# Philosophy (PHI) courses

Palo Verde College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 2 courses

Source: https://catalog.paloverde.edu/index.php?catoid=2

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Spring 2027.

### PHI 100 — Introduction to Philosophy

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 hours total, 3 hours lecture weekly
- **Advisory:** ENG 100 (now ENGL C1000)
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section listed as PHI-100 (/c/palo-verde-college/schedule/fall-2026/phi.md); Spring 2027, 1 section listed as PHI-100 (/c/palo-verde-college/schedule/spring-2027/phi.md)
- Student Learning Outcomes: Define the major issues, approaches and schools of world philosophy; Identify the basic aims, issues, methods and problems of philosophy; Discuss basic philosophical approaches to and definitions of human beings and humankind in general; Compare basic philosophical approaches to and definitions of the natural world and the universe; Analyze basic philosophical approaches to the limitations of human knowledge in regard to history, gender and class.
- General Education: CalGETC: Transfer General Education Requirements ( 3- Arts and Humanities- 3B: Humanities )
- Course Duration (Weeks): 18

The course surveys the history of philosophy and examines its major themes, in order to introduce students to the study of philosophy, philosophical methods, and philosophical inquiries into the natures of the world, perception, knowledge, morality, politics, and human identities.

### PHI 120 — Introduction to Ethics

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 hours total, 3 hours lecture weekly
- **Prerequisite:** ENG 100 (now ENGL C1000), PHI 100
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules
- Student Learning Outcomes: Identify fundamental ethical questions, themes and approaches. Compare and contrast virtue, Kantian, and utilitarian approaches to ethics as developed in world history. Apply specific ethical theories to the critical analysis of contemporary ethical dilemmas.
- General Education: CalGETC: Transfer General Education Requirements ( 3- Arts and Humanities- 3B: Humanities )
- Course Duration (Weeks): 18

PHI 120,"Introduction to Ethics," examines the historical developments of morality and values, representative ethical theories, and their possible applications to moral problems, with a focus on the application of the three major philosophical approaches to ethics (virtue, deontological, and utilitarian) to the critical analysis of contemporary ethical dilemmas in business, the military, politics, mass media, and everyday life in contemporary society.