Conceptual and normative foundations of environmental attitudes and values. Impacts of traditional and modern beliefs that shape human attitudes toward nature on creating a more compatible relationship between humans and their environment. Credit not allowed for both PHIL 4176 and PST 4176.
Students are expected to maintain the highest standards of academic integrity. All work submitted must be original and properly cited. Plagiarism, cheating, or any form of academic dishonesty will result in immediate consequences as outlined in the university's academic integrity policy.
Core IMPACTS: Humanities
This course should direct students toward a broad Orienting Question:
• How do I interpret the human experience through creative, linguistic, and philosophical works?
Completion of this course should enable students to meet the following Learning Outcome:
• Students will effectively analyze and interpret the meaning, cultural significance, and ethical implications of literary/philosophical texts or of works in the visual/performing arts.
Course content, activities and exercises in this course should help student develop the following Career-Ready Competencies:
• Ethical Reasoning
• Informational Literacy
• Intercultural Competence
Ethics Requirement:
Students should come away with:
• An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in real-world contexts.
• An ability to assess actions or decisions based on established ethical principles and theories, or through deliberative processes.
• An ability to consider the implications of actions, both broadly (e.g., global, economic, environmental, or societal) and for individuals.