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 002

MW

  8:00am - 9:15 am

Skokie

Section 004

MW

12:30pm - 1:45 pm

Skokie

Vincent Samar

Section 0G1
Great Books section

MW

  9:30am - 10:45 am

Des Plaines

Mohamed Mehdi

Section 0G2
Great Books section

TR

9:30pm - 10:45 am 

Des Plaines

Peter Hudis

Section 0G3
Great Books section

TR

12:30pm - 1:45 pm 

Des Plaines

Section 0G4
Great Books section

TR

12:30pm - 1:45 pm 

Des Plaines

Section 0G5
Great Books section

MW

11:00am - 12:15pm

Des Plaines

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 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
Global Studies section

TR

12:30pm - 1:45 pm

Des Plaines

Mohamed Mehdi

Section 002
Global Studies section

TR

9:30pm - 10:45 am

Skokie

Jon Benson

Section 003
Global Studies section

MW

  9:30am - 10:45 am

Des Plaines

Section 004
Global Studies section

MW

2:00pm - 3:15pm

Skokie

Section 005
Global Studies section

TR

  8:00am - 9:15 am

Des Plaines

Section 006
Global Studies section

MW

9:30am - 10:45am

Skokie

Section 007
Global Studies section

F

  9:00am - 11:50 am

Des Plaines

Mary Hope Griffin

Section 008
Global Studies section

MW

  8:00am - 9:15 am

Des Plaines   

Section 009
Global Studies section

MW

  2:00pm - 3:15 pm

Des Plaines

Mark Samberg

Section 010
Global Studies section

TR

  4:30pm - 5:45 pm

Des Plaines

Mohamed Mehdi

Section 050
Global Studies section

M

  4:30pm - 5:45 pm

Des Plaines

Thomas Dolan

Section 051
Global Studies section

W     

  6:00pm - 8:50 pm

Skokie

Thomas Dolan

Section 0W1
Late Start course
Global Studies section

S

  9:00am -  1:00 pm
September 22, - December 08, 2007

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.