objectives

 

course goals & objectives:

Upon completion of the course, students should:

• demonstrate ability to read and analyze a philosophical text;
  
• demonstrate ability to analyze film materials, esp. in light of the visual production of meaning and ideology;
  
• demonstrate the ability to construct convincing and informed arguments (oral and written) about written and film texts;
  
• demonstrate a basic knowledge of key philosophical questions and issues.

Liberal Arts & Sciences (LAS) Core Curriculum Objectives:

This course bears Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) credit for Humanities. By taking this course you will complete three (3) of the required Culture, Values, and Ethics credits needed to graduate from Columbia College. By taking a Humanities course, students will be exposed to the basic ethical questions that have confronted human kind as well as various methods and approaches to these questions.

In addition, the course will assist you in achieving the following LAS Core Objectives:

Read for both comprehension and pleasure; Write as both a communicative and expressive practice; Reflect on and appreciate human endeavor across cultures and eras; Utilize various tools of analysis to enable critical thinking; Express themselves orally in a clear and effective manner.