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PHIL 1001 - Introduction to Logic [MATH]
(4 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: PHIL 1001H (inactive, starting 22-JAN-02, was PHIL 1011 until 05-SEP-00), PHIL 1021 (inactive, starting 21-OCT-99)
Sharpen your reasoning skills through a close examination of arguments. Learn formal methods for representing and assessing arguments, including how to represent informal arguments in formal languages, and how to evaluate whether the premises of an argument entail its conclusion.
PHIL 1002W - Introduction to Philosophy [AH WI]
(4 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was PHIL 1002 until 05-SEP-00, PHIL 1006W (ending 21-JAN-14, was PHIL 1006 until 05-SEP-00), PHIL 1102 (inactive), PHIL 1026W, PHIL 1002V (inactive, was PHIL 1012 until 05-SEP-00)
Problems, methods, historical/contemporary schools of philosophy.
PHIL 1003W - Introduction to Ethics [WI CIV]
(4 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was PHIL 1003 until 05-SEP-00, PHIL 1003V (inactive, starting 04-SEP-01), PHIL 1103 (inactive, starting 04-SEP-01)
Are values/principles relative to our culture? Is pleasure valuable? Are there any absolute rules? These questions and others are addressed through critical study of moral theories.
PHIL 1004W - Introduction to Political Philosophy [AH WI CIV]
(4 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was PHIL 1004 until 05-SEP-00, PHIL 1004V (inactive, starting 31-JAN-00)
Government -- what are its purpose; the limits on its authority; its responsibilities to citizens (and vice versa)? What roles do freedom, equality, rights, property, punishment and justice play here? Join in as we discuss and debate competing views.
PHIL 1005 - Scientific Reasoning
(4 cr; Prereq-[1st or 2nd] yr student or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: PHIL 1005H (inactive)
How does science work? What is scientific method? How to evaluate scientific information in popular media or specialized publications, especially when it relates to technology used in everyday life? General reasoning skills.
PHIL 1006W - Philosophy and Cultural Diversity [AH WI DSJ]
(4 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was PHIL 1006 until 05-SEP-00
Central problems/methods of philosophy through culturally diverse texts. Focus is critical/comparative, reflecting range of U.S. philosophical traditions.
PHIL 1007 - Introduction to Political Philosophy Practicum
(1 cr; Prereq-concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 1004W; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Students do at least two hours a week of community service and connect their service activities in writing to issues discussed in 1004.
PHIL 1026W - Philosophy and Cultural Diversity [AH WI DSJ]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Summer)
Equivalent courses: was PHIL 1026 until 05-SEP-00, PHIL 1006W (ending 21-JAN-14, was PHIL 1006 until 05-SEP-00), PHIL 1102 (inactive), PHIL 1002W, PHIL 1002V (inactive, was PHIL 1012 until 05-SEP-00)
Central problems/methods of philosophy through culturally diverse texts. Focus is critical/comparative, reflecting a range of U.S. philosophical traditions.
PHIL 1201 - Critical Reasoning [AH]
(4 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
In this course, much of our focus will be on what makes reasoning good or bad. We will learn to suss out bad argumentation, and pinpoint the precise mistake in reasoning that is at fault in particular cases. Patterns will emerge, which will help us learn how to better argue for beliefs that we hold, and claims we take to be true. We will especially focus on developing these skills in various, real-world contexts, so that they can be transferable to your future life, career, and decision-making. To that end, special attention will be paid to the kinds of traps we can fall into when we encounter argumentation via social media.
PHIL 1911W - Amadeus: In Search of Mozart [WI]
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is one of the greatest composers in the Western classical canon. He is also the one who seems to have the strongest hold on the modern imagination. This seminar will explore Mozart's life and music through both listening and viewing. Why should anyone today care about music by someone who lived more than 200 years ago? Part of the answer is that this music, like the plays of Shakespeare and the paintings of Rembrandt, is of such greatness and power that every age since has found something in it to value. Mozart is also an intriguing figure for other reasons. What we know about his personality seems wildly at odds with the sublime character of his music. The music itself presents us with a mystery: much of it is so lighthearted that one wonders how it manages to be so profound at the same time. No prior knowledge about music is required, just an open mind.
PHIL 1918 - Comics as Art
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Periodic Fall)
In this seminar, we will explore the idea that comics are as legitimate an art form as painting or poetry. We will ask: How do comics differ from other artistic media? How does reading a comic differ from reading poetry or novels? How have comics influenced, and been influenced by, culture and politics? And what, exactly, makes a comic a comic (and not something else)?
PHIL 3001W - General History of Western Philosophy: Ancient Period [AH WI]
(4 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was PHIL 3001 until 05-SEP-00, PHIL 3101 (inactive, starting 21-MAY-01), PHIL 3001V (inactive, starting 31-JAN-00)
Major developments in ancient Greek philosophic thought: pre-Socrates, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Hellenistic thinkers.
PHIL 3005W - General History of Western Philosophy: Modern Period [AH WI]
(4 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was PHIL 3005 until 05-SEP-00, PHIL 3005V (inactive, starting 18-JAN-00), PHIL 3105 (inactive, starting 04-SEP-01)
Can anything be known beyond a shadow of a doubt? How ought scientific knowledge be discovered and justified? In what does one's identity as a person consist? How does our human nature affect the way that we conceive of and come to know the world? This course examines the momentous intellectual transformations in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries that inspired such questions and their innovative solutions.
