Undergraduate Programs—NEW COURSE PROPOSAL1 / UUPC Approval ______
UFS Approval ______
SCNS Submittal ______
Confirmed ______
Banner Posted ______
Catalog______
Department: Philosophy / College: Honors
Recommended Course Identification:
Prefix __PHI______Course Number __3660______Lab Code (L or C)
(to obtain a course number, contact )
Complete Course Title: HONORS THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE / Effective Date
(first term course will be offered)
______FALL 2015______
Credits2:
3 / What is This Thing Called Knowledge?, by Duncan Pritchard. Routledge 2006.
We will also read several primary source articles (available on Blackboard) as well as excerpts from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP) available from: plato.stanford.edu
Grading (Select only one grading option): Regular ____x__ Pass/Fail ______Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory ______
Course Description, no more than three lines: This course is designed to acquaint you with some problems, views, and arguments in the study of epistemology. Special attention will be given to the value of knowledge, the analysis of knowledge, skepticism, and various (potential) ways of obtaining knowledge.
Prerequisites w/minimum grade*: none / Corequisites*: none / Registration Controls (major, college, level)*: none
*Default minimum passing grade is d-. Prerequisites, corequisites and registration controls will be enforced for all course sections.
Minimum qualifications needed to teach this course: phd in philosophy
WAC/Gordon Rule Course3
yes ___x___ no _____
WAC/Gordon Rule criteria must be indicated in syllabus. Guidelines: www.fau.edu/WAC / General Education Requirement (mark X in front of selection) 4:
___ Written Communication ___ Society/Human Behavior
___ Mathematics/Quant. Reas. ___ Global Citizenship
___ Science/Natural World ___ Creative Expression
Must attach the appropriate General Education Course Approval Request:
www.fau.edu/deanugstudies/GeneralEdCourseApprovalRequests.php
Faculty contact, email and complete phone number:
434-262-2605 / Please consult and list departments that might be affected by the new course and attach comments.5
Approved by: / Date: / 1. Syllabus must be attached; syllabus checklist
recommended; see guidelines and checklist:
www.fau.edu/academic/registrar/UUPCinfo
2. Review Provost Memorandum:
Definition of a Credit Hour
www.fau.edu/provost/files/Definition_Credit_Hour_Memo_2012.pdf
3. WAC approval (attach if necessary)
4. Gen. Ed. approval (attach if necessary)
5. Consent of affected departments (attach if
necessary)
Department Chair: ______/ ______
College Curriculum Chair: ______/ ______
College Dean: ______/ ______
UUPC Chair: ______/ ______
Undergraduate Studies Dean: ______
UFS President: ______
Provost: ______/ ______
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Email this form and syllabus to seven business days before the University Undergraduate Programs Committee meeting so that materials may be viewed on the UUPC website prior to the meeting.

FAUnewcrseUG—Revised November 2014