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View our Fall 2025 timetable and our Spring 2026 timetable.
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Course outlines
SUMMER 2025
|
Course # |
Course title |
Instructor |
|
PHIL 201 A01 (Online) |
Critical Thinking |
C. Klatt |
|
PHIL 337 |
Ethics, Theory and Practice |
K. Brown |
FALL 2025
|
Course # |
Course title |
Instructor |
| PHIL 100 A01 | Introduction to Philosophy | |
| PHIL 100 A02 | Introduction to Philosophy |
D. Scott |
| PHIL 100 A03 | Introduction to Philosophy |
K. Brown |
| PHIL 100 A04 | Introduction to Philosophy |
K. Brown |
| PHIL 103 A01 | Five Big Ideas |
J. Young |
| PHIL 201 A01 (Online, Async) |
Critical Thinking |
C. Klatt |
| PHIL 203 A01 | Elementary Formal Logic |
A. Yap |
| PHIL 207A A01 | Introduction to Ancient Philosophy |
C. Roberts |
| PHIL 225 A01 | Death and Dying |
C. Goto-Jones |
| PHIL 227 A01 | Philosophy of Sex and Love |
A. Yap |
| PHIL 232 A01 | Moral Problems of Contemporary Society |
S. Woodcock |
| PHIL 251 A01 | Knowledge, Certainty and Skepticism |
P. Rysiew |
| PHIL 260 A01 | Introduction to Philosophy of Mind |
E. Hochstein |
| PHIL 301 A01 | Plato | C. Roberts |
| PHIL 306 A01 | The Rationalists |
E. Kluge |
| PHIL 308 A01 | The Empiricists |
J. Young |
| PHIL 309 A01 | Kant |
T. Land |
| PHIL 331 A01 | Issues in Biomedical Ethics |
E. Kluge |
| PHIL 333 A01 (X 314) | Philosophy and the Environment |
C. Goto-Jones |
| PHIL 339 A01 | Theories of Justice |
C. Macleod |
| PHIL 356 A01 | Philosophy of Science |
E. Hochstein |
| PHIL 433 A01 (X PHIL 535; LAW 343) |
Topics in Philosophy: Advanced Social & Political Philosophy: Transitional Justice |
C. Holder |
| PHIL 490 A01 (X PHIL 500) |
Topics in Philosophy: On Human Nature: A Study of Raymond Tallis’ The Explicit Animal |
D. Scott |
SPRING 2026
|
Course # |
Course title |
Instructor |
| PHIL 100 A01 | Introduction to Philosophy |
S. Woodcock |
| PHIL 100 A02 | Introduction to Philosophy |
D. Scott |
| PHIL 100 A03 | Introduction to Philosophy |
K. Brown |
| PHIL 100 A04 | Introduction to Philosophy |
K. Brown |
| PHIL 103 A01 | Five Big Ideas |
A. Yap |
| PHIL 201 A01 (Online, Async) |
Critical Thinking |
C. Klatt |
| PHIL 201 A02 | Critical Thinking |
T. Land |
| PHIL 203 A01 | Elementary Formal Logic |
C. Roberts |
| PHIL 207A A01 | Introduction to Early Modern Philosophy |
D. Scott |
| PHIL 225 A01 | Death and Dying |
C. Goto-Jones |
| PHIL 232 A01 | Moral Problems of Contemporary Society |
K. Brown |
| PHIL 232 A02 | Moral Problems of Contemporary Society |
P. Dietsch |
| PHIL 235 A01 | Ethics of Violence, War and Terrorism |
C. Maier |
| PHIL 238 A01 | Philosophy in Literature | N. Belmonte
|
| PHIL 239 | Philosophy and Feminism | C. Holder |
| PHIL 303 A01 | Aristotle |
D. Scott |
| PHIL 312 A01 | Traditions of Asian Philosophy |
C. Goto-Jones |
| PHIL 314 A01 | 19th Century Philosophy |
T. Land |
| PHIL 330 A01 | Professional and Business Ethics |
P. Dietsch |
