Philosophy
4 courses · Shasta College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Classes: Fall 2026
PHIL-6 Introduction to Philosophy
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162)
- Advisory
- ENGL C1000 with a grade of C or higher, or English Placement Level 7
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- PHIL 100
This is a transfer-level humanities course introducing students to some of the major philosophical issues in the history of philosophy through the critical examination of primary texts. It will both explore what is special about the questions philosophers ask and consider the most famous answers philosophers have given to those questions. Areas covered include philosophy of mind, epistemology, metaphysics, moral philosophy, political philosophy, philosophy of science, aesthetics, and philosophy of religion. The course may be offered in a distance education format.
PHIL-7 Ethics: Understanding Right and Wrong
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162)
- Advisory
- ENGL C1000 with a grade of C or higher, or English Placement Level 7
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- PHIL 120
This course critically examines the concept of morality as well as a number of representative ethical theories, such as Kantianism, Utilitarianism, Contractarianism, Divine Command Theory and Virtue Ethics. It also introduces students to a range of moral and social problems such as abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, cloning, warfare, gender and sexuality issues, political and economic issues, and the moral status of the natural world. This course may be offered in a distance education format.
PHIL-8 Logic
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162)
- Advisory
- ENGL C1000 with a grade of C or higher, or English Placement Level 7
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- PHIL 110
Logic is the science that evaluates arguments. This course introduces principles of reasoning with an emphasis on deductive logic. It will provide students with extensive experience in identifying a range of correct and incorrect argument forms using the tools of formal logic. The course may include a treatment of inductive reasoning and fallacies. This course may be offered in a distance education format.
PHIL-14 Modern Western Philosophy
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture total (when offered in the distance education format, hours will total 162)
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- PHIL 140
This course focuses on Western Philosophy from the 16th to the 18th century, with emphasis on broad epistemological and metaphysical developments of empiricism and rationalism in philosophical thought from Descartes to Kant. It may include proximate precursors and successors. This course may be offered in a distance education format.