PHIL 3009 - Existentialism [CIV HIS]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Spring Even Year)
Equivalent courses: PHIL 5009 (inactive, starting 18-JAN-22), GSD 3656, FRIT 3656, PHIL 4009 (inactive, starting 18-JAN-22, was PHIL 4009W until 02-SEP-03)
What do we mean when we call something "existential?" What do we mean when we speak of an "existential" crisis? We seem to mean that our core beliefs and assumptions are affected and the relationship with our environment is ruptured; we have fallen out of normalcy. The term existentialism -- turning existential into a noun -- came into being in the 1940s in France, reflecting the collective experience of societal breakdown, of Nazism, and WW2. It has since been applied to all modes of philosophical inquiry that take an individual's experience of alienation from society as their point of departure. The advantage of making alienation the focus of this class, too, is that it allows us to recognize the precise historical and sociological index of the emergence of an existentialist mode of thought and practice. Existentialism looks very different when it responds to a 19th century crisis of faith (S?ren Kierkegaard), to 1950s colonialism (Frantz Fanon), to Weimar Germany's new democracy and the specter of a mass society (Martin Heidegger), or to the neo-authoritarian French society of the 1960s (Simone de Beauvoir). Existentialism then is understood in this class not as a conversation between great thinkers or ideas across time and space, but as a response to a specific crisis of norms and values. It only exists in plural. If existentialist concepts -- like being-in-the world, being-towards-death, or the gaze of the other -- are carried forward, then not without being repurposed. Such situatedness is inherent to existentialism itself. Accordingly, existentialist writers have no creed or ethical stance in common; they are found both on the far (fascist) right and on the Marxist left. They do share though a keen interest in a new language and in literary forms of expression and subsequently, they insist on the individuals' capacity of "world-making" -- in rupture and rebellion -- against seemingly compromised societal norms.
PHIL 3100 - Value Theory Practicum
(1 cr; Prereq-[concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 3301 or concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 3302W or concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 3304 or concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 3307 or concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 3308], instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 3 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Combines issues in ethics/political philosophy courses to needs of people in Twin Cities through community service. At least 26 hours of community service for semester is required.
PHIL 3201 - Free Will and Responsibility
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
What distinguishes actions from mere happenings? How do we accommodate our conception of ourselves as agents in a world governed by causal laws? Does free action require alternate possibilities? Is free will required to hold people accountable for actions? Conditions of moral responsibility.
PHIL 3234 - Knowledge and Society
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits)
Equivalent courses: was PHIL 3234W until 02-SEP-03
Critical discussion of concepts such as knowledge, objectivity, justification, rationality, evidence, authority, expertise, and trust in relation to the norms and privileges of gender, race, class, and other social categories.
PHIL 3301 - Environmental Ethics [ENV]
(4 cr; Student Option; offered Spring Odd Year)
Equivalent courses: was PHIL 1008W until 20-JAN-04
Philosophical basis for membership in moral community. Theories applied to specific problems (e.g., vegetarianism, wilderness preservation). Students defend their own reasoned views about moral relations between humans, animals, and nature.
PHIL 3302W - Moral Problems of Contemporary Society [WI CIV]
(4 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was PHIL 3302 until 05-SEP-00, PHIL 3322W (starting 05-SEP-00, was PHIL 3322 until 05-SEP-00), PHIL 3402 (inactive)
How do we determine what is right and wrong? How should we live our lives? What do we owe others? Moral/ethical thought applied to problems and public disputes (e.g., capital punishment, abortion, affirmative action, animal rights, same-sex marriage, environmental protection).
PHIL 3304 - Law and Morality
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was PHIL 3304W until 02-SEP-03
What is law? Must true laws be just? When (if ever) are civil disobedience or legal punishment morally justified? Do good laws incorporate (or legislate) morality? Consider and debate these issues using philosophical texts, case law, and the occasional novel.
PHIL 3305 - Medical Ethics
(4 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Moral problems confronting physicians, patients, and others concerned with medical treatment, research, and public health policy. Topics include abortion, living wills, euthanasia, genetic engineering, informed consent, proxy decision-making, and allocation of medical resources.
PHIL 3311W - Introduction to Ethical Theory [WI]
(4 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was PHIL 3311 until 05-SEP-00
Nature and justification of moral judgments and moral principles; analysis of representative moral views.
PHIL 3322W - Moral Problems of Contemporary Society [WI CIV]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Summer)
Equivalent courses: was PHIL 3322 until 05-SEP-00, PHIL 3402 (inactive), PHIL 3302W (starting 05-SEP-00, was PHIL 3302 until 05-SEP-00)
How do we determine what is right and wrong? How should we live our lives? What do we owe others? Moral/ethical thought applied to problems and public disputes (e.g., capital punishment, abortion, affirmative action, animal rights, same-sex marriage, environmental protection).
PHIL 3601W - Scientific Thought [WI]
(4 cr; Prereq-One course in philosophy or natural science; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was PHIL 3601 until 05-SEP-00
Science influences us daily, shaping how we understand ourselves and interpret nature. This course is an introduction to how scientists reason about the world, what that means for our lives, and the status of science as a human activity. What is science and what?s so great about it? Is science the ultimate authority on the world and our place in it? This course examines the authority of science, how scientists reason, and science?s status as a human activity.
