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.
Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section, listed as PHI-100) · Spring 2027 (1 section, listed as PHI-100)
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
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.