Course Offerings
Philosophy TENTATIVE Course Offerings SUMMER 2026
- Please note: Courses will either be taught in 7.5 week or 5 week long sessions, both starting on June 22.
| Course | title (Units) GE |
Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| PHIL 126 | Logic and Argumentative Writing (4) GE A3 |
Barnes Dickey |
| PHIL 230 | PHIL Classics: Knowledge and Reality (4) GE C2 |
King Zahn |
| PHIL 231 | Phil Classics: Ethics and Political Philosophy (4) GE C2 |
Houser Kim |
| PHIL 323 | Ethics, Science and Technology (4) GE C4 |
Jenkins Lebrun Riesen Zahn |
| PHIL 335 | Social Ethics (4) GE C4 USCP | Dickinson |
| PHIL/WGS 336 | Feminist Ethics, Gender, and Society (4) GE C4 USCP | Story |
| PHIL 339 | Biomedical Ethics (4) GE C4 | Abney |
| PHIL 460 | Senior Project I | Brown |
| PHIL 461 | Senior Project II | Brown |
Philosophy TENTATIVE Course Offerings 2026-2027
Notes:
- Consult the schedule of classes to see actual course offerings for the upcoming term and modality of instruction (in-person/virtual).
- Until the schedule of classes is published, all course offerings are TENTATIVE and subject to change.
| Course | title (Units) GE |
fall 2026 |
Spring 2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHIL 1101 | Introduction to Philosophy (3) | Story | |
| PHIL 1126 | Logic & Argumentative Writing (3) GE1B | Da Vee Lebrun Houser Dickey Barnes | Barnes Bomstad Da Vee Dickey Houser Zahn |
| PHIL 2230 | Philosophical Classics: Knowledge & Reality (3) GE 3B | Graziano Da Vee Long Barnes | Barnes Da Vee Graziano Helms King Long |
| PHIL 2231 | Philosophical Classics: Ethics & Political Philosophy (3) GE 3B | Lynch King Pierce Dickinson Dickey Houser Kim | Dickey Dickinson Houser Kim Lebrun Lynch Pierce Tanaka Zoller |
| PHIL 2241 | Symbolic Logic (3) | Fernflores | |
| PHIL 3300 | Philosophical Writing & Research: Topic TBD (3) | Kim | |
| PHIL 3300 | Philosophical Writing & Research:Topic TBD (3) | Wright | |
| PHIL 3300 | Philosophical Writing & Research: Topic TBD (3) | Story | |
| PHIL 3309 | Early Greek Philosophy through Plato (3) GE 3 | Zoller | |
| PHIL 3310 | Aristotle & Hellenistic Philosophy (3) GE 3 | Brown | |
| PHIL 3312 | Medieval Philosophy (3) GE 3 | Dickinson | |
| PHIL 3313 | Early Modern Rationalism (3) GE 3 | Kim | |
| PHIL 3314 | Early Modern Empiricism (3) GE 3 | Graziano | |
| PHIL 3315 | Kant & 19th Century European Philosophy (3) GE 3 | Kim | |
| PHIL 3317 | History of Analytic Philsophy (3) GE 3 | Graziano | |
| PHIL 3318 | Phenomenology (3) GE 3 | Zoller | |
| PHIL 3319 | Existentialism (3) GE 3 | Helms | Houser |
| PHIL 3321 | Philosophy of Science (3) GE 3 | Fernflores | King |
| PHIL 3322 | Philosophy of Technology (3) GE 3 | Jenkins | |
| PHIL 3323 | Ethics, Science, & Technology (3) GE 3 | Zahn Lebrun Jenkins Lin Riesen | Abney Jenkins Lebrun Lin Riesen Wright Zahn |
| PHIL 3327 | Robotic Ethics (3) GE 3 | Abney | |
| PHIL 3331 | Ethics (3) GE 3 | Zoller | Dickinson Riesen |