PHIL 3605 - Disease, Diagnosis, and Intervention: Conceptual Issues in Medicine
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Contemporary medicine dominates our daily concerns and societal conversation. From insurance coverage to the consumer advertising of pharmaceuticals, the variety of issues and their visibility is patently obvious. However, conceptual issues in medicine, such as what counts as health and disease or what do we mean by "evidence-based" or "precision" medicine, are arguably just as important--if not prior to--many of these other issues. For example, if doctors do not consider something an "official" disease or condition, it is unlikely your insurance company will pay to treat it. Additional conceptual questions include: what role do theories play in medicine? Can scientific experiments be replicated in clinical medicine? Should all medicine be based on evidence? How do we know what causes health or disease? What do advances in neuroscience reveal about the relationship between mind and body, especially with respect to mental health and illness? What properties do physicians measure and why? How does probability and chance enter into medical practice (e.g., diagnosis, therapy, and rehabilitation)? This course is an introduction to these and other related issues in medicine with an emphasis on their diversity and heterogeneity. It is designed for undergraduates across a variety of majors with an interest in these conceptual questions, including but not limited to Animal Science; Anthropology; Biochemistry; Biology, Society and Environment; Chemistry; Ecology, Evolution and Behavior; Genetics, Cell Biology and Development; Microbiology; Neuroscience; Physiology; Psychology). No prior knowledge of medicine or philosophy is required; I do not assume that you have any previous exposure to the material we will be covering. Most of the assignments for this course are writing oriented. The goal is to identify, characterize, and critically reflect on the issues raised in our discussions and do this in the medium of writing. At the end of the class you will possess new analytica
PHIL 3607 - Philosophy of Psychology
(4 cr; Prereq-One course in philosophy or psychology; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was PHIL 3607W until 02-SEP-03
What are minds and mental states (like desires and beliefs)? How are these different from brains and brain states? Should scientific explanation abandon any appeal to the mental (like behaviorism) or can we offer a scientific account of mind?
PHIL 3760 - Selected Topics in Philosophy (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Philosophical problems of contemporary interest. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
PHIL 3993 - Directed Studies
(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 6 times)
Guided individual reading or study. Prereq instr consent, dept consent, college consent.
PHIL 4010 - Ancient Philosophers
(3 cr; Prereq-3001 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Equivalent courses: was PHIL 4010W until 02-SEP-03
Major work of selected ancient philosophers (e.g., Plato's Parmenides, Plato's Sophist, Aristotle's Metaphysics). Works discussed may vary from offering to offering.
PHIL 4040 - Rationalists
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Equivalent courses: was PHIL 4040W until 02-SEP-03
Major work of selected early modern rationalists (e.g., Descartes' Principles of Philosophy, Spinoza's Ethics, Conway's Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy, Leibniz's Discourse on Metaphysics). Works discussed may vary from offering to offering.
PHIL 4055 - Kant
(3 cr; Prereq-3005 or 4004 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was PHIL 4055W until 02-SEP-03, PHIL 5055
Immanuel Kant has long been recognized as a particularly systematic thinker, one who wrote foundational texts in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, politics, aesthetics, religion, teleology, and anthropology, which still resonate and influence contemporary thought. This course studies the wide breadth of Kant's philosophical system, paying especial attention to its relevance today.
PHIL 4085 - Wittgenstein
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was PHIL 4085W until 02-SEP-03, PHIL 5085 (inactive)
In "Philosophical Investigations" Wittgenstein challenged some of the most long-standing and entrenched intuitions of philosophers -- basic intuitions about mind, rationality, linguistic understanding, and the very nature of philosophical/conceptual inquiry. Many of these intuitions remain entrenched and Wittgenstein's challenge is as relevant today as it was in 1950. In Phil 4805 we examine the text and the secondary literature, and do so in the light of issues and debates that continue to demand attention.
PHIL 4101 - Metaphysics
(3 cr; Prereq-One course in history of philosophy or instr consent; Student Option; offered Fall Even Year)
Equivalent courses: was PHIL 4101W until 02-SEP-03
Broadly speaking, metaphysics is the study of the nature of reality. Metaphysical questions include questions about what kinds of things exist, what is the nature of things, what are persons, what is possible or impossible, what is the nature of time, what is causality, and many other fundamental questions about the world. The aim of this course is to introduce students to some of the central questions of metaphysics to investigate some of their answers.
PHIL 4105W - Epistemology [WI]
(3 cr; Prereq-1001 or instr consent; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was PHIL 4105 until 05-SEP-00, PHIL 5105
Epistemology is the study of knowledge. Epistemological questions include questions about the nature of knowledge, the difference between knowledge and true belief, the nature of justification, and the structure of our knowledge about the world. Epistemology is also centrally concerned with understanding and responding to arguments for skepticism, the view that we do not know anything about the world around us. The aim of this course is to introduce students to the some of the main problems of epistemology and to investigate some of their solutions.
PHIL 4231 - Philosophy of Language
(3 cr; Prereq-1001 or 5201 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was PHIL 4231W until 02-SEP-03
Theories of reference, linguistic truth, relation of language/thought, translation/synonymy.
PHIL 4311W - History of Moral Theories [WI]
(3 cr; Prereq-1003 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall)
Equivalent courses: was PHIL 4310W until 22-JAN-19, was PHIL 4310 until 05-SEP-00
Is human nature fundamentally selfish or are we sympathetic creatures? What is free will and do we have it? Do moral principles have a rational basis or are our moral judgments expressions of feelings? Should morality be thought of in terms of acting on principle or producing good outcomes? We will focus on these and other questions as they are explored in primary texts from the early modern history of western philosophy.
