Historical grades cover up to five years through the selected term. Grade sorting prioritizes courses with at least 100 letter grades.
ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS examines the adequacy of ethical theories in addressing harms to the land, posterity, endangered species, and the ecosystem itself.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Historical reviews of Frederic Neyrat: Neyrat's summer section required four assignments for the entire grade, with moderate difficulty.
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Fall 2025–Fall 2025 · limited samplePHILOS 101 introduces students to various philosophical questions and the strategies philosophers use to address them.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
The course involves three essays and exams, with grading heavily weighted toward writing assignments and participation, though study guides are provided for tests.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026PHILOS 243 examines moral issues in business through case studies and the reasons used to settle them.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Historical reviews of Aaron Yarmel, Arun Baxter, Casey Rufener: Workload varies by instructor. Some require minimal weekly assignments and easy exams, while others demand difficult readings and multiple open-note tests. Attendance policies also differ, ranging from highly encouraged to mandatory.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026PHILOS 341: CONTEMPORARY MORAL ISSUES provides a philosophical study of major moral issues in contemporary society.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Historical reviews of David O'Brien, Harry Brighouse, Kevin Dewan, Marcos Picchio: Workload typically includes three papers, two exams or tests, and weekly discussion posts or short responses, which reviewers generally found manageable.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026PHILOS 530 examines philosophical problems associated with free will.
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Spring 2022–Fall 2025 · limited samplePHILOS 541 explores ethical theories and problems from the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026PHILOS 551 explores the nature of mind and mental states, examining their relationship to physical states through recent advances in philosophy and psychology.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Historical reviews of Farid Masrour, Sarah Paul: Readings are consistently characterized as dense, though Masrour simplifies them while Paul provided no clarification.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026PHILOS 560 explores major problems in metaphysics including existence, universals, space and time, and substance.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Students who demonstrate effort and care for the class are likely to do well under his reasonable grading standards.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026PHILOS 599 is a directed study course allowing students to pursue independent research or study topics arranged with a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026 · limited samplePHILOS 681 is a mentored study course for senior Philosophy majors to complete honors theses.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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PHILOS 682 is a mentored study course for seniors completing honors theses in the Philosophy major.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited samplePHILOS 701 is a reading seminar that examines select topics in philosophy.
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Spring 2022–Fall 2022 · limited samplePHILOS 799 is a directed study course allowing students to conduct independent research or study arranged with a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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A graduate proseminar surveying various philosophy texts with an emphasis on close reading and developing writing skills.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited samplePHILOS 990 is a graduate research and thesis course involving individual mentored study arranged with a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history