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PHIL 5363 Topics In Metaphysics Prerequisites: PHIL 3113 or PHIL 3213 or PHIL 4983.

PHIL 5443 Topics In Biomedical Ethics Prerequisites: PHIL 3833.

Description: Selected topics that may be approached from an historical or contemporary standpoint, such as idealism, realism, causation, time, universals, personal identity, possibility and free will. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Philosophy PHIL 5373 Contemporary Epistemology Prerequisites: PHIL 3213 or PHIL 3113 or PHIL 4983. Description: Recent approaches to the theory of knowledge. Origin and justification of belief and certainty, roles of the senses and the mind, and the nature of truth. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Philosophy PHIL 5383 Seminar In American Philosophy Description: Selected philosophical schools or traditions influential in American thought, such as transcendentalism, pragmatism, or naturalism. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Philosophy PHIL 5393 German Idealism Prerequisites: PHIL 3113 or 3213. Description: Selected major works of post-Kantian German Philosophy, such as the nature of a philosophical system, identity, and self-

Description: In-depth examination of selected topics in biomedical ethics, such as implications of the Human Genome Project, ethics of human reproduction, and research ethics. Emphasis on contemporary philosophical thought. Seminar format. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Philosophy PHIL 5453 Topics in Professional Ethics Description: In-depth study of ethical issues faced by business and engineering professionals (e.g., social effects of advertising, environmental impact of professional practice, product safety and consumer protection, whistleblowing and confidentiality). Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Philosophy PHIL 5510 Research Topics in Philosophy Prerequisites: Consent of graduate adviser or department head. Description: Individual research on topics related to the student's interests and/or thesis topic(s). Offered for variable credit, X=1-3 credit hours, maximum of 10 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-3 Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Philosophy PHIL 5610 Philosophical Issues in Education Description: Contemporary issues in educational theory and practice. The relation of education to political thought, religion, public law and culture. Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 3 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-3 Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Philosophy PHIL 5910 Research Problems in Philosophy Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and department head. Description: Individual or group research on specific philosophical problems. Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 10 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-3 Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Philosophy

consciousness. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture

Department/School: Philosophy PHIL 5423 Topics In Ethical Theory Prerequisites: PHIL 3413.

Description: Central problems in ethical theory, such as ethical realism/ anti-realism, motivational internalism/externalism, and problems within specific normative systems.Written Description. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Philosophy PHIL 5433 Topics In Philosophy Of Law Prerequisites: PHIL 3843. Description: In-depth examination of selected topics in philosophy of law, such as punishment, jurisprudence, and principles of legislation. Seminar format. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Philosophy