| PHIL 3333 | Political Philosophy (3) GE 3 | Wright | |
| PHIL 3334 | Philosophy of Law (3) GE 3 | Wright | |
| PHIL 3335 | Social Ethics (3) GE 3 | Dickinson | Dickinson |
| PHIL 3336 | Feminist Ethics, Gender, Sexuality & Society (3) GE 3 USCP | Story | |
| PHIL 3337 | Business Ethics (3) GE 3 | ||
| PHIL 3339 | Biomedical Ethics (3) GE 3 | Abney | Abney |
| PHIL 3340 | Environmental Ethics (3) GE 3 | Zahn | Zahn |
| PHIL 3341 | Professional Ethics (3) GE 3 | ||
| PHIL 3342 | Philosophy of Religion (3) GE 3 | Graziano | |
| PHIL 3343 | Power, Alienation, & Political Life (3) GE 3 | ||
| PHIL 3350 | Aesthetics (3) GE 3 | ||
| PHIL 3351 | Philosophy of Literature (3) GE 3 | Helms | |
| PHIL 3361 | Indian Philosophy (3) GE 3 | Foxen | |
| PHIL 3362 | Chinese & East Asian Philosophy (3) GE 3 | ||
| PHIL 3369 | Postmodernism (3) GE 3 | Houser | |
| PHIL 3385 | Ethics Bowl (3) | Story | |
| PHIL 4411 | Metaphysics (3) | Lebrun | Da Vee King |
| PHIL 4412 | Epistemology (3) | Long Da Vee |
Long |
| PHIL 4421 | Philosophy of Space, Time, & Matter (3) | Fernflores | |
| PHIL 4422 | Philosophy of Mind (3) | King | |
| PHIL 4423 | Philosophy of Language (3) | Graziano | |
| PHIL 4429 | Topics in History of Philosophy: Buddhist Philosophy (3) | Qin | |
| PHIL 4429 | Topics in History of Philosophy: Topic TBD (3) | Helms | |
| PHIL 4429 | Topics in History of Philosophy:Topic TBD (3) | Kim | |
| PHIL 4439 | Topics in Ethics & Political Philosophy: Ethics, AI, & Weapon Design (3) | Jenkins | |
| PHIL 4439 | Topics in Ethics & Political Philosophy: AI Ethics (3) | Riesen | |
| PHIL 4449 | Topics in Recent Philosophy (3) | ||
| PHIL 4459 | Senior Project Preparation (1) | Brown | Brown |
Philosophy TENTATIVE Course Offerings 2025-2026
Notes:
- Consult the schedule of classes to see actual course offerings for the upcoming term and modality of instruction (in-person/virtual).
- Until the schedule of classes is published, all course offerings are TENTATIVE and subject to change.
| Course | title (Units) GE |
fall 2025 |
winter 2026 |
spring 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHIL 101 | Introduction to Philosophy (4) | Story | ||
| PHIL 126 | Logic and Argumentative Writing (4) GE A3 |
Barnes Da Vee Dickey
|
Barnes Bomstad Da Vee Dickey |
Barnes Bomstad Da Vee Dickey LeBrun |
| PHIL 230 | PHIL Classics: Knowledge and Reality (4) GE C2 |
Andes Barnes Da Vee Graziano King Long Staff |
Barnes Da Vee Long King Staff Zahn |
Barnes Da Vee Graziano King Long Staff
|
| PHIL 231 | Phil Classics: Ethics and Political Philosophy (4) GE C2 |
Dickinson Houser Kim King LeBrun Lynch Pierce Zoller |
Graziano Houser Kim King LeBrun Pierce Staff Zoller
|
Dickinson Houser Kim King LeBrun Pierce Tanaka
|
| PHIL 241 | Symbolic Logic I (4) | F. Fernflores | F. Fernflores | |
| PHIL 300 | Philosophical Writing and Research |
Wright |
Story | Sparks |
| PHIL 301 | Philosophical Topics (4) GE C | |||
