Courses
Some philosophy classes are broad in the material that they cover, while others focus on a particular topic. Students are encouraged to begin with one or more introductory courses that introduce a broad area of philosophy. In addition to first-year seminars focusing on critical thinking and writing skills, the department offers introductory courses in such subjects as ethics, major Western philosophers, knowledge and reality, logic, and the philosophy of science.
We also offer a number of special interest courses that are accessible to beginning students and have no prerequisites, such as Symbolic Logic, Medical Ethics, Women and Philosophy, and Philosophy of the Arts.
Upper-level courses require 4 to 8 credits of prior course work in philosophy. They offer opportunities for in-depth study of such subjects as the philosophy of language, art, film, and neuroscience; the systematic study of one philosopher; analytic philosophy; advanced logic; and meta-ethics, among others.