Department of Philosophy Faculty Professor: Hanson Ass istant Professor: Ciocchi Objective: The objective of this de partment is to acquaint the student with the principal problems and issues of phi losophy; historical and contemporary. The courses of philosophy are designed to contri bute to the general education of the student, to aid him in reflective thinking, to contribute to an understand ing of the pers istent problems of our culture and to compare, contrast and in tegrate philosophical answers with those of the Christian philosophical orienta tion. Department Minor: 18 units, of which 12 must be upper division. The Humanities Major: Philosophy Con centration. Philosophy may be used as the area of concentration for the hu manities major (page 49). This concen tration is basically a minor in philosophy, but more flexibility is possible through department advisement student must select 30 I and two courses from 302, 303 or 404.
d. The challenge fee is $50.00 per exam. Cand idat es must register for the chal lenge exams(s) to be accom plished each semester. e. Course cred it w ill be granted upon successful completion of the chal lenge exam with a minimum grade of "C:' Courses may be challenged one time only I 0. It is strongly recommended that a full time student attempt to challenge no more than two classes per semester. I I. Specific policies related to RN.'s, LVN.'s or L.PN.'s follow. Transfer-chal lenge students from other nursi ng pro grams or other health profession back grounds will be evaluated individually. 12. Transfer students choosi ng to take the basic generic nursing program should apply as any other student for the pro gram, meet ing all prerequisites as out lined in t he university catalog and stan dard curriculum chart for the nursing maJor. (C*) denotes that a class can be challenged for the units listed. In addition to the general policies, the fol lowing policies apply to the registered nurse: I . The applicant must hold cu r rent regis tration in the United States. Graduates of regional ly accredited nursing pro grams in the process of obtai ning licen sure will be admitted on provisional status. 2. Nursing 30 I and 302 must be chal lenged in sequence before challenging Level II courses. Level II courses may be t aken in any sequence. A ll Level Ill courses must be taken. Admission into Level Ill classes is contingent on success ful complet ion of all Level I and II chal lenges.
6. The department of nursing health form required of all nursing majors must be submitted pr ior to clinical challenge and admission to clinical nursing courses. 7. The applicant must complet e t he re quired non-nursing prerequisites as outlined in the standard curriculum chart for the nursing major before en tering clinical nursing courses (except 30 unit option). Transfer credit for non-nursi ng courses wil l be granted by the office of admissions and records as indicated in the university catalog. If a given nursing course from a regionally accredited nursing program is compa rable in content and level to a given courses offered by the department of baccalaureate nursing, transfer credit will be granted. 8. All transfer -challenge students must successfully challenge or complete NUR 300: Professional Nursing Semi nar. This course is designed to facilitate socialization int o baccalaureate profes sional nursing. It is to be taken during the first year following acceptance into the nursi ng program. 9. Following notification of acceptance into the department of nursing, the candidate may begin t he challenge process: a. This process consists of teacher made exami nations with theory and clinical components. The theory portion must be passed before the cli nical component can be taken. b. Information regarding the course objectives, cou rse syllabus and for mat and style of the exami nat ion are available by contacting the instructor of the course to be challenged fol lowing notification of acceptance by the university. c. Candidates for the challenge pro cess have the option of schedu ling t he exami nations in such a way that if unsuccessful, subsequent enroll ment in the course is possible.
--- 4. The following courses must be complet ed prior to taking the RN. licensure ex amination: * BIO 272 Physiology 4 units * BIO 221 Microbiology 4 units NUR 320 Directed Individual Studies I unit NUR 400 Mental Heal th Nursing 4 units NUR 410 Nursing of the Childbearing/Childrearing Family 12 units NUR 420 Advanced Medical -Surgical Nursing 5 units 30 units *T1·ansfer credit will be granted. Option II: Transfer-Challenge I. Nursi ng 30 I and 302 must be chal lenged in sequence. Level II courses may be challenged based on individual portfolio evaluation. Al l Level Ill courses must be taken. tered nurse licensing examination. Transfer into t he degree program is possible. 2. The applicant's portfolio wil l be evaluat ed on an individual basis . Academic credit earned in regional ly accred ited insitut ions of higher education for com parable prelicensure courses will be ac cepted for transfer. 3. Nursing 30 I and 302 (first year profes sional nursing courses prerequisi t e to second year courses) may be chal lenged. In addition to the general policies, the fol lowing policies apply to the licensed voca tional nurse: I . The applicant must hold current regis tration in the United St ates. Graduates of regionally accredited nursing pro grams in the process of obtaining licen sure will be admitted on provisional status. 2. The applicant may take the 30 unit cur riculum or the transfer-challenge cur riculum. Option I: Thirty Unit Curriculum I. This option permits the LVN. to take nursi ng and related science courses in order to qualify for the California regis
202 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY (3) .
The problems, methods, concept s, out look and divisions of philosophy. Either semester. 205 LOGIC (3) Deductive and inductive inference and the analysis of language. 30 I GREEK AND ROMAN PHILOSO PHY (3) The history of philosophy through Neo Platonism. 302 MEDIEVAL PH ILOSOPHY (3) The history of philosophy from Augus tine to W illiam of Occam with special emphasis upon Augusti ne and Thomas Aquinas. 61
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