| PHIL 309 | Early Greek Philosophy Through Plato (4) GE C4 | Zoller | ||
| PHIL 310 | Aristotle and Hellenistic Philosophy (4) GE C4 | Brown | ||
| PHIL 312 | Medieval Philosophy (4) GE C4 | Dickinson | ||
| PHIL 313 | Early Modern Rationalism (4) GE C4 | Kim | ||
| PHIL 314 | Early Modern Empiricism (4) GE C4 |
|
Graziano | |
| PHIL 315 | Kant and 19th Century Philosophy (4) GE C4 | Kim | ||
| PHIL 317 | History of Analytic Philosophy (4) GE C4 | |||
| PHIL 318 | Phenomenology (4) GE C4 | Zoller | ||
| PHIL 319 | Existentialism (4) GE C4 | Houser | Houser | |
| PHIL 321 | Philosophy of Science (4) GE C4 | Pierce | F. Fernflores | |
| PHIL 322 | Philosophy of Technology (4) GE C4 | Jenkins | ||
| PHIL 323 | Ethics, Science and Technology (4) GE C4 |
Abney LeBrun Riesen Story (HNRS 325) Wright
|
Jenkins LeBrun Riesen Zahn |
Riesen Story Wright Zahn |
| PHIL 327 | Robot Ethics (4) GE C4 | Abney | Abney | |
| PHIL 328 | Technologies & Ethics of War (4) GE C4 | Jenkins | ||
| PHIL 331 | Ethics (4) GE C4 |
Riesen |
Zoller |
|
| PHIL 333 | Political Philosophy (4) GE C4 | TBD |
|
|
| PHIL 334 | Philosophy of Law (4) GE C4 | Wright | ||
| PHIL 335 | Social Ethics (4) GE C4 USCP |
Dickinson |
Dickinson |
|
| PHIL/WGS 336 | Feminist Ethics, Gender, and Society (4) GE C4 USCP |
Story |
Story |
|
| PHIL 337 | Business Ethics (4) GE C4 | Sparks | ||
| PHIL 339 | Biomedical Ethics (4) GE C4 | Abney | Abney | Abney |
| PHIL 340 | Environmental Ethics (4) GE C4 | Zahn | ||
| PHIL 341 | Professional Ethics (4) GE C4 | |||
| PHIL 342 | Philosophy of Religion (4) GE C4 | Wallace | ||
| PHIL 343 | Power, Alienation, and Political Life (4) GE C4 | |||
| PHIL 350 | Aesthetics (4) GE C4 | |||
| PHIL 351 | Philosophy of Literature (4) GE C4 | |||
| PHIL 361 | Indian Philosophy (4) | Foxen | ||
| PHIL 362 | East Asian Philosophy (4) | |||
| PHIL 369 | Postmodernism (4) GE C4 | |||
| PHIL 385 | Advanced Ethics Bowl (3) | Sparks | Sparks | |
| PHIL 411 | Metaphysics (4) | Wallace | Wallace | |
| PHIL 412 | Epistemology (4) | Long | Long | |
| PHIL 421 | Philosophy of Space, Time, and Matter (4) | |||
| PHIL 422 | Philosophy of Mind (4) | Wallace | ||
| PHIL 423 | Philosophy of Language (4) | Graziano | ||
| PHIL 429 | Special Topics in the History of Philosophy (4): Nietzsche | Kim | ||
| PHIL 439 | Selected Problems in Ethics and Political Philosophy (4): AI Ethics | Wright | ||
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PHIL 449
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Selected Topics in Recent Philosophy (4): Zen and Japanese Phenomenology | Zoller | ||
|
PHIL 449
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Selected Topics in Recent Philosophy (4): Epistemology of Religious Belief | Long | ||
| PHIL 459 | Senior Project Preparation (1 Activity) | Brown | Brown | Brown |
Religious Studies TENTATIVE Course Offerings SUMMER 2026
- Please note: Courses will either be taught in 7.5 week or 5 week long sessions, both starting on June 22.
