| PHIL 6010 - PLATO |
| Prerequisite: One course in philosophy or consent of the instructor.Not open to students with prior credit for Phil 611. Advanced introduction to the major areas of Plato'sphilosophy, which may include the relationship between virtue and knowledge, the theory of recollection, the theory of forms, the nature of sensible objects, and the relationship between the individual and the state. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6020 - ARISTOTLE |
| Prerequisite: One course in philosophy or consent of the instructor.Not open to students with prior credit for Phil 610. Advanced introduction to the major areas of Aristotle'sphilosophy, which may include early and later theories of substance, methodology, the study of nature, the soul, andethics. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6030 - TOPICS IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY |
| Prerequisite: One course in philosophy or consent of the instructor. Not open to students with prior credit for Phil 692. Investigation of a specific theme, philosopher, or text, such as Aristotle's ethics, the philosophy of Socrates,Plato's Republic, Stoicism, Hellenistic ethics, or Aristotle's philosophy of mind. May be repeated if topic varies. A maximum of 6 hours of credit may be applied toward the degree. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6040 - AUGUSTINE AND AQUINAS |
| (Same as RelS 6040. Formerly Phil 6120.) Selected works of the major religious philosophers of the Middle Ages with emphasis on their views on topicssuch as God, sin, human nature, free will, faith, andpolitics. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6050 - TOPICS IN MODERN PHILOSOPHY |
| (Formerly Phil 6150.) Intensive study of major works of at least two of the following rationalist or empiricist philosophers: Descartes,Spinoza, Leibniz, Malbranche, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, or Reid. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6055 - HUME |
| Advanced introduction to the major areas of Hume's philosophy.
Topics may include the relation between his theoretical and moral
philosophy, skepticism, causation, necessity, the foundations of
human knowledge, self-consciousness, personal identity, reason,
will, sentiment, naturalism, and normativity. May be repeated if
topic varies. A maximum of six credit hours may be applied toward
the degree. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6060 - KANT |
| (Formerly Phil 6160.) Selected works of Kant, such as The Critique of Pure Reason or The Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6070 - MARXISM |
| (Formerly Phil 6790.) Origin and development of central themes in the philosophyof Karl Marx, such as alienation, exploitation, and dialectical materialism, with limited reference to contemporary trends in Marxist thought. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6075 - TOPICS 19TH CENTURY PHILOSOPHY |
| Investigation of a specific theme, philosopher, or text, such as Hegel, Nietzsche, German Idealism, or the emergence of philosophy in America. May be repeated if topic varies, but only six credit hours may be applied to the major. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6080 - WITTGENSTEIN |
| (Formerly Phil 6170.) Intensive study of selected works, including the Tractacus Logico-Philosophicus, Philosophical Investigations, On Certainty, and others. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6085 - TOPICS HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY |
| Investigation of a specific theme, philosopher, or text, such as Scepticism in Ancient and Modern Philosophy, Anselm, or the Summa Contra Gentiles. May be repeated if topic varies, but only six credit hours may be applied to the major. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6090 - TOPICS IN CONTINENTAL PHILOSPHY |
| (Formerly Phil 6190.) Study of works of such authors as Husserl, Scheler, Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, and Ricoeur. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6095 - TOPICS IN ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY |
| Study of works of such authors as Russell, Moore, Carnap, Putnam, Lewis, Feinberg, Hart, and Rawls. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6100 - EPISTEMOLOGY |
| (Formerly Phil 6420.) Problems in the concept of knowledge, such as the definition of propositional knowledge, the problem ofinduction, the a priori, and theories of truth. May also include theories such as coherentism, reliabilism, and foundationalism. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6130 - PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE |
| (Formerly Phil 6430.) Varieties of scientific explanation; hypothesis formationand confirmation; paradigms, laws, and theories; the status of unobservable entities; holism and reductionism; science and values; nature and scope of scientific progress; limits of scientific explanation. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6150 - TOPICS IN EPISTEMOLOGY |
| Investigation of selected contemporary or classical topics in epistemology, May be repeated if topic varies. A maximum of six credit hours may be applied toward the major. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6300 - METAPHYSICS |
| Prerequisite: one upper-level course in philosophy or religious studies.(Same as RelS 6300. Formerly Phil 6600.)Topics may include personal identity and human nature; space, time, matter, and causality; freedom and determinism;teleology; conceptions of divinity; and world views and paradigm shifts. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6330 - PHILOSOPHY OF MIND |
