Prerequisite/Corequisite Key
| P = Course must be taken previously | C = Course must be taken concurrently | E = Course can be taken previously or concurrently |
| (RQ) = Required | (RM) = Recommended |
PHIL 140
The Examined Life
3 to 3 credit hours
This course is an introduction to philosophy that encourages reflection on what it means to live a human life. The course seeks to engage students in the activity of philosophical reflection through close reading, analysis, interpretation, and discussion of primary texts that address ethical or political issues. For first-year students only. NOTE: students may not receive course credit for both PHIL 140 and PHIL 150.
PHIL 150
The Examined Life
3 to 3 credit hours
This course is an introduction to philosophy that encourages reflection on what it means to live a human life. The course seeks to engage students in the activity of philosophical reflection through close reading, analysis, interpretation, and discussion of primary texts that address ethical or political issues. For sophomores and above. NOTE: students may not receive course credit for both PHIL 140 and PHIL 150.
PHIL 200
Ethics
3 to 3 credit hours
P: PHIL-140 or PHIL-150
This course is an introduction to some of the central philosophical approaches to ethical and moral issues.
PHIL 202
Special Topics in Philosophy
1 to 5 credit hours
E:
Courses offered on an occasional basis devoted to a select philosophical topic.
PHIL 210
Logic and Argument
3 to 3 credit hours
P: PHIL-140 or PHIL-150
This course is an introduction to reasoning, including traditional and modern approaches, formal and informal logic and basic canons of argument. Offered spring.
PHIL 255
Feminist Philosophy
3 to 3 credit hours
P: PHIL-140 or PHIL-150
This course focuses on ethical and political theories in feminist philosophy and intersecting concerns in other areas of feminist philosophy and gender theory (e.g., feminist epistemology, feminist critiques of the tradition of Western ontology, eco-feminism, metaphysics and phenomenology of gender, etc.).
PHIL 265
Political Philosophy
3 to 3 credit hours
P: PHIL-140 or PHIL-150
This course is an introduction to some of the central philosophical approaches to questions about the state, the character of the good society, the relation between authority and power, and theories of rights and obligation.
PHIL 271
Philosophy and Literature
3 to 3 credit hours
P: PHIL-140 or PHIL-150
This course involves reading and discussing works of literature in light of the philosophical traditions that influence or are contested in these works. Issues for discussion may also include questions of interpretation, criticism and translation, as well as the significance of philosophy to the literary writings of one or more authors.
PHIL 285
Philosophy of Human Nature
3 to 3 credit hours
P: PHIL-140 or PHIL-150
This course is an introduction to philosophical questions about the nature of human beings.
PHIL 304
History of Ancient Philosophy
3 to 3 credit hours
P: PHIL-140 or PHIL-150
This course surveys selected topics in Greek and Roman philosophy from the Presocratics to Plotinus.
PHIL 350
Independent Study
3 to 3 credit hours
P: PHIL-140 or PHIL-150
Offered by special arrangement.
PHIL 378
Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
3 to 3 credit hours
P: PHIL-140 or PHIL-150
This course is an extended and intensive study of a topic, figure, or text in philosophy from the 20th-century to the present.
PHIL 380
Studies in the History of Philosophy
3 to 3 credit hours
P: PHIL-140 or PHIL-150
This course is an extended and intensive study of a topic, figure or text in philosophy prior to the 20th-century.