PHIL 4320 - Intensive Study of a Historical Moral Theory (Topics course)
(3 cr; Prereq-1003 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Equivalent courses: was PHIL 4320W until 16-JAN-18
Intensive consideration of an author or theory in the history of moral or political philosophy.
PHIL 4321W - Theories of Justice [WI]
(3 cr; Prereq-1003 or 1004 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was PHIL 4321 until 05-SEP-00, PHIL 5321
What is justice, understood as a central virtue of our social (e.g., political and legal) institutions? What does justice require in the political realm and what kind of state is best suited to achieve it? Ideally, what image of the just state should regulate our behavior? How do the requirements of justice change, if they do, in non-ideal circumstances, such as in cases of noncompliance with the law or in the context of violent conflict (e.g., in war)? This course is intended to provide upper-level undergraduates and philosophy graduate students with a selective survey of important work in contemporary theory of justice that addresses such questions.
PHIL 4331 - Contemporary Moral Theories
(3 cr; Prereq-1003 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was PHIL 4330 until 21-JAN-20, was PHIL 4330W until 02-SEP-03, was PHIL 4330 until 05-SEP-00
Is morality objective, just a matter of feeling, or something in between? How do we know even the most basic of moral truths? Do I always have a reason to do what is moral? What motivates people to be moral and why do some people behave immorally? This class looks at these and related questions in metaethics, moral psychology, and other areas of contemporary moral theory.
PHIL 4414 - Political Philosophy
(3 cr; Prereq-1004 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was PHIL 4414W until 02-SEP-03, PHIL 5414
Survey of historical/contemporary works in political philosophy.
PHIL 4510 - Philosophy of the Individual Arts
(3 cr; Prereq-3502; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was PHIL 4510W until 02-SEP-03, PHIL 5510
Aesthetic problems that arise in studying or practicing an art.
PHIL 4605 - Space and Time
(3 cr; Prereq-Courses in [philosophy or physics] or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: PHIL 5605
Philosophical problems concerning nature/structure of space, time, and space-time.
PHIL 4607 - Philosophy of the Biological Sciences
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was PHIL 4607W until 02-SEP-03, PHIL 5607
Biology dominates the landscape of contemporary scientific research, and yet "biology" consists of a variety of different disciplinary approaches: from protein biochemistry to field ecology, from developmental biology to evolutionary genetics. Many philosophical issues can be found in the concepts and practices of life science researchers from these different disciplines. What is the structure of evolutionary theory? What is a gene? What are the units of selection? What is an individual? What counts as a "cause"? What is the relationship between evolution and development? Are all biological phenomena reducible to genes or molecules? What are adaptations, and how do we identify them? What is an ecological niche? Is there a progressive trend in the history of life? Is there such a thing as 'human nature'? This course is an introduction to these and other related issues in the biological sciences with an emphasis on their diversity and heterogeneity. It is designed for advanced undergraduates with an interest in conceptual questions and debates in biology that are manifested across a variety of majors (e.g., animal science; anthropology; biochemistry; biology, society and environment; biosystems and agricultural engineering; chemistry; ecology, evolution and behavior; genetics, cell biology and development; microbiology; neuroscience; physiology; plant biology; psychology). Some of these issues will appear familiar from previous coursework or opportunities, whereas new issues will be intriguing because of their similarities and differences with those that have been encountered in other contexts.
PHIL 4622 - Philosophy and Feminist Theory
(3 cr; Prereq-8 crs in [philosophy or women's studies] or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall)
Equivalent courses: was PHIL 4622W until 07-SEP-04, GWSS 4122 (starting 26-MAY-15, was WOST 4122 until 05-SEP-06), PHIL 5622 (starting 17-MAY-21), GWSS 5122 (starting 26-MAY-15, was WOST 5122 until 05-SEP-06)
Encounters between philosophy/feminism. Gender's influence in traditional philosophical problems/methods. Social role of theorist/theorizing as they relate to politics of feminism. This course surveys central debates in feminist philosophy, with a focus on the methods and virtues of resistance. Along the way, we will consider the question of how we should live in an oppressive society. Topics may include intimidation, gaslighting, silencing, epistemic injustice, emotional labor, intersectionality, resistance, anger and violence.
PHIL 4760 - Selected Topics in Philosophy (Topics course)
(3 cr; Prereq-3 [3xxx-5xxx] cr in philosophy or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Philosophical problems of contemporary interest. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
PHIL 4888 - Philosophy Senior Capstone
(4 cr; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: PHIL 4995H (inactive), PHIL 4888H, PHIL 4893 (starting 17-MAY-21, was PHIL 4995 until 18-JAN-22)
The Philosophy capstone course culminates students' work in the major. It offers the opportunity to engage and combine skills in analysis, critical thought and clear and cogent expression developed throughout the course of undergraduate work in philosophy. Students will identify a provisional paper or paper topic prior to enrolling in the capstone course and will spend the semester writing, expanding, and revising this paper under the supervision of the faculty teaching the capstone. The capstone course will incorporate career readiness elements, and overall will strive to provide students with a culminating shared experience as Philosophy majors.
