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2022-2023 Cal State East Bay Catalog 
    
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PHIL 130 - Introduction to Philosophy, Religion, and Social Science


Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-D1-2
Introduction to basic concepts in philosophy through the lens of a particular theme, and in relationship with other disciplines, specifically in the context of how such concepts reflect relationships between the individual and society.

Credit Restrictions: Not open to students with credit for PHIL 110 or PHIL 120.

Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-D1-2 - Lower Division Social Sciences
Course Typically Offered: Fall Alternate Years


Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
 

  1. demonstrate knowledge of cultural traditions and behaviors, their relevant concepts, theories, methods, and historical contexts.
  2. cultivate an appreciation for a diversity of ideas and values across time and for human difference in areas such as: religion, culture, ethnicity, race, class, sexuality, and gender.
  3. deploy the methods used in social science and used in the study of the social sciences.
  4. appreciate the richness of studying social constructs including the reliance on data, anecdotal evidence, and theoretical concerns. 

 

D1-2. Lower-division Social Science Electives Learning Outcomes
 

  1. specify how social, political, economic, and environmental systems and/or behavior are interwoven;
  2. explain how humans individually and collectively relate to relevant sociocultural, political, economic, and/or environmental systems-how they produce, resist, and transform them;
  3. discuss and debate issues from the course’s disciplinary perspective in a variety of cultural, historical, contemporary, and/or potential future contexts; and
  4. explore principles, methodologies, value systems, and ethics employed in social scientific inquiry.



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