| PHIL 331 A01 | Issues in Biomedical Ethics |
E. Kluge |
| PHIL 335 A01 | Contemporary Moral Philosophy |
C. Macleod |
| PHIL 337 A01 | Ethics: Theory and Practice |
S. Woodcock |
| PHIL 358 A01 | Theory of Perception |
P. Rysiew |
| PHIL 362 A01 | Philosophy of Mind |
E. Hochstein |
| PHIL 420 A01 (X PHIL 521) |
Topics in Philosophy: Advanced Topics in Philosophy of Science: What is Cognition? |
E. Hochstein |
| PHIL 433 A01 (X PHIL 535) |
Topics in Philosophy: Equity, Class, and Justice |
C. Macleod |
|
PHIL 451 A01 (X PHIL 551) |
Topics in Philosophy: Advanced Epistemology: TBA |
E. Kluge |
SPRING 2025
|
Course # |
Course title |
Instructor |
| PHIL 100 A01 | Introduction to Philosophy |
J. Young |
| PHIL 100 A02 | Introduction to Philosophy |
D. Scott |
| PHIL 100 A03 | Introduction to Philosophy |
K. Brown |
| PHIL 100 A04 | Introduction to Philosophy |
K. Brown |
| PHIL 201 A01 | Critical Thinking |
C. Klatt (Outline) |
| PHIL 201 A02 | Critical Thinking |
T. Land (Outline) |
| PHIL 203 A01 | Elementary Formal Logic |
M. Raven () |
| PHIL 207A A01 | Introduction to Ancient Philosophy |
C. Roberts (Outline) |
| PHIL 223 A01 | Introduction to Philosophy of the Social Sciences |
P. Dietsch (Outline) |
| PHIL 225 A01 | Death and Dying |
C. Goto-Jones |
| PHIL 232 A01 | Moral Problems of Contemporary Society |
P. Dietsch (Outline) |
| PHIL 239 A01 | Philosophy and Feminism |
K. Stockdale (Outline) |
| PHIL 227 A01 | Selected Topics: Love, Sex and Friendship |
A. Yap (Outline) |
| PHIL 290 A01 | Selected Topics: Ethics of Artificial Intelligence |
C. Klatt (Outline) |
| PHIL 303 A01 | Aristotle |
D. Scott (Outline) |
| PHIL 308 A01 | The Empiricists |
J. Young (Outline) |
| PHIL 311 A01 | Existentialist Thinkers |
C. Goto-Jones (Outline) |
| PHIL 321 A01 | Philosophy of Medicine |
E. Kluge (Outline) |
| PHIL 331 A01 | Issues in Biomedical Ethics |
E. Kluge (Outline) |
| PHIL 335 A01 | Contemporary Moral Philosophy |
K. Brown |
| PHIL 337 A01 | Ethics: Theory and Practice |
S. Woodcock (Outline) |
| PHIL 338 A01 | Meta-Ethics |
S. Woodcock (Outline) |
| PHIL 354 A01 | Philosophy of Language |
A. Yap (Outline) |
| PHIL 358 A01 | Theory of Perception |
P. Rysiew (Outline) |
| PHIL 360 A01 | Philosophy and Film |
N. Belmonte (Outline) |
| PHIL 379 A01 = 25 X GRS 379=10 | Early Greek Thought |
C. Roberts (Outline) |
| PHIL 390 A01 | Selected Topics: Philosophy of the Emotions |
K. Stockdale (Outline) |
| PHIL 490 A01 |
Topics in Philosophy: Nonfundamental Metaphysics: Social metaphysics and the metaphysics of artifacts |
M. Raven () |
| PHIL 490 A02 |
Topics in Philosophy: Advanced Topics: Believing and Reasoning |
T. Land (Outline) |
| PHIL 436 A01 (x Law = 343) |
Topics in Philosophy: Advanced Philosophy of Law: Human Rights |
C. Holder (Outline) |
FALL 2024
|
Course # |
Course title |
Instructor |
|
PHIL 100 A01 |
Introduction to Philosophy |
J. Young |
|
PHIL 100 A02 |
Introduction to Philosophy |
D. Scott |
|
PHIL 100 A03 |
Introduction to Philosophy |
