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Religious Studies Program

The Cal Poly Philosophy Department houses a Religious Studies program with a wide variety of courses in GE and a Religious Studies minor.

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Between the Species

Between the Species online journal logoAn online philosophy journal about the relationship between humans and animals.
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Ethics Group


Cal Poly's Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group focuses on the implications and impact of emerging sciences and technologies.
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Student Essay Contest

Philosophy Writing Contest
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Course Offerings

    Philosophy TENTATIVE Course Offerings 2023-2024

    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    		 SUMMER
    2023    		 fall
    2023    		 winter
    2024    		 spring
    2024
    PHIL 101 Introduction to Philosophy (4)   Jenkins    
    PHIL 126 Logic and Argumentative Writing (4) GE A3

    Barnes

    Dickey

    F. Fernflores

    Barnes

    Batoon

    Da Vee

    Dickey

    Houser

    LeBrun

    Staff

    Barnes

    Bomstad

    Da Vee

    Dickey

    Houser

    Zahn

    Barnes

    Bomstad

    Da Vee

    Dickey

    Houser

    LeBrun

    Zahn 
    PHIL 230 PHIL Classics: Knowledge and Reality (4) GE C2

    F. Fernflores

    Zahn

    Andes

    Barnes

    Da Vee

    Helms

    Wallace

    Zahn

    Andes

    Da Vee

    Helms

    Long

    Miklowitz (HNRS)

    Wallace

    Zahn

    Andes

    Barnes

    Da Vee

    Helms

    Long

    Miklowitz
    PHIL 231 Phil Classics: Ethics and Political Philosophy (4) GE C2

    Looper

    Dickinson

    Houser

    Dickinson

    Graziano

    Looper

    Lynch (HNRS)

    Zoller

    Dickinson

    Graziano

    Houser

    Looper

    Lynch 

    Dickinson

    Graziano

    Houser

    LeBrun

    Looper
    PHIL 241 Symbolic Logic I (4)   F. Fernflores   F. Fernflores
    PHIL 300 Philosophical Writing and Research: Free Speech, Trust, and Lies (4)   Wright    
    PHIL 301 Philosophical Topics: Latin American, Latinx, and Chicanx Philosophy (4) GE C4     F. Fernflores  
    PHIL 301 Philosophical Topics: Facism (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   Looper    
    PHIL 314 Early Modern Empiricism (4) GE C4  

    Graziano

    		    
    PHIL 315 Kant and 19th Century Philosophy (4) GE C4     Miklowitz  
    PHIL 317 History of Analytic Philosophy (4) GE C4       Brown
    PHIL 318 Phenomenology (4) GE C4       Zoller
    PHIL 319 Existentialism (4) GE C4     Helms Houser
    PHIL 321 Philosophy of Science (4) GE C4   F. Fernflores   F. Fernflores
    PHIL 322 Philosophy of Technology (4) GE C4       Jenkins
    PHIL 323 Ethics, Science and Technology (4) GE C4

    Jenkins

    Jenkins (HNRS 325)

    Sparks

    Story

    Wright

    Jenkins

    Story

    Wright

    Sparks

    Story

    Wright
    PHIL 327 Robot Ethics (4) GE C4   Abney Abney Abney
    PHIL 328 Technologies & Ethics of War (4) GE C4        
    PHIL 331 Ethics (4) GE C4  

     

    		 Zoller

    Looper

    Sparks
    PHIL 332 History of Ethics (4) GE C4        
    PHIL 333 Political Philosophy (4) GE C4      

     
    PHIL 334 Philosophy of Law (4) GE C4       Wright
    PHIL 335 Social Ethics (4) GE C4 USCP Dickinson  

    Dickinson

    Dickinson

    Zoller
    PHIL/WGS 336 Feminist Ethics, Gender, and Society (4) GE C4 USCP Story  

    Story

    Story
    PHIL 337 Business Ethics (4) GE C4     Sparks  
    PHIL 339 Biomedical Ethics (4) GE C4 Abney Abney Abney Abney
    PHIL 340 Environmental Ethics (4) GE C4   Zahn   Zahn
    PHIL 341 Professional Ethics (4) GE C4        
    PHIL 342 Philosophy of Religion (4) GE C4   Lynch   Wallace
    PHIL 343 Power, Alienation, and Political Life (4) GE C4        
    PHIL 350 Aesthetics (4) GE C4       Helms
    PHIL 351 Philosophy of Literature (4) GE C4        
    PHIL 361 Indian Philosophy (4)     Foxen  
    PHIL 362 East Asian Philosophy (4)        Lynch
    PHIL 369 Postmodernism (4) GE C4       Helms
    PHIL 385 Advanced Ethics Bowl (2)   Sparks Sparks  
    PHIL 400 Special Problems (1-4)   Staff Staff Staff
    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: TBD (4)       Miklowitz
    PHIL 439 Selected Problems in Ethics and Political Philosophy: TBD (4)     Sparks  
    PHIL 449

    Selected Topics in Recent Philosophy: Thought Experiments (4)

    		   Helms    
    PHIL 449

    Selected Topics in Recent Philosophy: Zen and Japanese Phenomenology (4)

