Learning Goals and Objectives
Option A Goals: Upon completion of Option A, a student in our department will be able to do the following:
Goal I. Articulate a diversity of philosophical problems or positions
Measurable objectives for this goal:
- Explain a philosophical problem or position as well as alternative or opposing problems or positions (paper/exam)
- Explain the meaning/use of philosophical concepts essential to the topic at hand (paper/exam)
Goal II. Identify and apply basic logical and analytical concepts and principles
Measurable objectives for this goal:
- Distinguish a writer's views from the writer's report of an other view (paper/exam)
- Identify some of a philosopher's premises and conclusions (paper/exam)
- Construct an argument in which a conclusion follows from premises (paper/exam)
Goal III. Explain key developments in the history of philosophy
Measurable objectives for this goal:
- Compare and contrast some of a philosopher’s views with related ideas in earlier and later periods (paper/exam)
- Identify a theme that connects past philosophy to more recent philosophy (paper/exam)
Option B Goals: Upon completion of option B, a student in this Department will be able to do the following:
Goal I. Articulate a variety of ethical theories
Measurable objectives for this goal:
- Explain a key ethical theory as well as alternative or opposing theories (paper/exam)
- Explain the meaning/use of philosophical concepts essential to the theory (paper/exam)
Goal II. Identify and apply basic logical and analytical concepts and principles
Measurable objectives for this goal:
- Distinguish a writer's views from the writer's report of an other view (paper/exam)
- Identify some of a philosopher's premises and conclusions (paper/exam)
- Construct an argument in which a conclusion follows from premises (paper/exam)
Goal III. Analyze particular moral problems
Measurable objectives for this goal:
- Identify and describe a moral dilemma (paper/exam)
- Apply one or more key ethical theories to a moral problem (paper/exam)
Last modified: Oct 25, 2011
