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• PHED 230: Fitness II

  1.00 Credits

  Northampton County Area Community College

  
  This course builds upon concepts learned in Fitness I to provide a deeper understanding of fitness and a more complete view of wellness. Goal setting, special exercise considerations, injury prevention, heart health, nutrition, and weight management will be examined. Students will employ these concepts to further enrich fitness programs and lead a healthier lifestyle. Medical Clearance or testament of health status is required. Only Available via Online Learning. Prerequisite:    PHED 130 or Department Approval
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• PHED 235: Personal Yoga Practice

  1.00 Credits

  Northampton County Area Community College

  
  This course is designed for the student with prior experience in Yoga. Students will be introduced to more challenging variations and basic postures with a goal of deepening their personal Yoga practice designed to meet their individual lifestyle goals, such as increased flexibility, healing an injury, improved athletic performance, reducing stress and anxiety, and/or improved mind/body intelligence. Participants will learn how to safely and effectively deepen and commit to their personal Yoga practice, with an emphasis on making it a part of their lifestyle. Prerequisite:    PHED 135
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• PHIL 111: On Death and Dying

  3.00 Credits

  Northampton County Area Community College

  
  This course provides a number of perspectives on death and how people perceived and responded to it. It offers a survey of personal, philosophical, social, and artistic aspects as well as routes for exploring grief and grieving and the relationship between death and the meaning of life. Also available through Online Learning. Core: AH, CT, D.
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• PHIL 111G: On Death and Dying

  3.00 Credits

  Northampton County Area Community College

  
  This course provides a number of perspectives on death and how people perceived and responded to it. It offers a survey of personal, philosophical, social, and artistic aspects as well as routes for exploring grief and grieving and the relationship between death and the meaning of life. Writing intensive. Core: AH, CT, D, IL, WI. Also Available via Online Learning. Prerequisite:    ENGL 101
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• PHIL 121: World Religions

  3.00 Credits

  Northampton County Area Community College

  
  World-wide religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Native American spirituality), their concepts of deity, world-views, and theories on the problems and potentials of humankind; emphasis on essential ethical, metaphysical, and spiritual beliefs and practices, similarities and differences, and relations to contemporary life. Core: AH, D. Also available through Online Learning.
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• PHIL 201: Introduction to Philosophy

  3.00 Credits

  Northampton County Area Community College

  
  A study of central philosophical questions and theories about human existence, our experience of and place in the world; God, free will, scientific humanism, existentialism; ancient Greek, Judeo-Christian, Modern and 20th century thought; emphasis on development of rational skills and reflective thinking. Core: AH. Also Available via Online Learning. Approved for the Honors Program. Prerequisite:    English Department Determination of Reading and Writing Competency
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• PHIL 202: Ethics and Moral Problems

  3.00 Credits

  Northampton County Area Community College

  
  A critical study of major ethical theories and concepts and their application to selected moral issues, to aid in shaping one's own ethical stance and in making sound ethical choices; Hedonism, Egoism, Altruism, Authenticity, Existentialism, Absolutism, Relativism, Utilitarianism, Human Rights and Duty, Justice, Multiculturalism and Feminism. Course numbers ending in a G are Writing Intensive (WI). Also available through Online Learning. Approved for the Honors Program. Core: AH
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• PHIL 202G: Ethics and Moral Problems

  3.00 Credits

  Northampton County Area Community College

  
  A critical study of major ethical theories and concepts and their application to selected moral issues, to aid in shaping one's own ethical stance and in making sound ethical choices; Hedonism, Egoism, Altruism, Authenticity, Existentialism, Absolutism, Relativism, Utilitarianism, Human Rights and Duty, Justice, Multiculturalism and Feminism. Writing intensive. Core: AH, WI. Also Available via Online Learning. Approved for the Honors Program. Prerequisite:    ENGL 101
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• PHIL 204: Asian Philosophies

  3.00 Credits

  Northampton County Area Community College

  
  A survey of major Asian traditions, texts, and thinkers, especially in Indian and Chinese philosophy. Course themes will include Asian philosophical perspectives on the nature of the mind, body, self, soul, identity, knowledge, reality, compassion, duty, karma, and nirvana. This course will involve the disciplined practices of concentration and meditation. Approved for the Honors Program. Core: AH, D. Prerequisite:    PHIL 121 or PHIL 201 Corequisite:    PHIL 121 or PHIL 201
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• PHIL 211: Ancient Philosophy

  3.00 Credits

  Northampton County Area Community College

  
  This course is a survey of major Ancient Western Philosophical traditions, texts, and thinkers, emphasizing Plato and Aristotle, but also including the pre-Socratic and Hellenistic eras. Course themes include Ancient Greek and Roman (et.al.) perspectives on the nature of reality, knowledge, virtue, happiness, the soul, logic, and philosophical inquiry. Core: AH. Prerequisite:    English Department Determination of Reading and Writing Competency
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