Appendix A - Courses
Philosophy
| PHIL*6000 Value Theory U [0.50] |
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| A critical examination of some selected contemporary works in value theory or aesthetics. |
| PHIL*6060 Logic U [0.50] |
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| A course designed to bring the individual student to the level of competence in logical techniques and theory required for graduate studies. |
| PHIL*6110 Philosophy of Religion U [0.50] |
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| A critical examination of some selected major works or central problems in the philosophy of religion. |
| PHIL*6120 Philosophy of Mind U [0.50] |
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| A study of contemporary theories of mind and philosophies of psychology. |
| PHIL*6140 Continental Theory I U [0.50] |
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| A study of the historical and contemporary origins of existentialism, phenomenology and post-modernism, concentrating on one or several of the classic texts. |
| PHIL*6150 Continental Theory II U [0.50] |
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| A study of the historical and contemporary origins of existentialism, phenomenology and post-modernism, concentrating on texts not covered in PHIL*6140 in the same year. |
| PHIL*6200 Problems of Contemporary Philosophy U [0.50] |
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| A study of a particular set of problems in contemporary philosophy. |
| PHIL*6210 Metaphysics U [0.50] |
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| A critical examination of some selected major works or central problems in metaphysics. |
| PHIL*6220 Epistemology U [0.50] |
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| A critical examination of some selected major works or central problems in epistemology. |
| PHIL*6230 Ethics U [0.50] |
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| A critical examination of some selected contemporary works or problems in ethical theory. |
| PHIL*6240 Biomedical Ethics U [0.50] |
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| A critical examination of some selected contemporary works or of problems in biomedical ethics. |
| PHIL*6310 Plato U [0.50] |
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| A study of some of the major works of Plato. |
| PHIL*6311 Aristotle U [0.50] |
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| A study of some of the major works of Aristotle. |
| PHIL*6320 Medieval Philosophy U [0.50] |
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| A close examination of particular problems and texts of the medieval period |
| PHIL*6340 Modern Philosophy U [0.50] |
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| An examination of major texts, from Descartes to Mill. |
| PHIL*6500 John Locke U [0.50] |
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| A critical examination of the works of John Locke. |
| PHIL*6530 Kant U [0.50] |
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| A critical examination of the works of Immanuel Kant. |
| PHIL*6600 Social and Political Philosophy U [0.50] |
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| A critical examination of some selected contemporary works or central problems in the field of social philosophy. |
| PHIL*6700 Survey of Ancient Philosophy U [0.50] |
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| A survey of modern philosophy from Hobbes to Hume for students in the philosophy MA program without a BA in philosophy. |
| PHIL*6710 Survey of Early Modern Philosophy U [0.50] |
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| A survey of modern philosophy from Hobbes to Hume for students in the philosophy MA program without a BA in philosophy. |
| PHIL*6720 History of the Philosophy of Science U [0.50] |
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| A survey of the history of the philosophy of science from the Presocratics to the Positivists. |
| PHIL*6730 Contemporary Philosophy of Science U [0.50] |
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| An examination of the contemporary discipline of the philosophy of science. |
| PHIL*6740 Philosophy of Biology U [0.50] |
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| A general introduction to the history and philosophy of biology. |
| PHIL*6750 Philosophy of Social Science U [0.50] |
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| A critical examination of issues in the philosophy of social science |
| PHIL*6760 Science and Ethics U [0.50] |
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| A consideration of the problems which arise in the conjunction of science and ethics. |
| PHIL*6770 Special Research Paper I U [0.50] |
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| A research course in a topic of the student's choice, guided by an individual faculty member. |
| PHIL*6780 Special Research Paper II U [0.50] |
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| A research course in a topic of the student's choice, guided by an individual faculty member. |
| PHIL*6810 Survey of Late Modern Philosophy U [0.50] |
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| A survey of modern philosophy from Kant to the late 19th century for students in the MA program without a BA in philosophy. |
| PHIL*6930 Selected Topics I U [0.50] |
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| Topics in this course will vary from offering to offering. |
| PHIL*6940 Selected Topics II U [0.50] |
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| Topics in this course will vary from offering to offering. |
| PHIL*6950 MA Seminar U [0.50] |
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| A seminar course in which students work on developing research papers in topics of their own choice. This course must be taken by all MA students. Students must register for this course in both fall and winter semesters. |
| PHIL*6960 PhD Graduate Seminar U [0.50] |
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| A seminar course in which students work on developing research papers in topics of their own choice. Students must register for this course in both fall and winter semesters. PhD students must do at least one and may do two graduate seminar courses during their programs. |
| PHIL*6990 Guided Research Project U [1.00] |
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| A guided research project undertaken by students doing an MA by course work, under the supervision of a faculty member. |