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

MW

  8:00am - 9:15 am

Des Plaines

Section 002

11:00am - 12:15pm

Des Plaines

Joo Heung Lee

Section 003

MW

11:00am - 12:15pm

Skokie

Section 050

R

6:30pm - 9:20pm

Skokie

Clifton Healy

Section 0W1

Late Start

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 002

TR

  9:30am - 10:45 am

Des Plaines

Mark Samberg

Section 003
Global Studies course

F

  9:00am - 11:50 am

Des Plaines

Section 005

MW

 2:00pm - 3:15 pm

Des Plaines

Dennis Polkow

Section 006
Global Studies course

MW

9:30am - 10:45am

Des Plaines

L. Lawson

Section 007

TR

12:30pm - 1:45pm

Jon Benson

Section 008

  8:00am - 9:15 am

Des Plaines

MW

  12:30pm - 1:45 pm

Des Plaines

Section 010
Global Studies course

TR

  12:30pm - 1:45 pm

Gail Ginsburg

Section 050
Global Studies course

M

  6:30pm - 9:20 pm

Des Plaines

Eugene Muhammad

Section 051
Global Studies course

W     

   6:30pm - 9:20 pm

Skokie

Thomas Dolan

Section 0W1
Global Studies course
Late Start

S

  9:00am -  1:00 pm

Begins 2/23

Skokie

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.