PHL 309 - Understanding our Universe

3 Credits

This course introduces the major philosophical, theological, and scientific issues in cosmology as well as an overview of the evolution of man's view of the universe throughout the ages, with emphasis on the present worldview, the Big Bang universe. Topics include the creation, evolution, and future of the universe. Philosophical questions of free will and determinism, design or accident life and intelligence in the universe, God and the universe will be addressed.