    		   Zoller    
    PHIL 459 Senior Project Preparation (2 Activity)   Brown Brown Brown
    PHIL 470 Selected Advanced Topics (1-4)        

     

    Religious Studies TENTATIVE Course Offerings 2023-2024

    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    		 SUMMER
    2023    		 fall
    2023    		 winter
    2024    		 spring
    2024
    RELS 201 Religion Dialogue and Society (4) GE D2 Lloyd-Moffett Lloyd-Moffett    
    RELS 205 Jesus (4)       Lloyd-Moffett
    RELS 301 Religion of Asia (4) GE C4       Foxen
    RELS 302 Abrahamic Religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (4) GE C4     Lloyd-Moffett  
    RELS 304 Judaism (4) GE C4   benShea    
    RELS 306 Hinduism (4) GE C4        
    RELS 307 Buddhism (4) GE C4       Lynch
    RELS 310 Christianity (4) GE C4        
    RELS 311 Islam (4) GE C4   Lloyd-Moffett    
    RELS 344 Approaches to Religion and Spirituality (4) GE D5       Lloyd-Moffett
    RELS/WGS 370 Religion, Gender, and Society (4) GE C4 USCP Foxen Foxen Foxen Foxen
    RELS 372 Spiritual Extremism (4) GE C4        
    RELS 374 Religion and Violence (4) GE C4 benShea benShea benShea benShea
    RELS 378 Religion and Contemporary Values (4) GE C4       benShea
    RELS/POLS 380 Religion and Politics in Israeli Palestinian Conflict (4)     Lloyd-Moffett  
    RELS 400 Independent Study (Religion & Wine)       Lloyd-Moffett
    RELS 470 Selected Advanced Topics (1-4)        
    RELS 480 Selected Topics in Religious Studies (4)        

     

    Philosophy TENTATIVE Course Offerings 2022-2023

    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    		 SUMMER
    2022    		 fall
    2022    		 winter
    2023    		 spring
    2023
    PHIL 101 Introduction to Philosophy (4)   Jenkins    
    PHIL 126 Logic and Argumentative Writing (4) GE A3

    Barnes

    Dickey

    Houser

    Barnes

    Houser

    Zahn

    Barnes

    Bomstad

    Zahn

    Barnes

    Bomstad

    Houser

    Zahn 
    PHIL 230 PHIL Classics: Knowledge and Reality (4) GE C2

    F. Fernflores

    Graziano

    Zahn

    Andes

    Helms

    Long

    Wallace

    Zahn

    Andes

    F. Fernflores

    Helms

    Long

    Looper

    Miklowitz (HNRS)

    Wallace

    Zahn

    Andes

    Helms

    Long

    Looper

    Miklowitz
    PHIL 231 Phil Classics: Ethics and Political Philosophy (4) GE C2

    Dickinson

    Houser

    Cross

    Dickinson

    Graziano

    Looper

    Lynch

    Cross

    Graziano

    Houser

    Looper

    Lynch

    Cross

    Dickinson

    Graziano

    Lynch (HNRS)
    PHIL 241 Symbolic Logic I (4)   F. Fernflores   F. Fernflores
    PHIL 300 Philosophical Writing and Research: Free Speech, Trust, and Lies (4)   Wright    
    PHIL 301 Philosophical Topics: Latin American, Latinx, and Chicanx Philosophy (4) GE C4     F. Fernflores  
    PHIL 301 Philosophical Topics: Facism (4) GE C   Jenkins    
    PHIL 309 Early Greek Philosophy Through Plato (4) GE C4       Brown
    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       Looper
    PHIL 314 Early Modern Empiricism (4) GE C4  

    Dickinson

    Graziano

    		    
    PHIL 315 Kant and 19th Century Philosophy (4) GE C4     Miklowitz  
    PHIL 317 History of Analytic Philosophy (4) GE C4     Graziano  
    PHIL 318 Phenomenology (4) GE C4   Houser    
    PHIL 319 Existentialism (4) GE C4     Helms Houser
    PHIL 321 Philosophy of Science (4) GE C4   F. Fernflores   F. Fernflores
    PHIL 322 Philosophy of Technology (4) GE C4       Jenkins
    PHIL 323 Ethics, Science and Technology (4) GE C4

    Lin

    Wright

    Jenkins (HNRS 325)

    Sparks

    Story

    Wright

    Lin

    Sparks

    Story

    Sparks

    Story

    Wright
    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  

    Looper

    		   Sparks
    PHIL 332 History of Ethics (4) GE C4        
    PHIL 333 Political Philosophy (4) GE C4      

    Wright
    PHIL 334 Philosophy of Law (4) GE C4     Wright  
    PHIL 335 Social Ethics (4) GE C4 USCP Dickinson Cross

    Dickinson

    Dickinson (HNRS 336)

    Cross
    PHIL/WGS 336 Feminist Ethics, Gender, and Society (4) GE C4 USCP Story Story

