The request to create PHIL 3239 and revise PHIL 3240

Date: December 13, 2013
To: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
From: Office of Academic Affairs
Approved On: October 25, 2013
Approved by: Undergraduate Course and Curriculum Committee
Implementation Date: Summer 2014

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PHIL 3239. Ethics Bowl Prep. (3) (O, W) Prerequisites: UWRT 1102 or UWRT 1103. Preparation for participation on the University’s Ethics Bowl Team. Training in ethical theory and argumentation. Oral and written practice, both individually and collaboratively, presenting sample case studies. (Spring)

PHIL 3240. Ethics Bowl. ( 2 3) (O, W) Prerequisite: PHIL 3239. Students prepare for and participate in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Ethics Bowl competition. Students intensively research cases (developed by the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl), and work both collaboratively and individually on written case analyses. Significant amounts of in-class time scrimmaging and working on public-speaking and oral communication skills. (Fall)

PHIL 3246. Ethics Bowl II. (1) Pre- or corequisite: PHIL 3240. Students who have previously competed in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Ethics Bowl prepare for and participate in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Ethics Bowl competition and/or the National Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl. May be repeated. (Fall, Spring, on demand)