Getting InPhilosophy
Philosophy is the study of the fundamental nature of reality, knowledge, and values based on logical reasoning. Students take courses to prepare for a major in philosophy or to fulfill general education requirements. Career options for those with a bachelor's degree in philosophy include teaching, counseling, law, work within hospitals or business-ethics organizations, politics and political activism, and computer science.
Contact Information
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Department Chair: Herschel Stern Dean: Ric Matthews |
Department: Social Science Office: Building 3100, (760) 795-6871 |
Full-Time Faculty
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Isabel Luengo Louisa Moon |
Associate Degree
Associate in Arts Degree
Philosophy
The Philosophy Program offers lower-division preparation for students who plan on transferring to pursue a bachelor's degree in philosophy. Students planning to transfer and/or earn this associate degree may also need to complete additional requirements or electives required by the transfer institution, as many CSUs and UCs have unique admissions and preparation-for-the-major requirements. Students should meet with a MiraCosta College counselor to identify required courses and to develop a written plan for their targeted university.
| Required courses: | ||
| PHIL 100 | Informal Logic and Critical Thinking | 3 |
| PHIL 101 | Introduction to Philosophy: Knowledge and Reality | 3 |
| PHIL 102 | Contemporary Moral Problems | 3 |
| Required Electives: | 12 | |
| Select one English course. | ||
| Critical Thinking, Composition, and Literature | ||
| Critical Thinking, Composition, and Literature (Honors) | ||
| Critical Thinking and Composition | ||
| Select two courses from either French or German. | ||
| Elementary French (First Semester) | ||
| Elementary French (Second Semester) | ||
| Intermediate French (Third Semester) | ||
| Intermediate French (Fourth Semester) | ||
| Elementary German (First Semester) | ||
| Elementary German (Second Semester) | ||
| Intermediate German (Third Semester) | ||
| Total Units | 21 | |
Additional foreign language courses may be required for preparation for the major at specific universities. Graduate programs in philosophy usually require competency in either French or German.
Courses
PHIL 100: Informal Logic and Critical Thinking
Units: 3
Prerequisites: None
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC
Lecture 3 hours. (1509.00)
Use of logic in science and practical life: fallacies, language, hypotheses, probability, experimentation. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking, the deductive, and inductive processes. (Formerly PHIL 120)
PHIL 101: Introduction to Philosophy: Knowledge and Reality
Units: 3
Prerequisites: None
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC
Lecture 3 hours. (1509.00)
Introduction to philosophical inquiry with emphasis on problems of knowledge and reality through analysis of classical and contemporary works on such issues as freedom, human nature, and God. Each student is encouraged to think independently and formulate his/her own tentative conclusions.
PHIL 102: Contemporary Moral Problems
Units: 3
Prerequisites: None
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC
Lecture 3 hours. (1509.00)
An inquiry into the nature of morality as it applies to a variety of personal and social issues through the reading and analysis of classical and contemporary works.
PHIL 105: Asian Philosophy and Religion
Units: 3
Prerequisites: None
Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in ASIA 105 or PHIL 105.
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC
Lecture 3 hours. (1509.00)
An interdisciplinary survey of the philosophical and religious thought of South and East Asia and its application in theory and practice in traditional Asian societies.
PHIL 122: World Religions
Units: 3
Prerequisites: None
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC
Lecture 3 hours. (1509.00)
Understanding of a people through their religion. Offers an enlargement of understanding of the world's major faiths, how their many forms came to be, how they differ, what their central tenets are, and what they basically have in common.
PHIL 221: Philosophy of Religion
Units: 3
Prerequisites: None
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC
Lecture 3 hours. (1509.00)
Investigation of religion. Reasons for and against various fundamental religious beliefs. Considers religious phenomena of many kinds in the interest of understanding and clarifying what persons intend to be and do when they act religiously. Philosophy of Religion takes nothing for granted; it takes the liberty of calling anything religious into question. It aims to bring religious beliefs and assumptions out into the open, to subject them to scrutiny and to arrive at a rational assessment for religious affirmation.
PHIL 292: Internship Studies
Units: 0.5-3
Prerequisites: Complete 6 units at MCC prior to internship; permission of instructor and department chair required.
Corequisite: Must currently be enrolled in 3 units and complete 60 hours of non-paid or 75 hours of paid work per unit of credit.
Acceptable for Credit: CSU
(1509.00)
Individualized study linking classroom learning to the workplace. Approval form must be signed by instructor and department chair before registration. (May be taken for a total of 12 units.)
PHIL 293: Topics in Philosophy
Units: 1-3
Prerequisites: None
Repeatability Rule: Allow four completions in any combination of PHIL 293, PHIL 296.
Lecture 1 hour.
Lecture 2 hours.
Lecture 3 hours. (1509.00)
A study of relevant topics in the discipline not covered in the current selection of courses. Designed to meet special needs; content determined by participating faculty members in consultation with students and the community. Non-transfer topics only.
PHIL 296: Topics in Philosophy
Units: 1-3
Prerequisites: None
Repeatability Rule: Allow four completions in any combination of PHIL 293, PHIL 296.
Acceptable for Credit: CSU
Lecture 1 hour.
Lecture 2 hours.
Lecture 3 hours. (1509.00)
A study of relevant topics in the discipline not covered in the current selection of courses. Designed to meet special needs; content determined by participating faculty members in consultation with students and the community.
PHIL 298: Directed Studies in Philosophy
Units: 1-3
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and department chair.
Acceptable for Credit: CSU
Laboratory 3 hours.
Laboratory 6 hours.
Laboratory 9 hours. (1509.00)
Individualized study, project, or research in area of particular interest to the student and not included in the regular courses of the college. Approval form must be signed by instructor and department chair before registration. (May be taken for a total of 3 units.)
