Course Schedules  (courses crosslisted with bioethics are Shown first)           

• Fall Semester (PDF) 
• Spring Semester (PDF)
• Summer Sessions (PDF)              

Course Descriptions

This list is a "library" of descriptions for philosophy courses, which are posted here regardless of when those courses are offered.  Longer descriptions are often available directly from instructors who regularly teach a course, but in most cases those descriptions are not syllabi: they only indicate in general terms what the teachers typically do when they teach the course.

For specific course information, please contact that course's instructor directly. For contact information, click on the instructor's name found at the top of the course description.

To view a short course description, click on a course-level below, then click the number of the specific course that interests you.

• 100-level Courses (Core Courses)
  • PHIL 162: Social & Political Philosophy
  • PHIL 163: Contemporary Ethical Issues
  • PHIL 164: Health Care Ethics
  • PHIL 167: Aesthetics
  • PHIL 171: Philosophy of Religion
  • PHIL 172: Metaphysics
  • PHIL 173: Philosophy of Science
  • PHIL 174: Logic
  • PHIL 175: Theory of Knowledge
  • PHIL 176: Philosophy of Mind
  • PHIL 177: Aesthetics
  • PHIL 179: Judgment and Decision-Making
  • PHIL 180: Being Human: Philosophical Perspectives
  • PHIL 181: Ethics
  • PHIL 182: Social and Political Philosophy
  • PHIL 184: Health Care Ethics
  • PHIL 186: Ethics and Education
  • PHIL 187: Environmental Ethics
  • PHIL 188: Culture and Civilization
• 300-level Courses (Upper-division Courses for Philosophy Majors and Minors) 
  (Note: Most 300-level courses have a prerequisite of two core philosophy courses. Seminars  [PHIL 395-399] require a total of five philosophy courses, some of which can be taken concurrently with the seminar.)
  • PHIL 301: Symbolic Logic
  • PHIL 302: Topics in Formal Logic
  • PHIL 304: History of Ancient Philosophy
  • PHIL 305: Augustine to Abelard
  • PHIL 306: Nineteenth Century Philosophy
  • PHIL 307: Thirteenth and Fourteenth Century Philosophy
  • PHIL 308: Islamic Philosophy
  • PHIL 309: Classical Modern Philosophy
  • PHIL 310: Issues in the Philosophy of Human Nature
  • PHIL 311: Issues in Metaphysics
  • PHIL 312: Problems in Philosophy of God
  • PHIL 318: Philosophy of Art
  • PHIL 319: Studies in Philosophy and Literature
  • PHIL 320: The Philosophy of St. Augustine
  • PHIL 321: Ethics and Society
  • PHIL 322: Philosophical Perpectives on Women
  • PHIL 323: Philosophy of Law
  • PHIL 324: Topics in Ethics
  • PHIL 326: Political Philosophy
  • PHIL 327: Topics in Political Philosophy
  • PHIL 330: Theory of Knowledge
  • PHIL 333: Language: Theories Ancient and Modern
  • PHIL 335: Asian Philosophy
  • PHIL 340: Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas
  • PHIL 344: Philosophy of Human Nature
  • PHIL 350: Directed Readings (no link)
  • PHIL 360: Contemporary European Philosophy
  • PHIL 369: Philosophy of Medicine
  • PHIL 370: Introduction to American Philosophy
  • PHIL 374: Philosophy of History
  • PHIL 380: Topics in the Philosophy of Religion
  • PHIL 381: Philosophy of Science
  • PHIL 382: Philosophy of Social Science
  • PHIL 383: Philosophy of Psychology
  • PHIL 384: Topics in Philosophy of Science
  • PHIL 386: Analytic Philosophy
  • PHIL 387: Philosophy of Mind
  • PHIL 388: History of Ethics
  • PHIL 389: Contemporary Issues
  • PHIL 390: Independent Study for Majors (no link)
  • PHIL 395: Seminar in Ancient Philosophy
  • PHIL 396: Seminar in Medieval Philosophy
  • PHIL 397: Seminar in Classical Modern Philosophy
  • PHIL 398: Seminar in Contemporary Philosophy
  • PHIL 399: Integrative Seminar
• 400-level Courses (Graduate Courses) 
  (Note: Graduate courses are open to graduate students and in special cases to philosophy majors in their senior year who have secured the permission of the instructor before they register.)
  • PHIL 401: Plato
  • PHIL 402: Aristotle
  • PHIL 403: Ancient Philosophy
  • PHIL 406: Thomas Aquinas
  • PHIL 407: Medieval Philosophy
  • PHIL 415: Kant
  • PHIL 420: Hegel
  • PHIL 421: Marxism
  • PHIL 422: Nietzsche
  • PHIL 425: Nineteenth Century Philosophy
  • PHIL 432: Heidegger
  • PHIL 433: Phenomenology and Existentialism
  • PHIL 434: Hermeneutics and Critical Theory
  • PHIL 436: Contemporary French Philosophy
  • PHIL 438: Topics in Continental Philosophy
  • PHIL 440: American Responses to the Enlightenment
  • PHIL 451: Metaphysics
  • PHIL 452: Philosophy of Science
  • PHIL 454: Philosophy of Religion
  • PHIL 457: Aesthetics
  • PHIL 459: Philosophy of Law
  • PHIL 462: Kant's Moral Philosophy
  • PHIL 463: Virtue Ethics
  • PHIL 464: Utilitarianism
  • PHIL 466: Major Authors in Moral Philosophy
  • PHIL 467: Contemporary Ethical Theories 
  • PHIL 468: Topics in Ethics
  • PHIL 469: Ethics and Rationality: Metaethics
  • PHIL 470: Ethics and Economic Justice
  • PHIL 471: Principles of Health Care Ethics
  • PHIL 472: Clinical Health Care Ethics
  • PHIL 473: Social Healthcare Ethics
  • PHIL 474: Principles of Business Ethics
  • PHIL 480: Social and Political Philosophy
  • PHIL 481: Philosophy of Action 
  • PHIL 482: Principles of Business Ethics
  • PHIL 484: Philosophy of Social Science
  • PHIL 490: Current Philosophical Issues