PHIL 4888H - Honors Philosophy Senior Capstone
(4 cr; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: PHIL 4995H (inactive), PHIL 4888, PHIL 4893 (starting 17-MAY-21, was PHIL 4995 until 18-JAN-22)
The Philosophy capstone course culminates students' work in the major. It offers the opportunity to engage and combine skills in analysis, critical thought, and clear and cogent expression developed throughout the course of undergraduate work in philosophy. Students will identify a provisional paper or paper topic prior to enrolling in the capstone course and will spend the semester writing, expanding, and revising this paper under the supervision of the faculty teaching the capstone. The capstone course will incorporate career readiness elements, and overall will strive to provide students with a culminating shared experience as Philosophy majors.
PHIL 4893 - Capstone: Directed Studies (independent study)
(1 cr; Prereq-instr consent, dept consent; A-F only; offered Periodic Fall & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was PHIL 4995 until 18-JAN-22, PHIL 4995H (inactive), PHIL 4888H, PHIL 4888
Guided individual study leading to research paper that satisfies senior capstone requirement. Students enrolling in this directed study/research course will complete the Philosophy Senior Capstone: Directed Study contract form with a faculty mentor. The faculty member will ensure academic standards are upheld, including: - the work proposed is at the appropriate level for the course, academic in nature, and the student will be involved intellectually in the project. - the project scope is reasonable (42 hours of work per credit) - the faculty mentor is qualified to serve in this role - assessment of student learning and grading criteria are clear and appropriate - the student will be working in a respectful, inclusive environment. The contract will include the learning objectives for the course, the methods that will be employed, and how assessment will be conducted by the faculty mentor. The contract must be approved by the department academic approver before the student can register.
PHIL 4993 - Directed Studies
(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 6 times)
Guided individual reading or study. Prereq instr consent, dept consent, college consent.
PHIL 5010 - Ancient Philosophers
(3 cr; Prereq-3001 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Major work of selected ancient philosophers (e.g., Plato's Parmenides, Plato's Sophist, Aristotle's Metaphysics). Works discussed vary.
PHIL 5016 - Chinese Philosophy
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
The course offers an overview of Classical Chinese Philosophy, including Confucianism, Daoism, and Mohism, covering many classical texts, including the Analects and the Tao Te Ching. The course will explore works in depth, noting how the schools of thought developed over the course of centuries, with influence continuing to the present day. These schools of thought will be studied in their historical and cultural contexts. Additionally, the views of the Chinese scholars on moral, political, and epistemological questions will be compared and contrasted with the views of important scholars from the Western traditions.
PHIL 5040 - Rationalists
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Major work of selected early modern rationalists (e.g., Descartes' Principles of Philosophy, Spinoza's Ethics, Conway's Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy, Leibniz's Discourse on Metaphysics). Works discussed may vary from offering to offering.
PHIL 5055 - Kant
(3 cr; Prereq-3005 or 4004 or instr consent ; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: PHIL 4055 (starting 17-MAY-21, was PHIL 4055W until 02-SEP-03)
Immanuel Kant has long been recognized as a particularly systematic thinker, one who wrote foundational texts in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, politics, aesthetics, religion, teleology, and anthropology, which still resonate and influence contemporary thought. This course studies the wide breadth of Kant's philosophical system, paying especial attention to its relevance today.
PHIL 5101 - Metaphysics
(3 cr; Prereq-One course in history of philosophy or instr consent; Student Option; offered Fall Even Year)
Broadly speaking, metaphysics is the study of the nature of reality. Metaphysical questions include questions about what kinds of things exist, what is the nature of things, what are persons, what is possible or impossible, what is the nature of time, what is causality, and many other fundamental questions about the world. The aim of this course is to introduce students to some of the central questions of metaphysics to investigate some of their answers.
PHIL 5105 - Epistemology
(3 cr; Prereq-1001 or instr consent; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: PHIL 4105W (starting 17-MAY-21, was PHIL 4105 until 05-SEP-00)
Epistemology is the study of knowledge. Epistemological questions include questions about the nature of knowledge, the difference between knowledge and true belief, the nature of justification, and the structure of our knowledge about the world. Epistemology is also centrally concerned with understanding and responding to arguments for skepticism, the view that we do not know anything about the world around us. The aim of this course is to introduce students to the some of the main problems of epistemology and to investigate some of their solutions.
PHIL 5201 - Symbolic Logic I
(4 cr; Prereq-1001 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Study of syntax and semantics of sentential and first-order logic. Symbolization of natural-language sentences and arguments. Development of deductive systems for first-order logic. Metatheoretic proofs and methods, including proof by mathematical induction and proof of consistency and completeness.
PHIL 5202 - Symbolic Logic II
(4 cr; Prereq-5201 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Elements of set theory, including the concepts of enumerability and nonenumerability. Turing machines and recursive functions; the results of Church, Godel, and Tarski and the philosophical significance of those results.
PHIL 5209 - Mathematical Methods for Philosophy
(4 cr; Prereq-prior course in mathematics, logic, or mathematics-related discipline or or instr consent; Student Option; offered Fall Odd Year)
Introduction to some of the mathematical methods used throughout philosophy, such as sets, graphs, automata, probability and decision theory, statistics, and computer simulation, both explicitly and through example applications.
PHIL 5211 - Modal Logic
(4 cr; Prereq-5201 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Spring Odd Year)
Axiomatic and semantic treatment of propositional and predicate modal logics; problems of interpreting modal languages.
