Kaplan University Studies - 85 credits of 180 credits completed "Only the educated are free" - Epictetus    ◄Contents►   The Degree President's List College Journal Papers I have written External Extracurricular Work Other Classes Taken College Library My Program Kaplan Reviews 1st Term Dec 8th, 2010  Online Success  Nutrition    2nd Term Mar 2nd, 2011  Ethics           3rd Term May 18th, 2011 Critical Thinking             4th Term x Class01   Class02                 5th Term x  Class01   Class02       6th Term x  Class01   Class02 7th Term x Class01   Class02     8th Term x Class01   Class02      9th Term x Class01   Class02     10th Term x Class01   Class02 Δ The Degree              Δ Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies-emphasis in Philosophy   The purpose of the Bachelor of Liberal Studies degree is to provide students with a solid multidisciplinary preparation in the Humanities, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences and the Arts, subsequently allowing them to pursue careers in education, business, government, and other such fields. The goal of a liberal studies major is to train students to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, to develop skills in critical thinking and problem solving, and to imbue critical thinking with ethical thought. Liberal studies provides students with opportunities for an extensive study of the liberal arts and sciences and for a broad understanding of various academic fields of interest. A student who seeks to be awarded a degree such as B.A. in Liberal Studies generally undertakes a variety of subjects, including, but not limited to: literature and language studies, mathematics, visual and performing arts, physical education, history and social sciences, science, and human development. According to the American Academy for Liberal Education, core curriculum can include "interdisciplinary programs in the arts and sciences, programs of study in the histories and heritages of Western and non-Western civilizations, global and trans-cultural studies, ethnic and area studies, musical and theatrical appreciation and performance, and programs in creative writing." Δ Why Philosophy?    Well, I have 5 good reasons: (1) Philosophy is mind-expanding, you'll learn more on just about everything; (2) Philosophy trains you to be a critical thinker; (3) You will develop strong writing skills which are valuable in any walk in life; (4) You will read serious texts and evaluate serious questions that every great mind should contemplate; (5) And most importantly, philosophy will have a profound impact on your life and your understanding of the world you live in. Δ Why this degree? You're probably wondering why I wouldn't just choose a computer related degree.  After all, it's what I know and an IT degree would be much easier for me.  Well the answer is simple, I wanted a degree that was 100%, "non-career" oriented.  I have been studying computer science for the past 24+ years, since 1986.  I have chosen this degree to broaden my horizon, and learn a little bit more about the world I live in. Click to see my Program Δ President's List 4.0 - 03/02/2011 4.0 - 12/08/2010 Δ Papers I Have Written New: Kaplan University Papers (click paper to see content)   doc  pdf   doc  pdf   doc  pdf   doc  pdf   doc  pdf   doc  pdf   doc  pdf   doc  pdf   doc  pdf   doc  pdf   doc  pdf   doc  pdf   doc  pdf   doc  pdf   doc  pdf   doc  pdf   doc  pdf   doc  pdf   doc  pdf   doc  pdf   doc  pdf   doc  pdf       Old: Chipola College Papers - to be added (click paper to see content)                      Δ College Library Δ Philosophy       doc  pdf       doc  pdf       doc  pdf       doc  pdf       doc  pdf       doc  pdf       doc  pdf       doc  pdf       doc  pdf       rtf  pdf       doc  pdf       doc  pdf       doc  pdf       doc  pdf       doc  pdf       doc  pdf Δ 3rd Term May 18th, 2011 Δ HU345 Critical Thnking (5 Credits) Professor Ronald Davenport       Course Description This course helps students apply tools of informal logic and critical thinking to practical situations they encounter in everyday life. Students will learn how to use methods of critical thinking to evaluate arguments, claims, and strategies for constructing sound arguments. They will also learn how to identify and respond to faulty or manipulative reasoning in their own thinking and arguments and in the thinking and arguments of others. In addition, students will assess the reasoning found in mass media (such as websites, advertisements, and newspapers). Finally, students will apply the concepts they study to real-world issues of personal and professional significance.      