Philosophy PHIL

PHIL-1 Introduction to Philosophy

Units

3

Hours

54 lecture hours

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Introduces students to the nature and practice of philosophic inquiry by focusing on traditional philosophic issues from a multicultural perspective. Particular emphasis will be given to classic Western philosophers as well as classic Eastern sources. Grades are P/NP Option.

Offered: Fall 2026 (2 sections)

PHIL-2 Ethics

Units

3

Hours

54 lecture hours

Transfers to

CSU, UC

C-ID

PHIL 120

An introduction to the study of ethics emphasizing the relevance of ethics to everyday decision-making. Topics include: the human context of moral reasoning, relativism, subjectivism, religion and ethics, conscience and moral development, ethical egoism, utilitarianism, the ethics of duty, rights ethics, virtue ethics and the good life, and case studies in moral reasoning. (L)

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

PHIL-3 Philosophy of Religion

Units

3

Hours

54 lecture hours

Transfers to

CSU, UC

A philosophical exploration of religious belief and practice, with an emphasis on understanding how the world’s major religious traditions - Eastern and Western -respond to fundamental issues concerning the ultimate nature of reality. Topics include: religion and philosophy, worldviews and religion, metaphysics without God, metaphysics with God, arguments for God’s existence, the problem of evil, incarnation and God, God and gender, life after death, religious experience, science and religion, prudential arguments for religious belief, faith and justification, love and the meaning of life. (L)

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

PHIL-6 Political Philosophy

Units

3

Hours

54 lecture hours

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Pols120

Limitations on Enrollment: Course not open for credit to students with credit in POLSC- 6.

This course introduces students to the major authors of political thought and examines the assumptions and central issues involved in political thinking. Concepts such as: democracy, fascism, justice, rights, law liberty, political authority, political principles, and consequences will be examined through an analysis of classical and contemporary reading selections. (L) Grades are P/NP Option.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

PHIL-12 Critical Thinking

Units

3

Hours

54 lecture hours

Prerequisite

ENGL-1A

Transfers to

CSU, UC

This course instructs students in critical thinking skills emphasizing the relationship of language to logic, leading to the ability to analyze, criticize, and advocate ideas, to reason inductively and deductively, and to identify the assumptions upon which particular conclusions depend. Students will gain the ability to distinguish fact from judgment, knowledge from belief, truth from falsehood; to use elementary inductive and deductive processes; and to recognize common logical errors or fallacies of language and thought. Topics include: definitions of critical thinking, language and meaning, claims and reasons, argument and inference, argument identification and reconstruction, inductive reasoning, deductive reasoning, underlying assumptions, evaluating assumptions, assumptions and evidence, worldviews as a context for critical thought, evaluating arguments, sound and fallacious reasoning, informal fallacies, casual inference, and scientific method. As part of the course requirements, students will write at least 5000 words demonstrating both skills in composition and critical thinking.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

PHIL-20 World Religions

Units

3

Hours

54 lecture hours

Transfers to

CSU, UC

A survey of the beliefs and practices of Eastern and Western religious traditions. Emphasis will be given to the origin and development of each tradition, its major forms of expression, and the various ways in which each tradition addresses the most fundamental questions of human existence. (L)

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)