"Thinking Clearly about Moral Issues"

Seminar Leader:  Prof. Joel Anderson (Philosophy)

FOCUS 210 (Fall 2002)

Syllabus:  Schedule of Meetings
(withlinks to assignments, readings, & lecture notes)
Syllabus:  Course Requirements
Applied Ethics Links Submit an ethics link yourself!
Send me an email message at  anderson@artsci.wustl.edu Ethics links collected by students in the course
Information about majoring in philosophy. Previous semesters of FOCUS
Link to the Prometheus course site and the Discussion Forum
First time users:  Go to http://courses.artsci.wustl.edu/.  If you don't already have a Prometheus account, click on "Creat New Student Account", and create your own login and password.
Once you have an account, click "Add Course" to add this course.  The course ID is 2375 and I'll provide the password in class.
Discussion Duty assignments (who's on duty when) (Set during the first week of class)
ADVISING
Links related to group advising topics: personality profiling; study skills; etc.
Answers to questions about degree requirements and policies in the College of Arts & Sciences
See also the U.S.News & World Report article about advising at Wash U  (with 1999 FOCUS students)
Photos from last year's End-of-Semester Party

Every year, we have a double-class off campus, at the Schoolhouse Farm.  Here are photos from the Fall 2000 Schoolhouse Farm Seminar.

FOCUS 210 (Fall 2001)

Syllabus:  Schedule of Meetings
(withlinks to assignments, readings, & lecture notes)
Syllabus:  Course Requirements
Applied Ethics Links Submit an ethics link yourself!
Send me an email message at  anderson@artsci.wustl.edu Ethics links collected by students in the course
Information about majoring in philosophy. Links related to group advising topics: personality profiling; study skills; etc.
Answers to questions about degree requirements and policies in the College of Arts & Sciences
Link to the Prometheus course site and the Discussion Forum
First time users:  Go to http://courses.artsci.wustl.edu/, and click on "Creat New Student Account", if you don't already have one from another course.  Create your own login and password; click "Add Course".  The course ID is 2147 and I'll provide the password in class.
Discussion Duty assignments (who's on duty when)
U.S.News & World Report article about advising at Wash U
Photos from the End-of-Semester Party

Photos from last year's Schoolhouse Farm Seminar

FOCUS 210 (Fall 2000)

Syllabus:  Schedule of Meetings
(withlinks to assignments, readings, & lecture notes)
Syllabus:  Course Requirements
Applied Ethics Links Submit an ethics link yourself!
Send me an email message at  anderson@artsci.wustl.edu Ethics links collected by students in the course
Information about majoring in philosophy. Links related to group advising topics: personality profiling; study skills; etc.
Answers to questions about degree requirements and policies in the College of Arts & Sciences
Link to the DISCUSION FORUM on Prometheus.com (password required) U.S.News & World Report article about advising at Wash U
Photos from the Schoolhouse Farm Retreat Seminar

Semester #1: FOCUS 210 (Fall 1999)

SYLLABUS
(withlinks to assignments, readings, & lecture notes) 
Course Requirements
Grading Codes
Go to the supplemental web site (with chat room and discussion forum) at Blackboard.com
(requires password for access)
Applied Ethics Links Submit an ethics link yourself!
Link to Mr. Misiano's EComp 100 site Ethics links collected by students in the course
Information about majoring in philosophy. See the pictures from the Halloween outing!
Answers to questions about degree requirements and policies in the College of Arts & Sciences Email me at  anderson@artsci.wustl.edu

Semester #2: FOCUS 205 (Spring 2000)

Description of the Spring Research seminar SYLLABUS
The Concluding Symposium:  "Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Today's Moral Issues"  Style Sheet: Instructions for Formatting Footnotes
Article in Student Life about the Symposium Pictures from the service project, painting a low-income apartment in Forest Park Souteast

Final Projects of the Research Groups

(each is connected with the "Companion Course" indicated)

Biomedical Ethics
Cultural Anthropology
Ancient Chinese Thought
History of 20th Century United States
History of the Supreme Court
Civil Rights