Target Audience All    Recommended Background None.    Prerequisites English 1102. Chapters xxxx    Δ Discussions - (click on unit to see content) Unit01   Unit02   Unit03   Unit04   Unit05   Unit06   Unit07   Unit08   Unit09   Unit10     Δ Assignments - (click on unit to see content) Unit01   Unit02   Unit03   Unit04   Unit05   Unit06   Unit07   Unit08   Unit09   Unit10    Δ 2nd Term March 2nd, 2011 Δ HU245-04: Ethics (5 Credits) Professor Jerett Vincent       Course Description In this course, students develop sound ethical reasoning and judgment through the study of practical applications of ethical theories. Topics studied include ethics as it relates to business, health care, society, and the environment. Emphasis is on practical applications of ethical principles and analytical methods.      Target Audience All    Recommended Background None.    Prerequisites English 1102. Chapters Chapter 1. The Nature of Morality, 1 Chapter 2. Consequentialist (Teleological) Theories of Morality, 34 Chapter 3. Nonconsequentialist (Deontological) Theories of Morality, 53 Chapter 4. Virtue Ethics, 70 Chapter 5. Absolutism Versus Relativism, 88 Chapter 6. Freedom Versus Determinism, 103 Chapter 7. Reward and Punishment, 120 Chapter 8. Setting Up a Moral System: Basic Assumptions and Basic Principles, 156 Chapter 9. The Taking of Human Life, 181 Chapter 10. Allowing Someone to Die, Mercy Death, and Mercy Killing, 207 Chapter 11. Abortion, 253 Chapter 12. Lying, Cheating, Breaking Promises, and Stealing, 275 Chapter 13. Morality, Marriage, and Human Sexuality, 304 Chapter 14. Bioethics Ethical Issues in Medicine, 332 Chapter 15. Business and Media Ethics, 361 Chapter 16. Environmental Ethics, 394    Δ Discussions - (click on unit to see content) Unit01   Unit02   Unit03   Unit04   Unit05   Unit06   Unit07   Unit08   Unit09   Unit10     Δ Assignments - (click on unit to see content) Unit01   Unit02   Unit03   Unit04   Unit05   Unit06   Unit07   Unit08   Unit09    Unit10    Δ 1st Term December 8th, 2010   Δ CS123: College Success Strategy for Prof. and Liberal Studies Prof. (5 Credits) Professor Abigail Nhwako       Course Description Designed to facilitate personal and professional success, this course introduces students to the purposes and processes of university education. An emphasis is placed on study, communication and thinking skills that support academic achievement. Students also examine the relationship between learning and motivation.      Target Audience All    Recommended Background None.    Prerequisites None.    Δ Discussions - (click on unit to see content) Unit01   Unit02   Unit03   Unit04   Unit05   Unit06   Unit07   Unit08   Unit09   Unit10     Δ Assignments - (click on unit to see content) Unit01   Unit02   Unit03   Unit04   Unit05   Unit06   Unit07   Unit08   Unit09   Unit10        Δ SC115: Principles of Nutrition (5 Credits) Professor Stacie Kisver see ratings Course Description This is an introductory level course in which students investigate the fundamental concepts of nutrition: food sources; nutrient function; digestion; absorption; and metabolism. Special attention is given to learning to apply nutritional principles to food choices in a way that encourages a health lifestyle. Students will learn how nutritional needs change from infancy through adulthood, including pregnancy and the senior stages of life.This is an introductory level course in which students investigate the fundamental concepts of nutrition: food sources; nutrient function; digestion; absorption; and metabolism. Special attention is given to