| (Formerly Phil 6440.) Topics such as theories of mind; the connection between mental and physical states; the relation betweenmind, language, and the world; and artificial intelligence. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6350 - TOPICS IN METAPHYSICS |
| Study of specific issues in metaphysics, such as free will, causation, time, personal identity, possible worlds, existence of God, realism, etc. May be repeated if topic varies. A maximum of six credit hours may be applied toward the major. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6520 - SYMBOLIC LOGIC |
| Fundamentals of propositional and predicate logic, with selected topics in such areas as the logic of identity and relations. Emphasis placed on construction of proofs informal systems. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6530 - PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE |
| Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or consent of instructor. (Formerly Phil 6400.)Efforts in twentieth-century philosophy to account for the unique capacities of language to represent the worldand to communicate our beliefs about it. Topics may include the nature of language, theories of meaning and reference, semantic paradoxes, private language, speechacts, and nonhuman language. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6610 - HINDUISM |
| (Same as RelS 6610.) Introduction to Hindu religion and philosophy, with some consideration of Indian Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Islam,and contemporary thought. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6615 - BUDDHISM |
| (Same as RelS 6615.) Historical introduction to the Buddhist tradition, tracing its developments in India, Southeast Asia, Tibet, China, Japan, and the West. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6620 - CONFUCIANISM AND TAOISM |
| (Same as RelS 6620.) Historical introduction to Chinese religion and philosophy, tracing their developments in Confucianism and Taoism. Some consideration is given to Chinese Buddhism and popular religion. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6625 - ZEN AND SHINTO |
| (Same as RelS 6625.) Historical introduction to Japanese religion and philosophy, tracing their developments in Shinto, folk religion, and various Buddhist schools. Special consideration is given to Zen Buddhism. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6650 - RELIGION AND ETHICS |
| (Same as ReelS 6650.) Study of the relation between religion and morality,including both Eastern and Western religious perspectives. Topics may include such issues as warfare, social justice, sexual ethics, and issues in modern medicine. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6670 - CHURCH AND STATE |
| (Same as RelS 6670.)Philosophical and theological perspectives on the relationship between church and state. Issues such as conscientious objection, school prayer, the "free exercise"of religion, and Islamic attitudes toward the state. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6680 - WAR, PEACE, AND RELIGION |
| (Same as RelS 6680.)Comparative study of attitudes towards war and peace inmajor religious traditions. Topics may include the Christian just-war tradition; Islamic notions of jihad; Buddhist renunciation and pacificism; the writings of Gandhi; nuclear arms and the status of noncombatants; civil disobedience and conscientious objection; and religiously-motivated terrorism. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6700 - ETHICS |
| Major Western theories, such as relativism, egoism, emotivism, utilitarianism, deontology, naturalism, intuitionism, virtue, ethics, existential ethics, and feminist ethics. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6720 - ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS |
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A consideration of the challenges environmental problems pose for
ethical theory. Topics covered may include: the moral status of
nonhuman animals, environmental preservation and restoration,
environmental sustainability, development, human population growth,
ethics as it bears on issues in nonbiological environmental sciences,
and other related issues. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6740 - ADVANCED BIOMEDICAL ETHICS |
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Major moral problems in science and medicine, including abortion, death and euthanasia, treatment of the mentally ill, experimentation with human subjects, and genetic research. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6750 - TOPICS IN ETHICS |
| Study of the works of major authors or views in normative ethics and/or metaethics. The focus will be on contemporary ethics but the course may include some study of historical figures. May be repeated if topic varies. A maximum of six credit hours nay be applied toward the major. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6800 - SOCIAL & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY |
| (Formerly Phil 6760.) Issues such as the definition and justification of human rights, justice, social welfare, and forms of political participation, and the debate between ideologies. Readings from classical and contemporary sources, for example, Plato, Locke, Mill, Marx, and Rawls. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6820 - PHILOSOPHY OF LAW |
| Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or consent ofinstructor. (Formerly Phil 6720.) Topics such as theories of law, feminist legal theory, the nature of legal reasoning, legal obligation, law and justice, law and morality. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6822 - TOPICS IN PHILOSOPHY OF LAW |
