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Course Rotation Guidelines

Although many factors play a role in which courses are offered each semester, the Philosophy Department attempts to use the following guidelines when selecting courses. Students may find these guidelines useful for planning their course through the major. For the most up-to-date information, contact your advisor.

Offered Every Semester

100 Introduction to Philosophy
101 Meaning, Purpose, and the Good Life
105 Critical Thinking (this course is a great choice for students who wish to learn the basic skills of critical thinking, skills that will apply in philosophy courses and other courses throughout the curriculum; this course is non-mathematical in nature)
106 Introduction to Logic (this course is an excellent choice for students who wish to pursue the major and who desire to take the upper-division course in logic later in their education; this course includes mathematical logic, symbolization, and proofs, truth tables, etc.)
120 Introduction to Ethics
290 Greek Philosophy
300 Rationalism and Empiricism
303 Introduction to Philosophy of Science
312 Business and Professional Ethics
314 Medical Ethics
315 Argument and Writing
320 Contemporary Moral Issues
323 Existentialism
325 Philosophy of Sex and Love
349 Philosophy, Literature and Cinema
368 Symbolic Logic
377 Philosophical Approaches to Race, Class and Gender
One seminar (PHIL 447-490) every semester
493 Senior Internship in Ethics and Society
Approximately 3 courses for majors in the evening (5:30 or later)


Offered Once Per Year

227 Video Games, the Arts and Philosophy
301 Kant and the 19th Century
311 Aesthetics: Philosophy of Art and Beauty
343 Philosophy of  Feminism
345 Social and Political Philosophy
350 Asian Philosohy
355 Philosophy of Law
420, 425, 430 or 440: One offered every semester

Other Courses (Offered Periodically)

291 Medieval Philosophy
313 Environmental Ethics
316 Research Ethics
375 Meaning and Mind
379 American Philosophy
382 Marx and Marxism
383 Postmodernism
 410 Ethical Theory
435 Philosophy of Language