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Online courses: Critical Thought
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Saint Xavier University

FYS 117: First Year Seminar
first_year_seminar_syllabus.pdf
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Religion 255: Religion and the Media
religion_in_the_media_syllabus.pdf
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Religion 262: Christian Theology: God (2 concurrent Sections)
section_1_syllabus.pdf
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Philosophy 140/150: The Examined Life. Fall 2014, Fall 2015 (2 sections),
​Fall 2016 (2 sections).
NOTE: I have taught multiple versions of this course, with distinct reading lists and assignments. One syllabus for each incarnation is included here.
spring_2018_phil_150_syllabus.pdf
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fall_2016_phil_150_syllabus.pdf
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philosophy_140-13_examined_life_fall_2014.pdf
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Philosophy 210: Logic and Argument. Spring 2014.
philosophy_210_logic_and_argument.pdf
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Aurora University

Philosophy 3200: Business Ethics
cather_business_ethics_syllabus_fall_2018.pdf
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North Central College

Rel 100-2: World Religions. Winter 2018.
rel_100-2_syllabus.pdf
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago

SocSci 3300: New Religious Movements. Spring 2017.
new_religious_movements_syllabus_2017.pdf
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The University of Chicago Graham School

Philosophy LAPHPC-16W1: Creativity. Winter 2015.
power_of_creativity.pdf
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creativity_in_the_headlines.pdf
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Syllabuses? Syllabi?

When I taught my first course, the department chair informed me that the word "syllabus" came from a Latin neologism based upon a corruption of Greek, and so people who insist on "syllabi" are being pedantic. According to my favorite source for candidate facts, something like this is correct: ​en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllabus -- of course, Wikipedia is silent on the issue of pedantry. I have heard people claim to use "syllabuses" when referring to documents for multiple courses and "syllabi" when referring to multiple copies of the same document. As in: "I have to create four syllabuses this term" but "I need thirty syllabi printed by eight o'clock." But I've heard people say it the other way too, and I can never remember which is which. In this case, it would work sorta like "fish" and "fishes" -- where thirty of the same species would be thirty fish, but thirty different species would be thirty fishes. This all seems very pedantic to me, and it's sometimes hard to code-switch between the University of Chicago alumnus who insists on saying "alumnus" -- and who has spent time around people who attend fora and musea, and the good ol' boy from Appalachia who wants to roll his eyes when he meets these folks at forums and museums. When I do meet such people, sometimes I go with "syllabodes" or "syllaboi" just to see what they do.