WELCOME TO GRADE 12
UNIVERISTY-PREPARATION PHILOSOPHY
Course Code: HZT 4U1
This website is for students currently enrolled in Grade 12 University-Level Philosophy during the 2010-2011 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 Grade 12 University Course Outline.pdf
| UNIT TITLE |
| UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION AND HUMAN NATURE |
| UNIT 2: METAPHYSICS |
| UNIT 3: EPISTEMOLOGY |
| UNIT 4: ETHICS |
Contributions from the African-American Community to the Study of Philosophy
| ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION |
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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%).
| Term Work |
70% |
| Final Culminating Activity |
10% |
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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.
Within these two areas, marks will be obtained using the four categories specified in the Catholic Course Profile for Philosophy, Grade 12 University Preparation.
| KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
| 25% |
- Demonstration of skills
- Understanding of concepts, facts, definitions
- Understanding of relationships between concepts.
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| THINKING |
25% |
- Reasoning
- Identifying problems, planning, formulating questions, selecting strategies and resources.
- Applying the steps of an inquiry/problem solving process
- Selecting and sequencing strategies
- Making conclusions
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| COMMUNICATION |
25% |
- Communicating and reasoning in writing and through various art forms
- Use of various forms of communication.
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| APPLICATION |
25% |
- Applying concepts and teachings relating to familiar settings
- Selecting strategies
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Please refer to St. Edmund Campion's Evaluation Policy for further details
regarding assessment and evaluation.
TEXTBOOK: PHILOSOPHY, A Text with Readings
9th Ed., Manuel Velasquez
The Holy Bible, New Revised Standard Version
Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catholic Graduate Expectations
Vatican (Holy See) Website
Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
Bible Gateway
The Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catholic Online
American Catholic
Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace
Anmesty International
Catholic Register Newspaper