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:

  • 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