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Courses for Undergraduates

First-year students, entering the college from high or preparatory schools,
are not admitted to the courses in Philosophy or Psychology.

Philosophy B1: Logic: First term: Deductive Logic. Second term. Inductive
Logic. Special attention is directed to the analysis of logical arguments
and to the detection of fallacies in reasoning. Third term: A critical exposition
of theories of knowledge. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Professor Lefevre, Assistant Professor Dent and Mr. Leckie.

Philosophy B2: Ethics: The course deals with the general development
and the different types of theories of morality, and is intended to aid the student
in reaching a constructive result. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Professor Lefevre.

Philosophy B3: History of Morals: A descriptive and genetic study of
moral ideas and practices in the history of society and in different civilizations,
with a view to showing the reality of moral progress and with special reference
to the problems of modern civilization. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Professor Balz.

Philosophy B4: Philosophy of Government: The study of the leading
philosophical conceptions of government in Western civilization. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 3 session-hours.)

Assistant Professor Dent.

Philosophy B6: Social Philosophy: A study of human nature as expressed
in social life and organization. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Assistant Professor Dent.