| This course is designed to teach selected topics in the philosopohy of law.(Same as LAW 7296). 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6830 - PHILOSOPHY OF ART |
| Historical and contemporary accounts of the nature of art, aesthetic experience, creative activity, imagination, expression, interpretation, and aesthetic evaluation. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6850 - AFRICAN-AMERICAN ETHICAL/LEGAL ISSUES |
| Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or consent ofinstructor.(Same as AAS 4750. Formerly Phil 6750.)Application of ethical and legal theories to selected issues, such as affirmative action, the legality of slavery,civil disobedience, punishment, and reparations. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6855 - ADV TOPICS POLITICAL THEORY |
| Advanced survey of the great writings in political thought. Examines the contributions these works made to Western conceptions such as democracy, equality, human nature, citizenship, and liberty, as well as their continuing relevance for understanding contemporary moral and political dilemmas. May be repeated if topic varies. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6860 - PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON WOMEN |
| (Same as WSt 4360. Formerly Phil 6770.) Classical and contemporary issues concerning women, such as discrimination on the basis of gender, class, race, or sexuality, whether gender is natural or constructed, and historical roots of feminist and anti-feminist perspectives. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6890 - TOPICS SOCIAL & POLITICAL PHIL |
| Study of selected issues in social/political philosophy. The focus will be on contemporary ethics but the course may include some study of historical figures. May be repeated if topic varies. A maximum of six credit hours may be applied toward the major.
3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 6900 - ISSUES IN PHILOSOPHY |
| Examination of selected philosopher(s) or topic(s). May be repeated if topic varies, but only six hours of credit may be applied toward the degree. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 8000 - SEMINAR IN PHILOSOPHY |
| In-depth treatment of philosophical issues that are current topics of discussion among philosophers. May be repeated once if topic varies. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 8030 - SEMINAR IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY |
| Investigation of a specific theme, philosopher, or text such as Plato's Republic, Aristotle's metaphysics, Epicurus, Hellenistic ethics, or skepticism in ancient philosophy. May be repeated once if topic varies. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 8050 - SEMINAR IN ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY |
| Issues such as normativity, theories of truth, or contextualism.(May be repeated once if topic varies.) 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 8060 - SEMINAR IN MODERN PHILOSOPHY |
| Detailed examination of the writings of one or two of the following philosophers: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume or Kant. May be repeated once if topic varies. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 8090 - SEMINAR IN CONTINENTAL PHILOSPHY |
| (Formerly Phil 8600.) Topic or figure such as deconstructionism, de Beauvoir, Sartre, Foucault, or Habermas. May be repeated once if topic varies. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 8100 - SEMINAR IN EPISTEMOLOGY |
| (Formerly Phil 8200.) Issues such as truth, evidence, and belief; conditions of knowledge; recent discussions of the limits of scientific progress. May be repeated once if topic varies. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 8130 - SEMINAR IN PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE |
| Basic philosophical issues and problems attending any reasonably adequate discussion of the nature, function and limits of natural science and its relationship to the social sciences. Includes such topics as the logic of hypothesis construction, testability, criteria of confirmation, physical laws and their role in scientific explanation, thenature of scientific theories, scientific realism and instrumentalism, the completability of science, the social sciences, scientism, and the difference between philosophy and science. May be repeated once if topic varies. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 8300 - SEMINAR IN METAPHYSICS |
| (Formerly Phil 8150.) Selected topics such as free will, the nature of the mind, universals, and causation. May be repeated once if topic varies. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 8330 - SEMINAR IN PHILOSOPHY OF MIND |
| Examination of issues in philosophy of mind. Topics may include: dualism, behaviorism, identify theories,functionalism, eliminative materialism, mental content, mental causation, consciousness, qualia, subjectivity. May be repeated once if topic varies. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 8520 - SEMINAR IN LOGIC |
| Topics may include: metatheory, modal logic, and non-classical logics.May be repeated once it topic varies. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 8530 - SEMINAR IN PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE |
| Examination of issues in contemporary philosophy of language. Topics may include: truth, meaning, descriptions, attitude reports.May be repeated once if topic varies. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 8600 - SEMINAR PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION |
| Topics such as proofs of the existence of God, the nature of religious belief, the relationship between religion and ethics. May be repeated if topic varies. A maximum of six credit hours may be applied toward the major.