| Course | title (Units) GE |
Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| RELS/WGS 370 | Religion, Gender, and Society (4) GE C4 USCP |
Foxen |
| RELS 374 | Religion and Violence (4) GE C4 | benShea |
Religious Studies TENTATIVE Course Offerings 2026-2027
| Course | title (Units) GE |
fall 2026 |
winter 2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RELS 2201 | Religion Dialogue & Society (3) GE 4B | Lloyd-Moffett | Kuhn |
| RELS 2205 | Jesus (3) | ||
| RELS 3301 | Religion of Asia (3) GE 3 | Kuhn | |
| RELS 3302 | Abrahamic Religions: Judaism, Christianity, & Islam (3) GE 3 | BenShea | Lloyd-Moffett |
| RELS 3304 | Judaism (3) GE 3 | BenShea | |
| RELS 3306 | Hinduism (4) GE 3 | Foxen | |
| RELS 3307 | Buddhism (3) GE 3 | ||
| RELS 3310 | Christianity (3) GE 3 | Lloyd-Moffett | |
| RELS 3311 | Islam (3) GE 3 | BenShea | |
| RELS 3344 | Approaches to Religion & Spirituality (3)GE 4 | Lloyd-Moffett | |
| RELS/WGS 3370 | Religion, Gender, & Society (3) GE3 USCP | Foxen Kuhn |
Foxen Kuhn |
| RELS 3372 | Spiritual Extremism: Asceticism, Mysticism, & Madness (3) GE 3 | Lloyd-Moffett | |
| RELS 3374 | Religion & Violence (3) GE 3 | BenShea | BenShea |
| RELS 3378 | Religion & Contemporary Values (3) GE 3 | BenShea | |
| RELS/POLS 3380 | Religion & Politics in Israeli Palestinian Conflict (3) | ||
| RELS 4400 | Special Problems for Advanced Undergraduates (1-3) | ||
| RELS 4470 | Selected Advanced Topics (1-3) | ||
| RELS 4490 | Advanced Topics in Religious Studies (3) |
Religious Studies TENTATIVE Course Offerings 2025-2026
Notes:
- Consult the schedule of classes to see actual course offerings for the upcoming term and modality of instruction (in-person/virtual).
- Until the schedule of classes is published, all course offerings are TENTATIVE and subject to change.
| Course | title (Units) GE |
fall 2025 |
winter 2026 |
spring 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RELS 201 | Religion Dialogue and Society (4) GE D2 | |||
| RELS 205 | Jesus (4) | |||
| RELS 301 | Religion of Asia (4) GE C4 | Kuhn | ||
| RELS 302 | Abrahamic Religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (4) GE C4 | benShea | ||
| RELS 304 | Judaism (4) GE C4 | benShea | ||
| RELS 306 | Hinduism (4) GE C4 | |||
| RELS 307 | Buddhism (4) GE C4 | |||
| RELS 310 | Christianity (4) GE C4 | |||
| RELS 311 | Islam (4) GE C4 | |||
| RELS 344 | Approaches to Religion and Spirituality (4) GE D5 | |||
| RELS/WGS 370 | Religion, Gender, and Society (4) GE C4 USCP |
Foxen |
Foxen Kuhn
|
Foxen Kuhn |
| RELS 372 | Spiritual Extremism (4) GE C4 | |||
| RELS 374 | Religion and Violence (4) GE C4 | benShea | benShea | benShea |
| RELS 378 | Religion and Contemporary Values (4) GE C4 | benShea | ||
| RELS/POLS 380 | Religion and Politics in Israeli Palestinian Conflict (4) | |||
| RELS 400 | Independent Study | |||
| RELS 470 | Selected Advanced Topics (1-4) | |||
| RELS 480 | Selected Topics in Religious Studies (4) |