312 Chabot College 2024-2026 CREDIT COURSE LISTING, PHIL Required Core: Select 2 (6 units) PHIL 55 Symbolic Logic 3 PHIL 50 Introduction to Philosophy 3 or PHIL 60 Ethics 3 List A: Select 1 (3 units) Any required core course not already used. PHIL 65 Introduction to Philosophy: Theory of Knowledge 3 PHIL 70 Introduction to Political and Social Philosophy 3 RELS 65 Religions of Asia 3 List B: Select 2 (6 units) Any List A course not already used. HIS 1 History of Western Civilization to 1600 3 HIS 2 History of Western Civilization Since 1600 3 List C: Select 1 (3-4 units) Any List A or List B course not already used. BUS 10 Business Law 4 ADMJ 60 Criminal Law 3 RELS 50 Religions of the World 3 RELS 64 The Nature of Islam 3 RELS 70 Spiritual Traditions and Contemporary Voices 3 HUMN 50 The Artful Life 3 HUMN 60 Creativity and the Community 3 HUMN 65 The American Style 3 HUMN 68 World Mythology 3 ES 5 Critiquing Race and Gender in Popular Culture 3 ENGL 11A Introduction to Creative Writing 3 ENGL 12A Beginning Fiction Writing 3 ENGL 21 The Evolution of the Black Writer 3 ENGL 22 Mexican American/Latino Literature of the U.S. 3 ENGL 25 Asian-American Literature 3 ENGL 28 Classic and Contemporary Youth Literature 3 ENGL 31 Introduction to Gay and Lesbian Literature 3 ENGL 41 World Literature (17th Century to the Present) 3 COMM 2 Oral Interpretation of Literature 3 COMM 6 Introduction to Performance Studies 3 HIS 3 World History: Beginnings to 1500 3 HIS 4 World History: 1500 to the Present 3 HIS 33 Modern Latin America 3 GNST 31 Women’s Spirituality: An Examination of Ancient and Emerging Traditions 3 FRNC 1A Beginning French 5 FRNC 1B Elementary French 5 FRNC 2A Intermediate French 4 FRNC 2B Advanced French 4 SPA 1A Beginning Spanish 5 SPA 1B Elementary Spanish 1 5 SPA 2A Intermediate Spanish 4 SPA 2B Advanced Spanish 4 SL 64 Beginning Sign Language 3 Major Requirements 18-20 Units General Education CSU GE 39 Units IGETC GE 37 Units Electives As needed, minimum of 60 CSU transferable Units Total 60 minimum degree applicable Units PHILOSOPHY Associate in Arts What is philosophy? Philosophy is an activity rather than a set of beliefs. It is thinking critically, systematically, and creatively about fundamental and important questions about knowledge, values, and reality that include the following and more: What do I know, and how do I know it? What is justice? Does God exist? Do I have free will? What is the nature of the mind and self? Students are required to complete 60 units for the degree, including 18 units for the major and 25 general education units. In addition to preparing one for advanced study in the discipline, the Chabot Philosophy Program enriches its students with the ultimate transferable and portable job skills that ready them for careers in the fields of law, medicine, business, education, public service, film-making, writing, and technology. Career Opportunities This program helps students prepare for advanced study in the discipline. Additionally, the Chabot Philosophy Program enriches its students with the ultimate transferable and portable job skills that ready them for careers in the fields of law, medicine, business, education, public service, film-making, writing, and technology. Program Learning Outcomes 1. convey understanding of major philosophical questions, theories, and concepts in the areas of metaphysics (nature of reality), epistemology (knowledge), and axiology (value theory); 2. reconstruct, analyze, and evaluate arguments for and against major philosophical positions; 3. explicate and analyze globally significant texts from the history of philosophy; 4. employ the methods of philosophical inquiry, especially the principles of logic (formal & informal) and critical thinking; 5. demonstrate proficiency in portable language skills, including listening and reading carefully and critically, speaking articulately, and -- most importantly -- proficiency in philosophical writing, which includes presenting & supporting a philosophical thesis, articulating & responding to objections, and in general, writing in a way that is clear, precise, coherent, concise, well-organized, effective, and valuable; 6. demonstrate philosophical virtues, including being open- minded, imaginative, appropriately skeptical, intellectually humble, charitable, incisive, and truth & justice-seeking. Required Core: Select 2 (6 units) PHIL 55 Symbolic Logic 3 PHIL 50 Introduction to Philosophy 3 or PHIL 60 Ethics 3