PHIL 5221 - Philosophy of Logic
(3 cr; Prereq-5202 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall)
In this course, we will look at some of the central topics in philosophical logic, concentrating on issues that motivate the introduction of various non-classical logics as alternatives to the standard classical account of logical consequence. Topics covered include (but are not limited to) the Liar paradox, vagueness, the paradoxes of relevance, and intuitionism.
PHIL 5222 - Philosophy of Mathematics
(3 cr; Prereq-College level logic or mathematics course or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Major philosophical questions arising in connection with mathematics. What is mathematics about? How do we know the mathematics we do? What is the relation between mathematics and the natural sciences? Selected readings of leading contributors such as Frege, Dedekind, Russell, Hilbert, Brouwer, Godel, Quine.
PHIL 5231 - Philosophy of Language
(3 cr; Prereq-1001 or 5201 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Theories of reference, linguistic truth, relation of language/thought, translation/synonymy.
PHIL 5311 - History of Moral Theories
(3 cr; Prereq-1003W or instr consent or GRAD; Student Option; offered Periodic Spring)
Is human nature fundamentally selfish or are we sympathetic creatures? What is free will and do we have it? Do moral principles have a rational basis or are our moral judgments expressions of feelings? Should morality be thought of in terms of acting on principle or producing good outcomes? We will focus on these and other questions as they are explored in primary texts from the early modern history of western philosophy.
PHIL 5320 - Intensive Study of a Historical Moral Theory (Topics course)
(3 cr; Prereq-1003 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Intensive consideration of an author or theory in the history of moral or political philosophy.
PHIL 5321 - Theories of Justice
(3 cr; Prereq-1003 or 1004 or grad student or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: PHIL 4321W (starting 17-MAY-21, was PHIL 4321 until 05-SEP-00)
What is justice, understood as a central virtue of our social (e.g., political and legal) institutions? What does justice require in the political realm and what kind of state is best suited to achieve it? Ideally, what image of the just state should regulate our behavior? How do the requirements of justice change, if they do, in non-ideal circumstances, such as in cases of noncompliance with the law or in the context of violent conflict (e.g., in war)? This course is intended to provide upper-level undergraduates and philosophy graduate students with a selective survey of important work in contemporary theory of justice that addresses such questions.
PHIL 5331 - Contemporary Moral Theories
(3 cr; Prereq-1003 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Is morality objective, just a matter of feeling, or something in between? How do we know even the most basic of moral truths? Do I always have a reason to do what is moral? What motivates people to be moral and why do some people behave immorally? This class looks at these and related questions in metaethics, moral psychology, and other areas of contemporary moral theory.
PHIL 5414 - Political Philosophy
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: PHIL 4414 (starting 20-JAN-15, was PHIL 4414W until 02-SEP-03)
Works in political philosophy, whether historical or more contemporary, are one central element of the study of philosophy more broadly. As we will address these works, and the issues and concepts they take up, they fall within the larger field of moral philosophy. Like other works in this broad category, discussion in political philosophy typically consider both metaethical and normative questions. Metaethical questions concern the concepts we use as we consider matters of right and wrong or of ethical value. In the realm of political philosophy, authors consider rightness, wrongness and ethical value as they bear on political societies and political leaders, and not only on citizens but on non-citizens who experience the effects of political power. Examples of such questions include: What is justice? What is political power? What are freedom, equality and autonomy? Normative questions, by contrast, concern matters of practice. In the context of moral and political philosophy, they are typically questions about what we must do or refrain from doing if we are to act rightly (as opposed to prudently or efficiently for instance). Examples in the political realm include: What are just standards of criminal punishment? What obligations does a just state have to citizens and to non-citizen residents? What right, if any, do citizens and others have to protest state laws, policies and actions? What rights can citizens or others claim to equality under the law? What grounds or justifies our responses to such questions? Over the course of this semester, we will read both canonical texts in the history of political philosophy and pieces by a variety of authors who are less well known. Our aim will be to improve our ability to understand broad claims and more nuanced points, to compare and critically assess contrasting views, and to appreciate the ways in which political philosophers often draw or expand on others' works even as they challenge them. We will also be working
PHIL 5415 - Philosophy of Law
(3 cr; Prereq-1003 or 1004 or 3302 or social science major or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Spring)
Analytical accounts of law and legal obligation.
PHIL 5510 - Philosophy of the Individual Arts
(3 cr; Prereq-3502; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: PHIL 4510 (starting 05-SEP-06, was PHIL 4510W until 02-SEP-03)
Aesthetic problems that arise in studying or practicing an art.
PHIL 5601 - History of the Philosophy of Science
(3 cr; Prereq-instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
History of logical empiricism, from its European origins in first half of 20th century to its emergence as nearly universal account of science in post-war Anglo-American philosophy.
PHIL 5603 - Scientific Inquiry
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Spring)
Philosophical theories of methods for evaluating scientific hypotheses. Role of experimentation in science. How hypotheses are accepted within scientific community.
PHIL 5605 - Space and Time
(3 cr; Prereq-Courses in [philosophy or physics] or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall)
Equivalent courses: PHIL 4605 (starting 07-SEP-99)
Philosophical problems concerning nature/structure of space, time, and space-time.
