Distance Learning

Critical Thinking

Credits:  2

Prerequisite: Satisfactory English scores to place into co­ requisite remediation or higher.

This course is designed to introduce students to the thinking processes used to analyzing, evaluating and creating information. The purpose of the course is to promote intellectual inquiry and exchange through the application of critical thinking of personal, professional and sociopolitical contexts.   Students who successfully complete PHIL 1010 will be able to:

• Identify the critical thinking process.
• Describe perceptual blocks to critical thinking: personal barriers, sensing, and physiology.
• Explain the role of language in the critical thinking process.
• Explore the role of critical thinking in persuasion.
• Explain the impact of feelings on the critical thinking process.
• Apply sound rational reasoning to problem solving.

Course Requirements:

• Participate in discussion forums
• Online Quizzes and assignments
• Basic-advanced knowledge of computers, computer applications, and trouble-shooting.

Additional Requirements:

• A computer with Microsoft Word and appropriate plug ins to successfully run GeorgiaView - https://albanystate.view.usg.edu/d2l/login – click System Checker

Ethics

Credits:  3

Prerequisite:  PHIL 2205 or permission of instructor.

A general introduction to ethical theories and their application to moral issues as well as an exposure to dominant meta-ethical approaches. Emphasis is placed on the student developing a decision-making scheme to apply to moral dilemmas. Credit may not be received for both PHIL 2030 and ETH! 110I.

Course Requirements:

• Online Quizzes and assignments
• Basic-advanced knowledge of computers, computer applications, and trouble-shooting.

Additional Requirements:

• A computer with Microsoft Word and appropriate plug ins to successfully run GeorgiaView - https://albanystate.view.usg.edu/d2l/login – click System Checker

Introduction to Philosophy

Credits:  3

Prerequisite:  ENGL 1101 or permission of instructor

A survey of the major sub-fields of philosophy including epistemology, ontology, logic, ethics, social and political philosophy, aesthetics and philosophy of religion. Key problems that concern contemporary philosophers are explored and the dominant positions explained.  Students who successfully complete PHIL 2101 will be able to:

• Know a few major figures in the history of philosophy
• Identify some philosophical questions central to the way human persons experience and create meaning. Also, know the way these ideas developed historically, and how they were influenced by culture and how they help to shape future cultures.
• Develop skills in careful and accurate reading and interpretation of philosophical texts.
• Develop skill in responsible critical engagement with and evaluation of texts.
• Develop skill in dialogue around philosophical issues.
• Engage in a deeper reflection on the world in which he/she lives, his/her place in the world, and his/her options and choices.

Course Requirements:

• Online Quizzes and assignments
• Basic knowledge of computers and computer applications

Additional Requirements:

• computer with Microsoft Word and appropriate plug ins to successfully run GeorgiaView - https://albanystate.view.usg.edu/d2l/login – click System Checker

Professional Ethics - eMajor Only

This course introduces students to ethical issues common to the professions. The term “profession” is a label for a class of occupations, exemplified by the traditional model of the lawyer or physician. We will think about characteristics of these occupations that distinguish them as a class and how these characteristics are related to a variety of ethical problems.

*POLS 4860 may also be used to satisfy this requirement in the degree program.

This course is part of the eMajor collaborate program degree. The tuition for this course is at the current eMajor rate.