Requirements for the Major
Courses are listed according to the requirements they fulfill for the undergraduate degree in philosophy. Note that courses listed under more than one category can meet only one or the other, but not both.
Logic
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHIL 6a | Introduction to Symbolic Logic |
| PHIL 106b | Mathematical Logic |
History
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHIL 107b | Kant's Moral Theory |
| PHIL 122a | History of Ethics |
| PHIL 149a | Leibniz, Hume and Kant on Necessity |
| PHIL 161a | Plato |
| PHIL 162b | Aristotle |
| PHIL 166a | Hume |
| PHIL 167a | Hegel |
| PHIL 168a | Critique of Pure Reason |
| PHIL 170a | Topics in the History of Philosophy |
| PHIL 179a | God, Man and World: Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz |
| PHIL 180b | From Sensation to Understanding: Locke, Berkeley and Hume |
| PHIL 181a | Schopenhauer and Nietzsche: Art and Politics |
| NEJS 157a | Spinoza Now! |
Upper-Level Ethics
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHIL 107b | Kant's Moral Theory |
| PHIL 108a | Philosophy of Gender |
| PHIL 109b | Ethics and the Emotions |
| PHIL 110a | The Meaning of Life |
| PHIL 111a | What Is Justice? |
| PHIL 112a | Social Contract Theory and Its Critics |
| PHIL 114b | Topics in Ethical Theory |
| PHIL 116a | Topics in Political Philosophy |
| PHIL 117b | Topics in the Philosophy of Law |
| PHIL 118a | War and Morality |
| PHIL 119a | Human Rights |
| PHIL 121a | Normative Questions of the Welfare State |
| PHIL 122a | History of Ethics |
| PHIL 123b | Neuroethics |
| PHIL 125b | Philosophy of Law |
| PHIL 126a | What Does It Mean to Be a Global Citizen? |
| PHIL 127a | Lying and Deception |
| PHIL 151a | Philosophy of Action |
| PHIL 161a | Plato |
Upper-Level Metaphysics and Epistemology
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHIL 115b | Art, Technology and Thinking in Heidegger's Later Thought |
| PHIL 124b | Truth Even Unto Its Innermost Parts? -- The Ethics of Belief |
| PHIL 130a | Causation and Explanation |
| PHIL 131a | Philosophy of Mind |
| PHIL 131b | The Metaphysics of Death |
| PHIL 132a | Infinity |
| PHIL 133a | Consciousness, Brain and Self |
| PHIL 133b | Mental Content: Mind, World and Meaning |
| PHIL 134b | Philosophy of Perception |
| PHIL 135a | Theory of Knowledge |
| PHIL 136a | Personal Identity |
| PHIL 137a | Nature or Nurture: The Innateness Controversy |
| PHIL 138b | Philosophy of Mathematics |
| PHIL 139a | Belief and Probability |
| PHIL 139b | Topics in Logic: "Conditionals" |
| PHIL 140a | Logic and Language |
| PHIL 141b | Topics in Philosophy and Cognitive Science |
| PHIL 143a | Foundations in Decision Theory and Game Theory |
| PHIL 144a | Philosophical Problems of Space and Time |
| PHIL 145b | Topics in the Philosophy of Language |
| PHIL 146a | Idea of God |
| PHIL 147a | Transcendental Arguments |
| PHIL 149a | Leibniz, Hume and Kant on Necessity |
| PHIL 150b | Topics in Epistemology and Metaphysics |
| PHIL 151a | Philosophy of Action |
| PHIL 166a | Hume |
| PHIL 168a | Critique of Pure Reason |
| PHIL 170a | Topics in the History of Philosophy |
| PHIL 179a | God, Man and World: Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz |
| PHIL 180b | From Sensation to Understanding: Locke, Berkeley and Hume |
| PHIL 182a | Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations |
Uncategorized, But Could Serve as Elective
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHIL 1a | Introduction to Philosophy |
| PHIL 7a | Science, Evolution and Design |
| PHIL 13b | The Idea of the Market: Economic Philosophies |
| PHIL 17a | Introduction to Ethics |
| PHIL 21a | Environmental Ethics |
| PHIL 23b | Biomedical Ethics |
| PHIL 24a | Philosophy of Religion |
| PHIL 35a | Philosophy of Science |
| PHIL 37a | Philosophy of Language |
| PHIL 66b | Contemporary Analytic Philosophy |
| PHIL 74b | Foundations of American Pragmatism |
| PHIL 113b | Aesthetics: Painting, Photography and Film |
| PHIL 123a | Existentialism |
| PHIL 129a | Philosophical Problems |