learning to apply nutritional principles to food choices in a way that encourages a health lifestyle. Students will learn how nutritional needs change from infancy through adulthood, including pregnancy and the senior stages of life. Target Audience Any Recommended Background None. Prerequisites None. Course Objective By the end of this course, you should be able to: Describe the role of nutrition in a healthy lifestyle and disease prevention. Explain how nutrients are processed and used in the human body. Apply nutritional principles to food choices. Evaluate nutritional needs at various stages of the life cycle. Chapters 1. The Role of Nutrition in Our Health 2. Designing a Healthful Diet 3. The Human Body: Are We Really What We Eat? 4. Carbohydrates: Plant-Derived Energy Nutrients In Depth: Alcohol 5. Fat: An Essential Energy-Supplying Nutrient 6. Proteins: Crucial Components of All Body Tissues In Depth: Vitamins and Minerals: Micronutrients with Macro Powers 7. Nutrients Involved in Fluid and Electrolyte Balance 8. Nutrients Involved in Antioxidant Function In Depth: Phytochemicals and Functional Foods 9. Nutrients Involved in Bone Health 10. Nutrients Involved in Energy Metabolism and Blood Health 11. Achieving and Maintaining a Healthful Body Weight 12. Nutrition and Physical Activity: Keys to Good Health 13. Disordered Eating 14. Food Safety: Impact on Consumers 15. Nutrition Through the Lifecycle: Pregnancy and the First Year of Life 16. Nutrition Through the Lifecycle: Childhood to Late Adulthood In Depth: Global Nutrition     Δ Discussions - (click on unit to see content) Unit01   Unit02   Unit03   Unit04   Unit05   Unit06   Unit07   Unit08   Unit09   Unit10 Δ Assignments - (click on unit to see content) Unit01   Unit02   Unit03   Unit04   Unit05   Unit06   Unit07   Unit08   Unit09   Unit10 Δ Extracurricular Work These are academic studies that I have participated in outside of my normal college curriculum; these studies are like audited courses. Index Philosophy: PHIL 176 Listening to Music: MUSI 112 Modern Poetry: ENGL 310 Intro to Ancient Greek History: CLCV 205 Fundamentals of Physics:  PHYS 200 Roman Architecture: HSAR 252 Intro to Theory of Literature: ENGL 300 Dante in Translation: ITAL 310        Δ PHIL 176: Death (0 Credits) Professor Shelly Kagan, Clark Professor of Philosophy, Yale University  see ratings Course Description There is one thing I can be sure of: I am going to die. But what am I to make of that fact? This course will examine a number of issues that arise once we begin to reflect on our mortality. The possibility that death may not actually be the end is considered. Are we, in some sense, immortal? Would immortality be desirable? Also, a clearer notion of what it is to die is examined. What does it mean to say that a person has died? What kind of fact is that? And, finally, different attitudes to death are evaluated. Is death an evil? How? Why? Is suicide morally permissible? Is it rational? How should the knowledge that I am going to die affect the way I live my life?            Syllabus http://oyc.yale.edu/philosophy/death/content/syllabus     Class Sessions 1. Course introduction 2. The nature of persons: dualism vs. physicalism 3. Arguments for the existence of the soul, Part I 4. Introduction to Plato's Phaedo; Arguments for the existence of the soul, Part II 5. Arguments for the existence of the soul, Part III: Free will and near-death experiences 6. Arguments for the existence of the soul, Part IV; Plato, Part I 7. Plato, Part II: Arguments for the immortality of the soul 8. Plato, Part III: Arguments for the immortality of the soul (cont.) 9. Plato, Part IV: Arguments for the immortality of the soul (cont.) 10. Personal identity, Part I: Identity across space and time and the soul theory 11. Personal identity, Part II: The body theory and the personality theory 12. Personal identity, Part III: Objections to the personality theory 13. Personal identity, Part IV; What matters? 