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Program in Philosophical Studies Individual Majors (Involving Philosophical Studies) PHILOSOPHY & COGNITIVE SCIENCE Core Curriculum (24 units): Required for all individual majors involving philosophical studies Required (60 units, 30 upper division), as follows: Choose either: PHIL 105 The Western Intellectual Traditions: from the Greeks to the Post-Moderns OR PHIL 204 Introduction to Philosophy Plus: PHIL 208 Logic: How to Think Accurately PHIL 317 Foundation of Western Thought: from the Greeks to the Middle Ages PHIL 318 The Making of Modern Thought: from Rationalism to Pragmaticism PHIL 319 Contemporary Thought: from Logical Positivism to Postmodernism PHIL 327 Asian Philosophical Traditions: India, China, & Japan • Core Curriculum • The courses listed below 4 units of Philosophy of Science: PSYC 478 History and Systems of Psychology Plus, 32 units of Cognitive Science selected from: BIOL 439 Neurobiology BIOL 469 Animal Behavior NEUR 261 Introduction to Neuroscience PSYC 104, 104L General Psychology & Lab PSYC 374 Cognitive Psychology PSYC 435 Learning and Behavior PSYC 456 Sensation and Perception PSYC 484C Perceptual and Cognitive Development PSYC 488C Psychology of Religion PHILOSOPHY & CULTURAL STUDIES GENERAL PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES Required (60 units, 30 upper division), as follows: Required (60 units, 30 upper division), as follows: • Core Curriculum • The courses listed below 12 units of Philosophy & Religion: PSYC 488C Psychology of Religion RELG 235 Introduction to Religious Studies Plus, choice of: RELG 237 World Religions OR RELG 306 Sacred Texts: The Literature of the World’s Religions OR RELM 444 Comparative Religions Plus, 12 units of Philosophy & Natural Science selected from: NSCI 404 Humans and the Environment NSCI 405 Scientific Thinking and Religious Belief NSCI 406 Nature and Human Values NSCI 407 Religion and Rationality Plus, 12 units of Philosophy & Human Science selected from: RELE 447 Religion and Society RELT 464 Religious Development and Moral Learning SOCI 374 Impacts of Globalization SOCI 404 Foundations of Social Thought La Sierra University Undergraduate Bulletin • Core Curriculum • The courses listed below 12 units of Moral & Political Philosophy selected from: PHIL 404 Foundations of Social Thought PHIL 405 Moral Philosophy: Conduct and Character PHIL 454 Applied Ethics and Social Issues PHIL 474 Political Philosophy: Justice, Power, & Community PHIL 485 American Political Thought Plus, 8 units of Philosophy & Literary Theory: PHIL 487A Classical Rhetoric and Criticism PHIL 487B Contemporary Literary Criticism Plus, 16 units of Cultural Studies selected from: ANTH 275 Understanding Cultural Exchange ANTH 325 Peoples of the World COMM 344 Gender and Communication HIST 366 Concepts in Gender Studies HIST 430D Gender and Work HIST 430Q Asian-American History HIST 430R Popular Culture in the United States HPSC 106 Race, Ethnicity, and Class in American History SOCI 345 Social Organization SOCI 374 Impacts of Globalization SOCI 414 The Family 207