Philosophy

Introduces students to religions of the Western world: Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Bahai, and influential pre-literate traditions. Utilizes religious studies methods (historical, sociological, legal, psychological, and phenomenological), to understand the historical development of each religious tradition in terms of communities, cultural context, and modern manifestations; paying particular attention to differences between sects, denominations, schools, and

Introduces students to religions of the Eastern world: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Taoism, Confucianism, Sikhism, Shinto, and influential pre-literate traditions. Utilizes religious studies methods (historical, sociological, legal, psychological, and phenomenological), to understand the historical development of each religious tradition in terms of communities, cultural context, and modern manifestations; paying particular attention to differences between sects, denominations,

Analyzes of ethical behavior for business. The premise is that ethics deals with right and wrong standards of behavior that are determined by the ethical and social expectations of society in general, and further, that we expect responsible people to observe the ethical standards of our society. A case approach is used throughout the course.

Focuses on the critical examination of the fundamental concepts, ideas, and implications of religion. Includes the nature of God, the varieties of religious experience, argument concerning God`s existence, the Problem of Evil, faith and reason, religion and human destiny, and the connection between religion and ethics.~~This course is one of the Statewide Guaranteed Transfer courses.