PHILOSOPHY, THEORY, CRITICISM

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Fall 2023 Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate knowledge of major themes, terms, and interpretive currents in the history of modern/contemporary philosophy, theory, and criticism Audience: Undergraduate 2. Discern and integrate divergent and contradictory perspectives, identify and question assumptions, and assess evidence and methods in modern philosophical/theoretical writing Audience: Undergraduate 3. Cultivate skills in textual analysis and evaluate a range of formal and structural elements in modern philosophy, theory, and criticism Audience: Undergraduate 4. Generate original ideas and texts, experimenting and taking risks, solving problems, and answering questions in a range of texts Audience: Undergraduate 5. Write original, coherent, and compelling arguments that push beyond summary to analysis and independent and critical thinking in clear prose that meets expectations for grammatical correctness Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate knowledge of major themes, terms, and interpretive currents in the history of modern/contemporary philosophy, theory, and criticism Audience: Undergraduate 2. Discern and integrate divergent and contradictory perspectives, identify and question assumptions, and assess evidence and methods in modern philosophical/theoretical writing Audience: Undergraduate 3. Cultivate skills in textual analysis and evaluate a range of formal and structural elements in modern philosophy, theory, and criticism Audience: Undergraduate 4. Generate original ideas and texts, experimenting and taking risks, solving problems, and answering questions in a range of texts Audience: Undergraduate 5. Write original, coherent, and compelling arguments that push beyond summary to analysis and independent and critical thinking in clear prose that meets expectations for grammatical correctness Audience: Undergraduate