14. What matters (cont.); The nature of death, Part I 15. The nature of death (cont.); Believing you will die 16. Dying alone; The badness of death, Part I 17. The badness of death, Part II: The deprivation account 18. The badness of death, Part III; Immortality, Part I 19. Immortality, Part II; The value of life, Part I 20. The value of life, Part II; Other bad aspects of death, Part I 21. Other bad aspects of death, Part II 22. Fear of death 23. How to live given the certainty of death 24. Suicide, Part I: The rationality of suicide 25. Suicide, Part II: Deciding under uncertainty 26. Suicide, Part III: The morality of suicide and course conclusion     Δ MUSI 112: Listening to Music (0 Credits)      Professor Craig Wright, Yale University Course Description This course fosters the development of aural skills that lead to an understanding of Western music. The musical novice is introduced to the ways in which music is put together and is taught how to listen to a wide variety of musical styles, from Bach and Mozart, to Gregorian chant, to the blues.             SyllabusSyllabus http://oyc.yale.edu/music/listening-to-music/content/syllabus     Class Sessions 1. Introduction 2. Introduction to Instruments and Musical Genres 3. Rhythm: Fundamentals 4. Rhythm: Jazz, Pop and Classical 5. Melody: Notes, Scales, Nuts and Bolts 6. Melody: Mozart and Wagner 7. Harmony: Chords and How to Build Them 8. Bass Patterns: Blues and Rock 9. Sonata-Allegro Form: Mozart and Beethoven 10. Sonata-Allegro and Theme and Variations 11. Form: Rondo, Sonata-Allegro and Theme and Variations (cont.) 12. Guest Conductor: Saybrook Youth Orchestra 13. Fugue: Bach, Bizet and Bernstein 14. Ostinato Form in the Music of Purcell, Pachelbel, Elton John and Vitamin C 15. Benedictine Chant and Music in the Sistine Chapel 16. Baroque Music: The Vocal Music of Johann Sebastian Bach 17. Mozart and His Operas 18. Piano Music of Mozart and Beethoven 19. Romantic Opera: Verdi's La Traviata, Bocelli, Pavarotti and Domingo 20. The Colossal Symphony: Beethoven, Berlioz, Mahler and Shostakovich 21. Musical Impressionism and Exoticism: Debussy, Ravel and Monet 22. Modernism and Mahler 23. Review of Musical Style   Δ ENGL 310: Modern Poetry (0 Credits) to be started after MUSI 112 ENGL 310 link                       Δ CLCV 205: Introduction to Ancient Greek History (0 Credits)    to be started after ENGL 310 CLCV 205 link           Δ PHYS 200: Fundamentals of Physics (0 Credits)     to be started after CLCV 205 PHYS 200 link HSAR 252 - Roman Architecture, Spring 2009 ENGL 300 - Introduction to Theory of Literature, Spring 2009    ITAL 310 - Dante in Translation, Fall 2008   Δ Other Classes Taken Δ Credited Classes PS124 5 Introduction to Psychology ENC1101 English MAC1102 College Algebra ENC1102 Literature CLP2100 Abnormal Psychology DEP2102 Child Psychology AMH2101 AM Hist to 1865 SYG1410 Marriage/Family Relations PEL1111 Bowling PEL1112 Bowling MVK1111 Piano MVK1211 Piano SPN1120 Spanish I BSC1010L General Biology - Lab CGS1560 DOS CGS1561 DOS Δ Non-Transferable Classes CIS1000 Intro to Computer Science CS C++ CS Fortran CS PASCAL MAC Trigonometry CS dBASE CS Lotus 1,2,3 CS Visual Basic 2.0 SPN1121 Spanish II   Δ Kaplan Reviews click to download other Kaplan Reviews Materials: * * * * * Institution: * * * * *  Value: * * * * * Teachers: * * * * * Support: * * * * * Technology: * * * * * My Review: I chose Kaplan for a few reasons, number one it's free through a program called Gift of Knowledge, and because of the convenience of the online structure; it meshes well with my career (I work 40 to 50 hours a week).  Overall, the experience is good.  It is comparable to any school that I have been to, and better in some ways.  I like the fact that there are no athletic teams to compete with the quality of education.  The classes are small so you get to connect with the professor and students.  And most importantly, I’m being taught by a professor, not a teacher’s assistant which is common practice amongst Universities.  For my particular degree, I am able to distill the education I am looking for.  My situation is a little unique in that I am not at Kaplan for career reasons, but for personal knowledge. 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