WELCOME TO GRADE 12
UNIVERISTY-LEVEL PHILOSOPHY

Course Code: HZT 4U1

This website is for students currently enrolled in Grade 12 University-Level Philosophy during the 2009-2010 School Year.  Here, you may find items such as assignments, review sheets and some notes that may be available on a day you were absent.  If you have any questions about any of the material on the website, please speak with your teacher!

This course addresses three (or more) of the main areas of philosophy: research and inquiry skills (logic), metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics. Students will learn critical thinking skills, the main ideas expressed by philosophers from a variety of the world's traditions, especially Catholic philosophers, how to develop and explain their own philosophical ideas, and how to apply those ideas to contemporary social issues and personal experiences. The course will also help students refine skills used in researching and investigating topics in philosophy.

Students are expected to follow class rules and routines:

• Regular attendance, full effort and committed participation are necessary for success in this course

 Printable Course Outline - HZT 4U

The Ontario Curriculum, Program Planning and Assessment 2000 specifies that the mark for the course is to be based upon ongoing or term work (70%) and a final assessment (30%).  The final assessment is broken down into a final culminating activity (10%) and a final examination (20%).

The ongoing or term work will include reflections, small written assignments, literacy initiatives, reports, presentations, quizzes, and unit tests.  The final assessment will include a project, and a final exam.

TEXTBOOK: PHILOSOPHY, A Text with Readings

9th Ed., Manuel Velasquez

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New Revised Standard Version