularly in the areas of knowledge, ethics, and
religion . Core Curriculum Course
pHil 1303 prinCiples oF
reAsoning
prerequisites: Must be placed into collegelevel
reading (or take gust 0342 as a
co-requisite) and be placed into collegelevel
writing (or take engl 0310/0349 as a
co-requisite).
Credit: 3 (3 lecture)
A general course in logic, emphasizing the methods
of correct reasoning and critical thinking, definition,
deductive and inductive inferences, fallacies, language
analysis, scientific inquiry, and organizing both written
and oral arguments .
pHil 1304 introduCtion to
World religions
prerequisites: Must be placed into collegelevel
reading (or take gust 0342 as a
co-requisite) and be placed into collegelevel
writing (or take engl 0310/0349 as a
co-requisite).Credit: 3 (3 lecture)
This course is a diverse survey of world traditions and
religions, including African traditions, Native American
traditions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Tao and
Chinese Philosophy, Christianity and Judaism . Core
Curriculum Course
pHil 2289 ACAdeMiC CooperAtiVe
in pHilosopHy
prerequisites: Must be placed into collegelevel
reading (or take gust 0342 as a
co-requisite) and be placed into collegelevel
writing (or take engl 0310/0349 as a
co-requisite).
Credit: 2 (2 lecture)
An instructional program designed to integrate
on-campus study with practical hands-on work
experience . In conjunction with class seminars, the
student will set specific goals and objectives in the
study of philosophy .
pHil 2303 introduCtion to
syMBoliC logiC
prerequisites: Must be placed into collegelevel
reading (or take gust 0342 as a
co-requisite) and be placed into collegelevel
writing (or take engl 0310/0349 as a
co-requisite).
Credit: 3 (3 lecture)
An introduction to symbolic logic, focusing on both
propositional and predicate logic, emphasizing the
rules of translating language into symbols, the rules
of inference and replacement, and the mechanism
of reasoning used by computers . Core Curriculum
Course .
pHil 2306 introduCtion to
etHiCs
prerequisites: engl 1302 or department
Approval
Credit: 3 (3 lecture)
A philosophical reflection of the basic principles of
the moral life, including traditional and contemporary
views concerning the nature of goodness, happiness,
duty, and freedom as they apply to individual
right,business,medicine,and community well-being .
Core Curriclum Course .
Course desCriptions
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pHil 2307 introduCtion
to soCiAl And politiCAl
pHilosopHy
prerequisites: engl 1301 or department
Approval
Credit: 3 (3 lecture)
This course is a critical analysis of political theories and
social issues . Consideration will be given to historically
significant and contemporary systems, problems, and
thinkers . Core Curriculum Course
pHil 2316 surVey oF AnCient
And MedieVAl pHilosopHy
prerequisites: engl 1302 or department
Approval
Credit: 3 (3 lecture)
An historic survey of critical and reflective thinking as
applied to the basic problems of existence and the
meaning of human life and institutions; begins with
the Greek and Roman philosophers, continues through
the Middle Ages, and ends with the Renaissance; a
study of the nature of philosophy as applied to the
development of the scientific method, the existence
of God, and the political structures of society .
Core Curriculum Course
pHil 2317 surVey oF Modern/
ConteMporAry pHilosopHy
prerequisites: engl 1302 or department
Approval
Credit: 3 (3 lecture)
An historic survey of critical and reflective thinking
as applied to the basic problems of existence and
the meaning of human life and institutions; begins
with the Renaissance, continues with the major
philosophers of the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th
centuries, and ends with an examination of the analytic
and existential philosophers of the 20th century; a
study of the nature of philosophy as applied to the
development of the scientific method, the existence
of god, and the political structures of society .
Core Curriculum Course
pHil 2321 existenCe And FAitH
prerequisites: engl 1301 or department
Approval
Credit: 3 (3 lecture)
A critical investigation of major religious ideas,
experiences, and questions that form the basis for a
philosopny of religion . Core Curriculum Course .
pHil 2389 ACAdeMiC CooperAtiVe
in pHilosopHy
prerequisites: Must be placed into collegelevel
reading (or take gust 0342 as a
co-requisite) and be placed into collegelevel
writing (or take engl 0310/0349 as a
co-requisite).
Credit: 3 (3 lecture)
An instructional program designed to integrate
on-campus study with practical hands-on work
experience . In conjunction with class seminars, the
student will set specific goals and objectives in the
study of philosophy .
pHrA 1309 pHArMACeutiCAl
MAtHeMAtiCs i
prerequisite: Admission to the pharmacy
technician program
Credit: 3 (3 lecture)
Pharmaceutical mathematics including reading,