K. Brown |
|
PHIL 100 A04 |
Introduction to Philosophy |
K. Brown |
|
PHIL 201 |
Critical Thinking |
C. Klatt |
|
PHIL 203 |
Elementary Formal Logic |
A. Yap |
|
PHIL 204 |
Traditions of Asian Philosophy |
C. Goto-Jones |
|
PHIL 208 |
Introduction of Islamic Philosophy |
C. Roberts |
|
PHIL 210 |
Introduction to Early Modern Philosophy |
T. Land |
|
PHIL 211 |
Introduction to Existentialism |
N. Belmonte |
|
PHIL 225 |
Death and Dying |
K. Stockdale |
| PHIL 232 A01 |
Moral Problems of Contemporary Society |
S. Woodcock |
|
PHIL 232 A02 |
Moral Problems of Contemporary Society |
P. Dietsch |
|
PHIL 235 |
Ethics of Violence, War and Terrorism |
C. Holder |
|
PHIL 290 |
Selected Topics: Philosophy and Science Fiction |
E. Kluge |
|
PHIL 301 |
Plato |
C. Roberts |
|
PHIL 306 |
The Rationalists |
D. Scott |
|
PHIL 309 |
Kant |
T. Land |
|
PHIL 330 |
Professional and Business Ethics |
P. Dietsch |
|
PHIL 331 |
Issues in Biomedical Ethics |
E. Kluge |
|
PHIL 333 A01 = 30 (x ED 314 =30) |
Philosophy and the Environment (Ecophilosophy, Subjectivity, and Ecotherapy) |
C. Goto-Jones |
| PHIL 339 | Theories of Justice |
C. Macleod |
| PHIL 351 | Epistemology |
P. Rysiew |
| PHIL 352 | Metaphysics |
M. Raven |
| PHIL 375 A01 =25 (x Math 375 =25) | Philosophy of Mathematics |
M. Raven |
| PHIL 390 | Selected Topics: Ethics and Art |
S. Woodcock |
|
PHIL 440 X PHIL 541 |
Topics in Philosophy: Aesthetics | J. Young |
|
PHIL 433 X PHIL 535 |
Topics in Philosophy: Advanced Social and Political Philosophy: Colective Responsibility |
A. Yap |
SPRING 2024
|
Course # |
Course title |
Instructor |
|
PHIL 100 |
Introduction to Philosophy |
J. Young |
|
PHIL 100 |
Introduction to Philosophy |
D. Scott |
|
PHIL 100 |
Introduction to Philosophy |
K. Brown |
|
PHIL 100 |
Introduction to Philosophy |
K. Brown |
|
PHIL 201 |
Critical Thinking |
G. McComb |
|
PHIL 201 |
Critical Thinking |
T. Land (Outline) |
|
PHIL 203 |
Elementary Formal Logic |
M. Raven |
|
PHIL 225 |
Death and Dying |
K. Stockdale |
|
PHIL 232 |
Moral Problems of Contemporary Society |
S. Woodcock |
|
PHIL 235 |
Ethics of Violence, War and Terrorism |
C. Holder |
|
PHIL 239 |
Philosophy and Feminism |
K. Stockdale |
|
PHIL 303 |
Aristotle |
D. Scott |
|
PHIL 306 |
The Rationalists |
T. Land |
|
PHIL 308 |
The Empiricists |
J. Young |
|
PHIL 331 |
Biomedical Ethics |
E-H. Kluge |
|
PHIL 335 |
Contemporary Moral Philosophy |
K. Brown |
|
PHIL 337 |
Ethics: Theory and Practice |
S. Woodcock |
|
PHIL 339 |
Theories of Justice |
P. Dietsch |
|
PHIL 352 |
Metaphysics |
M. Raven |
|
PHIL 356 |
Philosophy of Science |
E. Hochstein |
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PHIL 358 |
Theory of Perception |
P. Rysiew |
|
PHIL 360 |
Philosophy and Film |
N. Belmonte |
|
PHIL 362 |
Philosophy of Mind |
E. Hochstein |
|
PHIL 379 X GRS 379 |
Early Greek Thought |
C. Roberts |
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PHIL 383 X GRS 380 |
The Life and Times of Socrates |
C. Roberts |
|
PHIL 390 |
