Philosophical Concepts in Everyday Contexts

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

SLOs, Goals & Objectives

• Analyze written texts to understand how they relate to particular audiences, purposes, and contexts as a way to inform one’s own writing and/or revision.
• Create and revise written texts for particular audiences, purposes, and contexts.
• Through oral or written reflection, demonstrate awareness of one’s writing choices as well as how one’s own writing contributes to ongoing conversations.

Course Specific SLOs (if applicable)

• Demonstrate an understanding of how philosophical concepts are applicable in our everyday lives.
• Demonstrate an understanding of relations between ontology and epistemology and/or an understanding of relations between subjectivity and objectivity.
• Demonstrate awareness of how course learning modifies how one may have thought about a topic or problem prior to studying the course materials.

Other Course Goals and/or Objectives (if applicable)

Not specified.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Discussion Boards | 10 (5 points each)	50%
Papers | 2 (20 points each)	40%
Cumulative Quiz | 1 (10 points)	10%
Total	100%

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
92% and above	A
90 - 92%	A-
88 - 89%	B+
82 - 87%	B
80 – 81%	B-
78 – 79%	C+
72 – 77%	C
70 -71%	C-
68 – 69%	D+
62 – 67%	D
60 - 61%	D-
< 60%	F

Attendance/Participation:

Students are required to complete all course materials. Missing assignments receive a 0. Written assignments, with response to a peer, must include the peer-response in order to receive credit. Assignments must be submitted on time, excepting illness, death, or other extraordinary circumstances. There is no extra credit in this course.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

No course materials are required.