PHIL 5606 - Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics
(3 cr; Student Option)
Problems of interpretation in ordinary (nonrelativistic) quantum mechanics. Two-slit experiment, Schrodinger cat paradox (measurement problem), Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox. Leading approaches to interpretation (Copenhagen, hidden variables, universal wave function) and their connections with philosophical issues.
PHIL 5607 - Philosophy of the Biological Sciences
(3 cr; Prereq-Courses in [philosophy or biology] or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: PHIL 4607 (starting 20-JAN-15, was PHIL 4607W until 02-SEP-03)
Biology dominates the landscape of contemporary scientific research, and yet "biology" consists of a variety of different disciplinary approaches: from protein biochemistry to field ecology, from developmental biology to evolutionary genetics. Many philosophical issues can be found in the concepts and practices of life science researchers from these different disciplines. What is the structure of evolutionary theory? What is a gene? What are the units of selection? What is an individual? What counts as a "cause"? What is the relationship between evolution and development? Are all biological phenomena reducible to genes or molecules? What are adaptations, and how do we identify them? What is an ecological niche? Is there a progressive trend in the history of life? Is there such a thing as 'human nature'? This course is an introduction to these and other related issues in the biological sciences with an emphasis on their diversity and heterogeneity. It is designed for advanced undergraduates with an interest in conceptual questions and debates in biology that are manifested across a variety of majors (e.g., Animal Science; Anthropology; Biochemistry; Biology, Society and Environment; Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering; Chemistry; Ecology, Evolution and Behavior; Genetics, Cell Biology and Development; Microbiology; Neuroscience; Physiology; Plant Biology; Psychology). Some of these issues will appear familiar from previous coursework or opportunities, whereas new issues will be intriguing because of their similarities and differences with those that have been encountered in other contexts.
PHIL 5622 - Philosophy and Feminist Theory
(3 cr; Prereq-8 crs in [philosophy or women's studies] or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall)
Equivalent courses: GWSS 4122 (starting 26-MAY-15, was WOST 4122 until 05-SEP-06), GWSS 5122 (starting 26-MAY-15, was WOST 5122 until 05-SEP-06), PHIL 4622 (starting 17-MAY-21, was PHIL 4622W until 07-SEP-04)
Encounters between philosophy/feminism. Gender's influence in traditional philosophical problems/methods. Social role of theorist/theorizing as they relate to politics of feminism. This course surveys central debates in feminist philosophy, with a focus on the methods and virtues of resistance. Along the way, we will consider the question of how we should live in an oppressive society. Topics may include intimidation, gaslighting, silencing, epistemic injustice, emotional labor, intersectionality, resistance, anger and violence.
PHIL 5760 - Selected Topics in Philosophy (Topics course)
(3 cr; Prereq-3xxx-5xxx course in phil or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Philosophical problems of contemporary interest. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
PHIL 5993 - Directed Studies
(1 cr [max 3]; Prereq-instr consent, dept consent, college consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 6 times)
Guided individual reading or study.
PHIL 8010 - Workshop in History of Philosophy
(1 cr; Prereq-concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 4xxx hist of phil course, instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Topics vary by offering.
PHIL 8080 - Seminar: History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (Topics course)
(3 cr; Prereq-instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Topics vary by offering.
PHIL 8081 - Seminar: History of Philosophy--Ancient Philosophers
(3 cr; Student Option)
Major developments in ancient Greek philosophic thought; methods and role of history of philosophy in discipline of philosophy.
PHIL 8085 - Seminar: History of Philosophy--Modern Philosophers
(3 cr; Prereq-instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall)
Major developments in modern philosophic thought; methods and role of history of philosophy in discipline of philosophy.
PHIL 8090 - Seminar: History of Modern Philosophy (Topics course)
(3 cr; Prereq-instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Topics vary by offering.
PHIL 8100 - Workshop in Epistemology and Metaphysics
(1 cr; Prereq-concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 4xxx [epistemology or metaphysics] course, instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Topics vary by offering.
PHIL 8110 - Seminar: Metaphysics
(3 cr; Prereq-4101 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Topics vary by offering.
PHIL 8130 - Seminar: Epistemology
(3 cr; Prereq-4105 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Problems in the theory of knowledge. Topics specified in [Class Schedule].
PHIL 8131 - Epistemology Survey
(3 cr; Student Option)
Survey, against background of traditional issues, of contemporary developments in theory of knowledge.
PHIL 8133 - Feminist Theories of Knowledge
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Summer)
Equivalent courses: GWSS 8103 (ending 02-SEP-08, starting 07-SEP-99, was WOST 8103 until 05-SEP-06)
Interdisciplinary seminar; feminist approaches to knowledge and criticism of paradigms of knowledge operative in the disciplines. Feminists' use of concepts of subjectivity, objectivity, and intersubjectivity; feminist empiricism, standpoint theory, and contextualism, and postmodern and postcolonial theorizing.
PHIL 8180 - Seminar: Philosophy of Language
(3 cr; Prereq-4231 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Topics vary by offering.
PHIL 8182 - Formal Semantics of Natural Language
(3 cr; Prereq-Phil 5201 or instr consent; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Fall)
Equivalent courses: LING 8221 (inactive, starting 07-SEP-99)
Truth-conditional model-theoretic semantics applied to treatment of opacity, intensionality, quantification, and related phenomena in natural language.
PHIL 8200 - Workshop in Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics
(1 cr; Prereq-[concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 4xxx logic or 4xxx phil of math], instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Topics vary by offering.
