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College of Business Administration
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
PHIL 3323: Non-Western Philosophy
Course Description
Historical and critical study of non-European philosophical traditions with emphasis on South and East Asia
Instructor
Allen Ketcham, Ph.D.
Director, Manning Center for Professional Ethics & Distinguished Professor
Class Room
CBA 104
Office Location
CBA 121
Message Phone: 593-2148.
I check my messages often.
Office Hours
Monday ……..… 2:15 pm to 2:30 pm, 3:45 pm to 6:20 pm
Wednesday …. 2:15 pm to 2:30 pm, 3:45 pm to 6:20 pm
Thursday …….. 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm, 8:50 pm to 10:10 pm
Required Textbook
Awakening, by Patrick S. Bresnan, 2003, 2nd Ed., Prentice Hall.
Topics Outline
1. India before the Vedas
2. Vedas
3. Upanishads
4. Bhagavad-Gita
5. Overview of India
6. Confucianism
7. Daoism
8. Shinto
9. Buddha
10. Teachings of Buddha
11. Theravada
12. Mahayana
13. Tibet
14. China
15. Chan
16. Zen
Learning Objectives
1. Identify and understand the viewpoints of the Upanishads
2. Identify and understand the viewpoints of the Dao De Jing
3. Identify and understand the outlook of Theravada Buddhism
4. Identify and understand the perspective of the Chinese Confucius’ social order.
5. Identify and understand the beliefs of the Shinto worldview.
Methods of Evaluation and Grading
This class is a “contract for grade” course. The DEADLINE for accepting materials for the class from students is: November 11th, 2005 @ 5:00 p.m. There is never an extension!
Grading
Students answer all questions for each chapter and e-mail their answers to the professor. The professor will grade the answers upon receiving them. The semester grade will be assigned as per the following chart:
Contract for Grade Chart
1. All questions from 16 chapters answered correctly ---------- A
2. All questions from 15 chapters answered correctly ---------- B
3. All questions from 13 chapters answered correctly ---------- C
4. All questions from 11 chapters answered correctly ---------- D
5. Fewer than 11 chapters’ questions answered correctly ------ F
Attendance
You are not graded on attendance, and it is not necessary to inform me if you have to miss a class.
Drop policy --- You may drop the course any time including the last drop date with a "Q", regardless of your tests scores except in cases of cheating. You must process the drop yourself.
General Course Policies
Incompletes are an extreme rarity, and no grade is dropped. Normally, all missed tests are made up at the same time at the end of the semester. Since students have the entire semester to study for these make-up tests, they are much more difficult than the regular tests.
Internet
Email address: a-ketcham@tamuk.edu
The philosophy Internet site is: http://www.tamuk.edu/mcpe
Be sure to become familiar with this site.
Look especially at the message board for this class.
Comments
“MCPE” stands for the Manning Center for Professional Ethics. The MCPE is a university center that is the home of philosophy on our campus. The courses offered by MCPE include:
(1) History of ancient and medieval philosophy
(2) History of modern and contemporary philosophy
(3) Introduction to philosophy
(4) Foundations of professional ethics
(5) Logic of critical thinking
(6) Philosophy of religion
(7) Nonwestern philosophy
Note that some students (for example: arts & sciences students) can earn a minor in philosophy with 18 hours. Please inform me if you are a Philosophy minor.
Disability Statement
(See pages 2 & 11 of Student Handbook)
Students with disabilities, including learning disabilities, who wish to request accommodations in class should register with the Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) early in the semester so that appropriate arrangements may be made. In accordance with federal laws, a student requesting special accommodations must provide documentation of their disability to the SSD coordinator.
Academic Misconduct
(See page 23, section 100 of Student Handbook)
You are expected to practice academic honesty in every aspect of this course and all other courses. Make sure you are familiar with your Student Handbook, especially the section on academic misconduct. Students who engage in academic misconduct are subject to university disciplinary procedures.
Forms of academic dishonesty:
Cheating: deception in which a student misrepresents that he/she has mastered information on an academic exercise that he/she has not mastered; giving or receiving aid unauthorized by the instructor on assignments or examinations.
Academic misconduct: tampering with grades or taking part in obtaining or distributing any part of a scheduled test.
Fabrication: use of invented information or falsified research.
Plagiarism: unacknowledged quotation and/or paraphrase of someone else’s words, ideas, or data as one’s own in work submitted for credit. Failure to identify information or essays from the Internet and submitting them as one’s own work also constitutes plagiarism.
Nonacademic Misconduct
(See page 23, section 100 of the Student Handbook)
The university respects the rights of instructors to teach and students to learn. Maintenance of these rights requires campus conditions that do not impede their exercise. Campus behavior that interferes with either (1) the instructor’s ability to conduct the class, (2) the inability of other students to profit from the instructional program, or (3) campus behavior that interferes with the rights of others will not be tolerated. An individual engaging in such disruptive behavior may be subject to disciplinary action. Such incidents will be adjudicated by the Dean of Students under nonacademic procedures.
Sexual Misconduct
(See page 23, section 200 of Student Handbook)
Sexual harassment of students and employers at Texas A&M University-Kingsville is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. Any member of the university community violating this policy will be subject to disciplinary action.
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