Selected Topics: Philosophy and Climate Change |
T. Heyd |
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PHIL 431 X PHIL 500 A02 |
Topics: Advanced Biomedical Ethics: MAiD and Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Ethical Considerations |
E. Kluge |
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PHIL 433 X PHIL 535 |
Topics: Advanced Social and Political Philosophy: The Political Philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
P. Dietsch |
|
PHIL 436 X LAW 343 X PHIL 500 A01 |
Topics: Advanced Philosophy of Law: The Right to Truth |
C. Holder |
FALL 2023
|
Course # |
Course title |
Instructor |
|
PHIL 100 |
Introduction to Philosophy |
J. Young |
|
PHIL 100 |
Introduction to Philosophy |
D. Scott |
|
PHIL 100 |
Introduction to Philosophy |
K. Brown |
|
PHIL 100 |
Introduction to Philosophy |
K. Brown |
|
PHIL 201 |
Critical Thinking |
G. McComb |
|
PHIL 201 |
Critical Thinking |
C. Roberts |
|
PHIL 203 |
Elementary Formal Logic |
A. Yap |
|
PHIL 208 |
Introduction to Islamic Philosophy |
E-H. Kluge |
|
PHIL 211 |
Introduction to Existentialism |
N. Belmonte |
|
PHIL 220 |
Introduction to Philosophy of Science |
E. Hochstein |
|
PHIL 225 |
Death and Dying |
K. Stockdale |
|
PHIL 232 |
Moral Problems of Contemporary Society |
S. Woodcock |
|
PHIL 236 |
Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy |
C. Holder |
|
PHIL 240 |
Introduction to Philosophy of Art |
J. Young |
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PHIL 251 |
Knowledge, Certainty and Skepticism |
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PHIL 252 |
Introduction to Metaphysics |
M. Raven |
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PHIL 260 |
Introduction to Philosophy of Mind |
|
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PHIL 261 |
Philosophy of Religion |
C. Goto-Jones |
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PHIL 290 |
Selected Topics: Love, Sex and Friendship |
A. Yap |
|
PHIL 301 |
Plato |
C. Roberts |
|
PHIL 303 |
Aristotle |
D. Scott |
|
PHIL 309 |
Kant |
T. Land |
|
PHIL 314 |
19th Century Philosophy |
T. Land |
|
PHIL 330 |
Professional and Business Ethics |
S. Richard |
|
PHIL 331 |
Biomedical Ethics |
E-H. Kluge |
|
PHIL 333 X ES 314 |
Philosophy and the Environment (Eco-philosophy, subjectivity, and ecotherapy) |
C. Goto-Jones |
|
PHIL 336 |
Philosophy of Law |
C. Holder |
|
PHIL 338 |
Meta-ethics |
S. Woodcock |
|
PHIL 430 X PHIL 534 |
Advanced Ethics: Feminist Ethics |
K. Stockdale |
|
PHIL 490 X PHIL 500 |
Advanced Topics in Philosophy: On Human Nature: A Study of Raymond Tallis’ The Explicit Animal |
D. Scott |
SUMMER 2023
| Course # | Course title | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| PHIL 201 A01 |
Critical Thinking May 15 - June 30 ONLINE - asynchronous |
C. Klatt |
| PHIL 232 A01 |
Moral Problems of Contemporary Society May 15 - June 7 MTWRF 10:30-12:20 In-person |
K. Brown |
SPRING 2023
| Course # | Course title | Instructor |
