P162 – LOGIC – FALL 2009                   This syllabus is for the following sections:

                                                                                                       16810    10:30-11:45     MW     IT   155

                                                                              16811    12:00-1:15       MW     IT   155      

Instructor:               Chris Kraatz                

Office:                    Cavanaugh Hall 333B                       

Hours:                     MTWR 9:15-10:15, and by appointment.

Phone:                     317-274-5344      

E-mail:                    ckraatz@iupui.edu    NO Oncourse e-mail please!

Internet:                  http://www.iupui.edu/~philosop/ckraatz.htm

       ***There is no required textbook for this class.***

 Course Objectives:  Our ambition in this course is to accomplish these three tasks:

- We will develop a familiarity with a variety of systematic ways of reasoning
and the principles of logic employed by them; categorical, propositional, inductive, etc. 
This familiarity will facilitate our recognizing and evaluating these different ways
of reasoning.*

- By virtue of the above, we will increase our aptitude for discerning the principles
or rules by which varying amounts of diverse information are organized.

- We will become mindful of the context and limits of the usefulness of logic.

Course Requirements:  Lectures and discussions happen at the assigned times, attendance at all class meetings is expected.  There will be 4 non-comprehensive quizzes in this class, each of which will constitute 25% of your final grade for the semester.  The tentative dates for the quizzes are listed on the class schedule.  Make-up quizzes must be arranged prior to the date of the original quiz.

Learning Differences and Other Health Impairments:  Students with learning differences or other health impairments that will interfere with success in this class are encouraged to contact the office of Adaptive Educational Services or the office of Counseling and Psychological Services for assistance:      

AES:    http://www.iupui.edu/~divrsity/aes/       CAPS: http://www.life.iupui.edu/caps/index.asp
             Phone: 274-3241                                     Phone: 274-2548   
             E-mail: aes@iupui.edu                            E-mail: capsindy@iupui.edu

Student Advocate:      http://www.life.iupui.edu/advocate/
                                     Phone: 278-7594             E-mail:  stuadvoc@iupui.edu

Conduct:  Respect for all the people in this class is essential.  We shall, therefore, observe these principles:
Plagiarism and other forms of cheating are serious offenses that may result in a grade of zero for an assignment and a report to the dean of students.  Cell phones, CD players, and other potential disruptions must be deactivated during class time.  Disagreements are highly encouraged, but they must remain free of insulting or offensive language.  Clothing which displays a logo or message declared to be “disparaging” by the US Civil Rights Commission or cited as racially hostile and abusive by the NCAA should not be worn in this class.

   http://www.aics.org/mascot/civilrights.html               http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?ContentID=915

This is the place to mention (because it is IUPUI’s policy to do so) the Principles of Undergraduate Learning (PULs).  The PULs were adopted by the campus in 1998 to form the conceptual framework for undergraduate education at IUPUI.  The primary PUL for this course is PUL# 1B, Comprehend, Interpret, and analyze facts; the secondary one is PUL# 2, Critical Thinking.  This does not mean that those PULs are the focus of this course (i.e. -  you won’t be tested on them and we won’t discuss them in class).  It does mean that part of the intent of the course is to cultivate those PULs.  A complete list of the PULs and their associated outcomes is at: 

http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/_Assets/uploads/docs/Principles_of_Undergraduate _Learning4182008.pdf