PHIL 8210 - Seminar: Logical Theory
(3 cr; Prereq-[5201, 5205] or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Topics vary by offering.
PHIL 8220 - Seminar: Philosophy of Mathematics
(3 cr; Prereq-5202 or [4xxx or 5xxx] math course or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Topics such as significance of limitative metatheorems (Goedel, et al), assessment of major foundational programs (set theoretic, modern Hilbertian, constructivist), modal/structuralist alternatives to standard platonism.
PHIL 8300 - Workshop in Moral and Political Philosophy
(1 cr; Prereq-[concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 4xxx moral phil or 4xxx pol phil] instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Topics vary by offering.
PHIL 8310 - Seminar: Moral Philosophy
(3 cr; Prereq-4310 or 4320 or 4330 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Concepts/problems relating to ethical discourse.
PHIL 8320 - Seminar on Medical Ethics
(3 cr; Prereq-[4xxx or 5xxx] ethics course or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Patients' rights/duties, informed consent, confidentiality, ethical issues in medical research, initiation/termination of medical treatment, euthanasia, abortion, maternal/fetal conflicts, allocation of medical resources.
PHIL 8333 - FTE: Master's
(1 cr; Prereq-Master's student, adviser and DGS consent; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; 6 academic progress units; 6 financial aid progress units)
(No description)
PHIL 8410 - Seminar: Philosophy of Law
(3 cr; Prereq-5415 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Primarily for law students and advanced political science, history, or sociology majors or minors.
PHIL 8420 - Seminar: Political Philosophy
(3 cr; Prereq-4321 or 4414 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Topics vary by offering.
PHIL 8444 - FTE: Doctoral
(1 cr; Prereq-Doctoral student, adviser and DGS consent; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; 6 academic progress units; 6 financial aid progress units)
(No description)
PHIL 8500 - Workshop in Aesthetics
(1 cr; Prereq-concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 4xxx aesthetics course, instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Topics vary by offering.
PHIL 8510 - Seminar: Aesthetics Studies
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Topics vary by offering.
PHIL 8550 - Seminar: Philosophy of Religion
(3 cr; Prereq-4521 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Topics vary by offering.
PHIL 8600 - Workshop in the Philosophy of Science
(1 cr; Prereq-concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 4xxx phil of sci course, instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Topics vary by offering.
PHIL 8602 - Scientific Representation and Explanation
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Contemporary issues concerning representation and explanation of scientific facts.
PHIL 8606 - Seminar: Philosophy of Medicine and the Biomedical Sciences
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Aims and goals of medicine; concepts of health, illness, and disease; nature of reasoning in clinical medicine; theoretical evolution in medicine; and role of values in practice of medicine and healthcare.
PHIL 8610 - Seminar: History of Modern Physical Sciences
(3 cr; Prereq-instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Topics specified in [Class Schedule].
PHIL 8620 - Seminar: Philosophy of the Biological Sciences
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Topics vary by offering.
PHIL 8640 - Seminar: Philosophy of the Cognitive Sciences
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Spring Odd Year; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Equivalent courses: was CGSC 8000 until 06-SEP-05, was CGSC 8000 until 04-SEP-01, CGSC 8000 (starting 22-JAN-13, ending 17-JAN-12)
Philosophical framework for analyzing cognitive sciences. Recent developments in metaphysics/epistemology. Nature of scientific theories, methodologies of cognitive sciences, relations among cognitive sciences. Relation of cognitive science to epistemology and to various philosophical problems. Topics very by offering
PHIL 8660 - Seminar: Social and Cultural Studies of Science
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Equivalent courses: was SST 8420 until 06-SEP-05, was SST 8420 until 04-SEP-01, SST 8420
Review of recent work; analysis of theoretical and methodological differences among practitioners; selected responses from historians and philosophers of science.
PHIL 8666 - Doctoral Pre-Thesis Credits
(1 cr [max 6]; Prereq-Doctoral student who has not passed prelim oral; no required consent for 1st/2nd registrations, up to 12 combined cr; dept consent for 3rd/4th registrations, up to 24 combined cr; doctoral student admitted before summer 2007 may register up to four times, up to 60 combined cr; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
TBD
PHIL 8670 - Seminar: Philosophy of Science
(3 cr; Prereq-instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Topics vary by offering.
PHIL 8710 - Seminar: Feminist Philosophy
(3 cr; Prereq-4622 or 5622 or WoSt 4122 or WoSt 5122 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Topics vary by offering.
PHIL 8777 - Thesis Credits: Master's
(1 cr [max 18]; Prereq-Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 10 cr total required [Plan A only]; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 50 credits; may be repeated 10 times)
(No description)
PHIL 8888 - Thesis Credit: Doctoral
(1 cr [max 24]; Prereq-Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 24 cr required; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 100 credits; may be repeated 10 times)
(No description)
PHIL 8980 - Philosophy Proseminar
(1 cr; Prereq-first or second year student in Philosophy doctoral program; S-N only; offered Every Fall; may be repeated for 2 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
This course will provide a structured forum for introducing new graduate students to the PhD program, to aid integration into the program, and to build community among first and second year students.
PHIL 8993 - Directed Study
(1 cr [max 3]; Prereq-instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 6 times)
tbd
PHIL 8994 - Directed Research
(1 cr [max 3]; Prereq-instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 6 times)
tbd

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