| PHIL 100 A01 | Introduction to Philosophy |
J. Young |
| PHIL 100 A02 | Introduction to Philosophy |
D. Scott |
| PHIL 100 A03 | Introduction to Philosophy |
K. Brown |
| PHIL 100 A04 | Introduction to Philosophy |
K. Brown |
| PHIL 201 A01 | Critical Thinking |
C. Klatt |
| PHIL 201 A02 | Critical Thinking |
T. Land |
| PHIL 203 | Elementary Formal Logic |
M. Raven |
| PHIL 208 | Introduction to Islamic Philosophy |
C. Roberts |
| PHIL 210 | Introduction to Early Modern Philosophy |
D. Scott |
| PHIL 225 A01 | Death and Dying |
K. Stockdale |
| PHIL 225 A02 | Death and Dying |
G. McComb |
| PHIL 232 | Moral Problems of Contemporary Society |
P. Dietsch |
| PHIL 235 | Ethics of Violence, War and Terrorism |
C. Holder |
| PHIL 251 | Knowledge, Certainty and Skepticism |
P. Rysiew |
| PHIL 261 | Philosophy of Religion |
C. Goto-Jones |
| PHIL 306 | The Rationalists |
E. Kluge |
| PHIL 311 | Existentialist Thinkers |
C. Goto-Jones |
| PHIL 314 | 19th Century Philosophy |
T. Land |
| PHIL 330 | Professional and Business Ethics |
P. Dietsch |
| PHIL 331 | Issues in Biomedical Ethics |
E. Kluge |
| PHIL 336 | Philosophy of Law |
C. Holder |
| PHIL 337 | Ethics: Theory and Practice |
K. Brown |
| PHIL 352 | Metaphysics |
M. Raven |
| PHIL 354 | Philosophy of Language |
A. Yap |
| PHIL 360 | Philosophy and Film |
N. Belmonte |
| PHIL 362 | Philosophy of Mind |
E. Hochstein |
|
PHIL 383 X GRS 380 |
The Life and Times of Socrates |
C. Roberts |
| PHIL 390 | Advanced Topics in Philosophy: Wittgenstein |
P. Rysiew |
|
PHIL 440 X PHIL 541 |
Advanced Topics in Philosophy: Aesthetics |
J. Young |
|
PHIL 490 A01 X PHIL 500 A01 |
Advanced Topics in Philosophy: Philosophy of Psychiatry |
E. Hochstein |
|
PHIL 490 A02 X PHIL 500 A02 |
Advanced Topics in Philosophy: Hope and Despair |
K. Stockdale |
FALL 2022
| Course # | Course title | Instructor |
|
PHIL 100 A01 |
Introduction to Philosophy |
J. Young |
| PHIL 100 A02 | Introduction to Philosophy |
D. Scott |
| PHIL 100 A03 | Introduction to Philosophy |
K. Brown |
| PHIL 100 A04 | Introduction to Philosophy |
K. Brown |
| PHIL 201 | Critical Thinking |
C. Klatt |
| PHIL 203 | Elementary Formal Logic |
A. Yap |
| PHIL 204 | Traditions of Asian Philosophy |
C. Goto-Jones |
| PHIL 207A | Introduction to Ancient Philosophy |
T. Heyd |
| PHIL 211 | Introduction to Existentialism |
N. Belmonte |
| PHIL 223 | Introduction to Philosophy of Social Sciences |
P. Dietsch |
| PHIL 232 | Moral Problems of Contemporary Society |
S. Woodcock |
| PHIL 236 | Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy |
C. Holder |
| PHIL 239 | Philosophy and Feminism |
K. Stockdale |
| PHIL 240 | Introduction to Philosophy of Art |
T. Heyd |
| PHIL 260 | Introduction to Philosophy of Mind |
E. Hochstein |
| PHIL 301 | Plato |
C. Roberts |
| PHIL 303 | Aristotle |
D. Scott |
| PHIL 305A | Early Medieval Philosophy |
E. Kluge |
| PHIL 308 | The Empiricists |
J. Young |
| PHIL 309 | Kant |
T. Land |
| PHIL 316 | History of Analytic Philosophy |
M. Raven |
