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Course Outlines
Philosophy Course
The Philosophy Program is unique in Canada in the way its courses are integrated with other disciplines and geared to the actual situations one meets in the professions and the work world. We concentrate on ethical issues in the real world and its institutions by applying them to the practical problems that arise there. For example, we have professional ethics courses in health, law, business, administration, social work, and marketing. In the broader area of problems of practical ethics, we have courses on environmentalism, religion, education, politics, society, law, abortion, gender, sexuality, refugees and mass media. In addition, we have courses that are related to the disciplines of social science, psychology, political science, art, and history. Finally, one is able to study the great ideas, philosophers, thoughts, and ways of life that have helped shape each of us, such as those of the ancient Greeks, rationalists, empiricists, existentialists, phenomenologists, Marxists, and post-modernists. In other words, our philosophy program is oriented to concrete problems and techniques of analysis and the attainment of practical solutions.
Available Courses - Fall 2007
Modes of Reasoning
Modes of Reasoning is group of linked courses which form part of Atkinson's General Education requirement. Modes of Reasoning (Modes for short) courses are unique in that they focus specifically upon teaching skills that are essential to succeeding in university, in the working world, and in life in general. Every course teaches you skills of one kind or another, but Modes teaches the most generally applicable skills there are: skills of thinking. In a Modes of Reasoning course you will learn to think more clearly and more critically. You will learn how to figure things out for yourself rather than relying upon the views of others. And you will learn how to to better understand the texts that you read and to express your own thoughts in a clear and concise way.
You can use this website to learn more about what this unique course has to offer. For a more detailed description of the course, including such things as the organization of the course and the types of assignments you can expect to write, as well as a more in-depth explanation of the skills taught in Modes.
Available Courses - Fall 2007
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