Logic (PHL 105)

World Religions (PHL 205)

Ethics (PHL 106)

Asian Philosophy (PHL 215)

Medical Ethics (PHL 180)

Philosophy of Religion (PHL 240)

Introduction to Philosophy (Hum 127)

Foundational Religious Texts: New Testament (PHL 245)

Course surveys cultural accomplishments of Western civilization from its beginnings in Mesopotamia through the Middle Ages. Content includes visual arts, music, literature, theater, architecture, and philosophy studied in historical context. Three credit hours. No prerequisites.Course fulfills the humanities and fine arts requirements. All sections this semester will participate in a special project on the morality of war and Euripides' The Trojan Women in cooperation with the Performing Arts Center that will present this play.

Course surveys the great artistic and intellectual accomplishments of Western civilization from the Renaissance through the 20th Century. Content includes visual arts, literature, drama, philosophy, architecture, and music, explored from interdisciplinary perspectives. Three credit hours. No prerequisites. Course fulfills the humanities and the fine arts requirements.

Course concentrates on culture and arts of the last 50 years, with focus on appreciation and critical evaluation of contemporary culture. Content provides interdisciplinary perspectives on literature, music, drama, visual arts, architecture, TV, film, and cultural theory, as well as forces that influence the arts. Three credit hours. No prerequisites. Course fulfills the humanities and fine arts requirements.

Note: Each instructor develops his or her own focus for HUM 122. Please contact the instructor for information on the class focus and books.

Course provides a survey of the visual arts (painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture and architecture) emphasizing how art transmits cultural traditions and aesthetic values. Content includes the historical, social and technological factors that contribute to understanding the function and meaning of works of art. Three credit hours. No prerequisites. Course fulfills the fine arts requirement.

Course examines music through a basic stylistic survey. Content includes the vocabulary of sounds (rhythm, pitch, intensity and timbre), instruments and forms as illustrated by music from medieval times to the present. Music of Western civilization emphasized and compared to music from other cultures. Three credit hours. No prerequisites. Course fulfills the fine arts requirement.

Course surveys the musical, dramatic and stylistic development of music theater, from the year 1600 to the present. Content includes selected major works of opera, operetta, musicals and ballet. Focus is on the cultural framework that gives rise to these art forms.

Course focuses on the fundamental questions that human beings have always asked. Topics include a critical examination of theories about reality and truth, moral values and social justice, personal identity and free will, aesthetic values, and systems of religious beliefs. Three credit hours. No prerequisites. Course fulfills the humanities requirement..

Note: Each instructor develops his or her own focus for HUM 127. Please contact the instructor for information on the class focus and books.

Des Plaines

Eduardo Frajman

Section 004

TR

11:00am - 12:15 pm

RHC

Jon Benson

Course surveys dramatic art. Content includes components of acting, directing, stagecraft, makeup and other aspects of theatrical productions. This is not a performance course. Three credit hours. No prerequisites. Course fulfills the fine arts requirement.

Course introduces architectural thought and practice from the Egyptians to the present. Content includes philosophical and practical problems of providing habitable spaces for human beings. Three credit hours. No prerequisites.

Course explores selected creative work done by women. Content includes literature, art, music, film, and philosophy may also explore women's creativity as manifested through shaping of community, domestic institutions, and domestic arts. Focus may be either historical or contemporary. Three credit hours. No prerequisites. Course fulfills the humanities and the fine arts requirements. This semester many sections will participate in a special project on the morality of war and Euripides' The Trojan Women in cooperation with the Performing Arts Center that will present this play. Please contact the instructor.

Course offers a survey of the historical development of film, emphasizing a study of films and innovations in film production that have had significant influence on film as an art form. Topics include basic film language, editing, light, sound, and camera movement, and related topics Three credit hours. No prerequisites. Course fulfills the fine arts requirement.

Course introduces world music. Content includes musical performance, instruments, basic music theory, and the cultural significance of music; several Asian, Middle Eastern, and African cultures will be considered. Course fulfills the fine arts requirement.

Course offers an interdisciplinary and comparative survey of the intellectual and artistic achievements of several Asian cultures. Content includes examination of literature, philosophy, visual art, music, and other performing arts. Course fulfills the humanities and global studies requirements.