3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 8700 - SEMINAR IN ETHICS |
| (Formerly Phil 8400.)Topics such as Greek ethics, Kantian ethics, utilitarianism, feminist ethics, and religious ethics. Maybe repeated once if topic varies. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 8740 - SEMINAR IN BIOETHICS |
| Examination of contemporary issues in bioethics. Topics may include: research ethics-human and non-human subjects; end-of-life decision making; eugenics and The Human Genome Project; reproductive technology-cloning, freezing embryos, artificial insemination; abortion-maternal/fetal relations, embryonic stem cell research; and health care disparity-race, gender and income. May berepeated once if topic varies. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 8780 - PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION |
| (Same as EPSF 8270.) Examination of selected philosophical writings as they relate to the roles of students and teachers and the fundamental aims of education. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 8810 - SEMINAR IN SOCIAL & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY |
| Examination of issues in social and political philosophy.Topics such as democracy, liberalism, liberty, civil rights,and nationalism. May be repeated once if topic varies. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 8820 - SEMINAR IN PHILOSOPHY OF LAW |
| Examination of issues in contemporary legal philosphy. Topics include: legal positivism, natural law theory, human rights, and international law, legal interpretation, death penalty, race and the law, freedom of expression, and the right to privacy. May be repeated once if topic varies. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 8855 - SEMINAR IN POLITICAL THEORY |
| Seminar in Political Theory. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or consent of instructor. Intensive study of some great writings in political thought. Examines the contributions these works made to Western conceptions such as democracy, equality, human nature, citizenship, and liberty, as well as their continuing relevance for understanding contemporary moral and political dilemmas. May be repeated if topic varies. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 8870 - SEMINAR IN FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY |
| (Formerly Phil 8500.) Philosophical topics or figures in feminist theory, such as a study of the ways feminist theory has challenged traditional philosophical thought, feminist ethics, or the thought of Andrea Dworkin. May be repeated once if topics varies. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 8900 - INTERNSHIP |
| Prerequisite: Approval of the departmental Graduate Committee. Work experience in which philosophical skills are utilized. 3 to 6 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 8950 - DIRECTED READINGS |
| Independent study of philosophical texts under the supervision of a faculty member. Not to be usedas a substitute for topics normally covered in other graduate courses. May be repeated once for credit. 1 to 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 8960 - RESEARCH/TEACHING IN PHIL |
| Does not count toward degree requirements. Assisting ofphilosophy faculty members in their research or teachingclasses of one's own under the supervision of a facultymem ber. Required of all graduate students receiveing a stipend. May be repeated for credit. 3 to 12 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 8970 - TEACHING PHILOSOPHY |
| Does not count toward degree requirements. Prerequisite for being a graduate teaching assistant. Preparation course for teaching, covering syllabus design, making up tests, grading papers, and other classroom techniques. May be repeated for credit. 3 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 8980 - TEACHING PHILOSOPHY PRACTICUM |
| Does not count toward degree requirements. Apprenticeship in teaching for graduate teaching assistants. Required for all graduate teaching assistants in their first semester of teaching. May be repeated for credit. 3 to 12 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 8985 - ADVANCED TEACHING PHILOSOPHY PRACTICUM |
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Does not count toward degree requirements. Apprenticeship in teaching
for advanced graduate teaching assistants under faculty supervision.
Required for all graduate teaching assistants in their second and
subsequent semesters of teaching. GTAs learn how to document and
collect materials for Teaching Portfolio. May be repeated for credit. 3 to 12 Credit Hours |
| PHIL 8999 - THESIS RESEARCH |
| 1 to 6 Credit Hours |