| PHIL 321 | Philosophy of Medicine |
E. Hochstein |
| PHIL 331 | Issues in Biomedical Ethics |
E. Kluge |
| PHIL 333 | Philosophy and the Environment |
T. Heyd |
| PHIL 335 | Contemporary Moral Philosophy |
C. Macleod |
| PHIL 339 | Theories of Justice |
C. Holder |
| PHIL 351 | Epistemology |
P. Rysiew |
| PHIL 358 | Theories of Perception |
P. Rysiew |
| PHIL 375 | Philosophy of Mathematics |
M. Raven |
| PHIL 390 | Topics in Philosophy: Moral Character |
K. Stockdale |
| PHIL 390 | Topics in Philosophy: Buddhist Philosophy and Psychology |
C. Goto-Jones |
|
PHIL 426 X PHIL 500 A01 |
Major Figures in Ancient Philosophy: Plato's Republic |
C. Roberts |
|
PHIL 430 X PHIL 500 A03 |
Advanced Ethics: Utilitarianism |
S. Woodcock |
|
PHIL 490 X PHIL 500 A02 |
Advanced Studies in Early Modern Philosophy: Kant, Critique of Judgment |
T. Land |
SPRING 2022
| Course # | Course title | Instructor |
| PHIL 100 A01 | Introduction to Philosophy |
J. Young |
| PHIL 100 A02 | Introduction to Philosophy |
S. Woodcock |
| PHIL 100 A03 | Introduction to Philosophy |
K. Brown |
| PHIL 100 A04 | Introduction to Philosophy |
K. Brown |
| PHIL 201 A01 (ONL - A) | Critical Thinking |
C. Klatt |
| PHIL 201 A02 | Critical Thinking |
T. Land |
| PHIL 203 A01 | Elementary Formal Logic |
M. Raven |
| PHIL 207A A01 | Introduction to Ancient Philosophy |
T. Heyd |
| PHIL 232 A01 | Moral Problems of Contemporary Society |
T. Heyd |
| PHIL 232 A02 | Moral Problems of Contemporary Society |
P. Dietsch |
| PHIL 236 A01 | Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy |
C. Holder |
| PHIL 239 A01 | Philosophy and Feminism |
K. Brown |
| PHIL 251 A01 | Knowledge, Certainty and Skepticism |
P. Rysiew |
| PHIL 260 A01 | Introduction to Philosophy of Mind |
E. Hochstein |
| PHIL 290 A01 | Introduction to Selected Topic: Philosophy of Sex, Love and Friendship |
A. Yap |
| PHIL 305B A01 | Later Medieval Philosophy |
C. Roberts |
| PHIL 306 A01 | The Rationalists |
E. Kluge |
| PHIL 308 A01 | The Empiricists |
J. Young |
| PHIL 309 A01 | Kant |
T. Land |
| PHIL 311 A01 (ONL - B) | Existentialist Thinkers |
C. Goto-Jones |
| PHIL 314 A01 | 19th Century Philosophy |
N. Belmonte |
| PHIL 331 A01 | Issues in Biomedical Ethics |
E. Kluge |
| PHIL 337 A01 | Ethics: Theory and Practice |
S. Woodcock |
| PHIL 352 A01 | Metaphysics |
M. Raven |
| PHIL 356 A01 | Philosophy of Science |
E. Hochstein |
|
PHIL 379 A01 (X GRS 379) |
Early Greek Thought |
C. Roberts |
|
PHIL 390 A01 (X PSYC 391) (ONL - B) |
Topics in Philosophy: Buddhist Philosophy and Psychology |
C. Goto-Jones |
| PHIL 390 A02 | Topics in Philosophy: Tax, Property, and Inequality |
R. Tonkin |
|
PHIL 427 A01 X PHIL 500 A01 |
Advanced Studies in Early Modern Philosophy: Thomas Reid |
P. Rysiew |
|
PHIL 433 A01 X PHIL 535 A02 |
Advanced Social and Political Philosophy: The Equity-Efficiency Trade-Off |
P. Dietsch |
|
PHIL 436 A01 X LAW 343 X PHIL 535 A01 |
Advanced Philosophy of Law: International Human Rights |
C. Holder |