Course presents different modes of filmmaking. Content includes narrative, documentary, and animation; variety of current critical methodologies for studying film, such as genre theory, authorship theory, star theory, national cinema, feminist film theory, and structuralist theory (hero studies). A must for any student considering a career in the media. Three credits. No prerequisites. Course fulfills the fine arts requirement.

Course studies principles of correct reasoning. Topics include analyzing structure of arguments, evaluating both inductive and deductive arguments, and recognizing common errors in reasoning. Focus is on providing tools to critically evaluate persuasive language encountered in everyday life, in mass media, and in academic texts. Three credit hours. No prerequisites. Course fulfills the humanities requirement.

Course studies meaning, value, and moral responsibility in human life. Topics include examination of at least four conflicting theories about what constitutes moral conduct and social justice; application of these theories to individual moral dilemmas and to contemporary social issues such as world hunger or the environmental crisis. Three credit hours. No prererequisites. Course fulfills the humanities requirement.

Note: Each instructor develops his or her own focus. Contact the instructor for information on the class focus and books.

Section 001

TR

  12:30pm - 1:45 am

Des Plaines

Martin Uwodi

Section 002

MW

  8:00am - 9:15 am

RHC

Bernard Roddy

Section 003

MWF

11:00am - 11:50 am

Des Plaines

Eduardo Frajman

Section 004

MW

12:30pm - 1:45 pm

RHC

Vincent Samar

Section 005

TR

  2:00pm - 3:15 pm

Des Plaines

Carlos Briones

Section 0G1

MW

  9:30am - 10:45 am

Des Plaines

Joo Heung Lee

Section 0G2

TR

12:30pm - 1:45 am 

Des Plaines

Carlos Briones

Section 0G5

M

6:30pm -  9:20 pm

Des Plaines

Joo Heung Lee

Course investigates moral issues which arise in the conduct of business, marketing and advertising. Of value for business students and consumers. Topics include corporate responsibility and social justice, conflicts of interest, environmental issues, problems of discrimination, and the rights of employees and consumers.

Course uses ethical theories to investigate moral problems in medicine and health care delivery. Of value to both health care professionals and humanities students. Topics include patients’ rights, professional obligations of physicians and nurses, euthanasia, genetics and reproduction, experimentation on human subjects, and the right to health care.

Course uses global perspective to introduce philosophies, traditions, and histories of major world religions. Topics include at least six of the following religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Confucianism, Daoism, and Shinto, the indigenous religions of North America, Africa, or pre-Christian Europe. Three credit hours. No prerequisites. Course fulfills the humanities and the global studies requirements.

Section 001

TR

12:30pm - 1:45 pm

Des Plaines

Section 002

TR

12:30pm - 1:45 pm

RHC

Jon Benson

Section 003

MWF

  9:00am - 9:50 am

Des Plaines

Daniel Kynaston

Section 005

TR

  8:00am - 9:15 am

Des Plaines

D. Kevin McNeir

Section 006

TR

11:00am - 12:15 pm

Des Plaines

D. Kevin McNeir

Section 007

F

  9:00am - 11:50 am

Des Plaines

D. Kevin McNeir

Section 008

MW

  8:00am - 9:15 am

Des Plaines   

Mark Samberg

Section 009

MW

  2:00pm - 3:15 pm

Des Plaines

Dennis Polkow

Section 0G1

TR

  4:30pm - 5:45 pm

RHC

Thomas Finger

Section 011

TR

  4:30pm - 5:45 pm

Des Plaines

Joo Heung Lee

Section 050

R

  6:30pm - 9:20 pm

Des Plaines

Thomas Dolan

Section 051

W     

  6:00pm - 8:50 pm

RHC

Thomas Dolan

Section 0W1

S

  9:00am -  1:00 pm

10 weeks

Des Plaines

Eugene Muhammad

Section 0C1

This is an online class. Weekly participation required.

Eugene Muhammad

Course introduces works of selected Asian philosophers. Topics include philosophical discussion of reality, knowledge, ethics, and political theory. Course fulfills the humanities and global studies requirements.

Course gives historical overview of philosophical inquiry from pre-Socratic philosophers, through classic works of Plato and Aristotle, and on to works of medieval philosophers such as Avicenna, Averroes, Maimonides, and Aquinas. Course fulfills the humanities requirement.