Credits: 3 Examines human life, experience, and thought in order to discover and develop the principles and values for pursuing a more fulfilled existence. Theories designed to justify ethical judgments are applied to a selection of contemporary personal and social issues.~~This course is one of the Statewide Guaranteed Transfer courses. GT-AH3
Credits: 3 Studies effective thinking using language-oriented logic. Provides tools and develops skills for creative and critical thinking. Emphasizes the development of decision-making and problem-solving.~~This course is one of the Statewide Guaranteed Transfer courses. GT-AH3
Credits: 3 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,
Credits: 3 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
Credits: 3 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
Credits: 3 Critically analyzes theories of value of the natural world. Topics include the relation between scientific and moral principles; theories of the moral worth of persons, animals, plants and other natural objects; historical, religious and cultural influences on conceptions of nature; alternative accounts of human relationships and responsibilities to nature, including deep ecology and
