Course Descriptions Parent Child Education (PCE) PCE 112-113 Parent-Child Education (0-1 year old)
PCE 155-157 Parent-Child Education (4-6 years old) (2)
Through discussion and laboratory experience, parents explore concepts and learn skills to improve parenting practices with children age birth-12 months. Topics for discussion include growth and development, temperament, sleep, nutrition and child safety. PREREQUISITE: Instructor's permission. This is a pass/no-credit course. PCE 122-124 Parent-Child Education (1-2 year old)
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Through group discussion and laboratory experience, parents explore concepts and learn skills to improve parenting practices with children aged 12-24 months. Topics for discussion include growth and development, guidance and discipline, temperament, and language development. PREREQUISITE: Instructor's permission. This is a pass/no-credit course. PCE 132-134 Parent-Child Education (2-3 years old)
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Through group discussion and laboratory experience, parents explore concepts and learn skills to improve parenting practices with children aged 24-36 months. Topics for discussion include growth and development, guidance and discipline, and play and learning. PREREQUISITE: Instructor's permission. This is a pass/no-credit course. PCE 142-144 Parent-Child Education (3-4 years old)
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Through lecture, group discussion, and laboratory experience, parents explore concepts and learn skills to improve parenting practices with children aged 36-48 months. Topics for discussion include growth and development, guidance and discipline, family communication, and building self-esteem. PREREQUISITE: Instructor's permission. PCE 145-147 Parent-Child Education (3-6 years old)
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Through lecture, group discussion, and laboratory experience, parents explore concepts and learn skills to improve parenting practices with children aged 36-72 months. Topics for discussion include growth and development, guidance and discipline, and family communication. PREREQUISITE: Instructor's permission. This is a pass/no-credit course. PCE 152-154 Parent-Child Education (4-5 years old)
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Through lecture, group discussion, and laboratory experience, parents explore concepts and learn skills to improve parenting practices with children aged 4-5 years. Topics for discussion include growth and development, guidance and discipline, family communication, building self-esteem, and school readiness. PREREQUISITE: Instructor's permission. This is a pass/no-credit course.
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Through lecture, group discussion, and laboratory experience, parents explore concepts and learn skills to improve parenting practices with children aged 4-6 years. Discussion and lab activities focus on literacy. PREREQUISITE: Instructor's permission. This is a pass/no-credit course.
Philosophy (PHIL) PHIL& 101 Introduction to Philosophy
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Introduces students to the major problems and figures of philosophy. Gives students a greater understanding of human experience through the examination of the concepts of reality, knowledge and value. Questions posed may include: Does God exist? Do we act freely? Is the mind distinct from the body? Can we ever know anything for certain? What really matters? PREREQUISITE: Eligible for ENGL 100 or instructor's permission. Satisfies a humanities/fine arts/English requirement for AA degree. PHIL 102 Contemporary Moral Problems
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Introduces students to the most urgent moral problems of our day. Provides students with an introduction to ethical theories and their application to contemporary moral problems. Topics may include war and torture, capital punishment, animal rights and the environment, abortion, euthanasia, and liberty. PREREQUISITE: Eligible for ENGL 100 or instructor's permission. Satisfies a humanities/fine arts/English requirement for AA degree. PHIL 103 Historical Survey-Ancient Philosophy
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Introduces students to the ancient philosophy of western civilization. Examines the beginnings of philosophy from pre-Socratic ancient Greece up to the early Christian era, including such philosophers as Thales, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Epicurus. Emphasizes how past thinkers have influenced current thought and practice. PREREQUISITE: Eligible for ENGL 100 or instructor's permission. Satisfies a humanities/ fine arts/English requirement for AA degree. PHIL 104 Historical Survey-Medieval Philosophy
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Introduces students to the medieval philosophy of western civilization. Looks at the period of philosophy from the early Christian era through the scholasticism of the medieval period, including such philosophers as St. Augustine, St. Anselm, Averroes, St. Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus and William of Ockham. Emphasizes how past thinkers have influenced current thought and practice. PREREQUISITE: Eligible for ENGL 100 or instructor's permission. Satisfies a humanities/fine arts/English requirement for AA degree.
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PHIL 105 Historical Survey-Modern Philosophy
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PHIL 110 Social and Political Philosophy
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PHIL 112 Ethics in the Workplace
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PHIL 114 Philosophical Issues in Law
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PHIL 115 Critical Thinking
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Introduces students to the philosophy of modern western civilization. Examines the period of philosophy from the humanism of the Enlightenment through the end of the 19th century, including such philosophers as Descartes, Leibniz, Spinoza, Hobbes, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant. Emphasizes the influence of these philosophers on current thought and practice. PREREQUISITE: Eligible for ENGL 100 or instructor's permission. Satisfies a humanities/fine arts/English requirement for AA degree.
Introduces students to the major themes of social and political philosophy, including justice, forms of government, revolution, liberty, equality, and civil disobedience. Sample topics include: What is a just distribution of income? What is the best form of government? Should there be limits to free speech? Is one ever justified in disobeying the law? PREREQUISITE: Eligible for ENGL 100 or instructor's permission. Satisfies a humanities/fine arts/English requirement for AA degree.
Introduces students to the ethical issues and problems (national and international) that arise in workplace, professional, and organizational settings. Helps students identify and solve these problems within the framework of ethical theory. May include topics such as negotiation, sexual harassment, comparable worth, whistle-blowing, and the rights and responsibilities of employers and employees. PREREQUISITE: Eligible for ENGL 100 or instructor's permission. Satisfies a humanities/fine arts/English requirement for AA degree.
Introduces students to the philosophical issues that arise in law and legal reasoning. Sample topics include patterns of legal reasoning, crime and punishment, civil disobedience, affirmative action, freedom of speech, and legal paternalism. Readings may include material from actual legal cases, as well as from philosophical essays. PREREQUISITE: Eligible for ENGL 100 or instructor's permission. Satisfies a humanities/ fine arts/English requirement for AA degree.
Introduces students to informal non-symbolic logic and critical thinking. Sample topics include language analysis, inductive reasoning, statistical analysis, causal reasoning, arguments from analogy and fallacious patterns of reasoning. Students examine arguments in real-life situations, such as in conversations, television presentations, political speeches, editorials, and other writings on various topics. PREREQUISITE: Eligible for ENGL 100 or instructor's permission. Satisfies a humanities/fine arts/English requirement for AA degree.