    Story

    Story
    PHIL 337 Business Ethics (4) GE C4     Cross 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       Cross
    PHIL 342 Philosophy of Religion (4) GE C4   Lynch   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)        
    PHIL 362 East Asian Philosophy (4)         
    PHIL 369 Postmodernism (4) GE C4       Helms
    PHIL 385 Advanced Ethics Bowl (2)   Sparks Sparks  
    PHIL 400 Special Problems (1-4)   Staff Staff Staff
    PHIL 411 Metaphysics (4)       Wallace
    PHIL 412 Epistemology (4)   Long   Long
    PHIL 421 Philosophy of Space, Time, and Matter (4)     F. Fernflores  
    PHIL 422 Philosophy of Mind (4)   Wallace    
    PHIL 423 Philosophy of Language (4)       Graziano
    PHIL 429 Special Topics in the History of Philosophy: Nietzsche (4)       Miklowitz
    PHIL 439 Selected Problems in Ethics and Political Philosophy: AI Ethics (4)     Wright  
    PHIL 449

    Selected Topics in Recent Philosophy: Thought Experiments (4)

    		   Helms    
    PHIL 459 Senior Project Preparation (2 Activity)   Brown Brown Brown
    PHIL 470 Selected Advanced Topics (1-4)        

     

    Religious Studies TENTATIVE Course Offerings 2022-2023

    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    		 SUMMER
    2022    		 fall
    2022    		 winter
    2023    		 spring
    2023
    RELS 201 Religion Dialogue and Society (4) GE D2   Lloyd-Moffett    
    RELS 205 Jesus (4)        
    RELS 301 Religion of Asia (4) GE C4     Foxen  
    RELS 302 Abrahamic Religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (4) GE C4     Lloyd-Moffett  
    RELS 304 Judaism (4) GE C4   benShea    
    RELS 306 Hinduism (4) GE C4       Foxen
    RELS 307 Buddhism (4) GE C4       Lynch
    RELS 310 Christianity (4) GE C4     Lloyd-Moffett  
    RELS 311 Islam (4) GE C4     benShea  
    RELS 344 Approaches to Religion and Spirituality (4) GE D5       Lloyd-Moffett
    RELS/WGS 370 Religion, Gender, and Society (4) GE C4 USCP Foxen Foxen Foxen Foxen
    RELS 372 Spiritual Extremism (4) GE C4       Lloyd-Moffett
    RELS 374 Religion and Violence (4) GE C4 benShea 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 (Greek Language)     Lloyd-Moffett  
    RELS 470 Selected Advanced Topics (1-4)        
    RELS 480 Selected Topics in Religious Studies (4)        

     

    Philosophy TENTATIVE Course Offerings 2021-2022

    Notes:

    • Most classes for Fall 2021 are scheduled to be taught in person. Depending on how the COVID-19 situation evolves, this may change for any or all courses.
    • Some classes are scheduled for online instruction. 
    • Consult the schedule of classes to see actual course offerings for the upcoming term.
    • Until the schedule of classes is published, all course offerings are TENTATIVE and subject to change.
    Course title
    (Units) GE    		 SUMMER
    2021    		 fall
    2021    		 winter
    2022    		 spring
    2022
    PHIL 101 Introduction to Philosophy (4)   Lin    
    PHIL 126 Logic and Argumentative Writing (4) GE A3

    F. Fernflores

    Story

    Barnes

    Houser

    Story

    Zahn

    Barnes

    Bomstad

    Houser
    Story

    Zahn

    Barnes

    Bomstad

    Zahn
    PHIL 230 PHIL Classics: Knowledge and Reality (4) GE C2

    F. Fernflores

    Long

    Wallace

    Andes

    Graziano

    Helms

    Long

    Wallace

    Zahn

    Andes
    F. Fernflores

    Graziano

    Helms
    Long

    Miklowitz (HNRS)

    Zahn

    Andes

    Helms
    Long

    Looper
    Miklowitz
    Wallace

    Zahn
    PHIL 231 Phil Classics: Ethics and Political Philosophy (4) GE C2 Houser
    Jenkins

    Cross

    R. Fernflores

    R. Fernflores (HNRS)

    Houser

    Looper

    Lynch

    Cross
    R. Fernflores
    Looper

    Scriven

    Cross

    Dickinson
    R. Fernflores

    Graziano
    Houser

    Looper
    Lynch(HNRS)
    PHIL 241 Symbolic Logic I (4)   F. Fernflores   F. Fernflores
    PHIL 285 Ethics Bowl (4)   Sparks    
    PHIL 301 Philosophical Topics: Latin American, Latinx, and Chicanx Philosophy (4) GE C     F. Fernflores  
    PHIL 301 Philosophical Topics: Anger (4) GE C     Wallace  
    PHIL 301 Philosophical Topics: Fascism (4) GE C    

     

    		 Jenkins
    PHIL 301 Philosophical Topics: Lucretius (4) GE C       Brown
    PHIL 309 Early Greek Philosophy Through Plato (4) GE C       Zoller
    PHIL 310 Aristotle and Hellenistic Philosophy (4) GE C   Brown    
    PHIL 312 Medieval Philosophy (4) GE C   Dickinson    
    PHIL 313 Early Modern Rationalism (4) GE C    

    Looper

    		  
    PHIL 314 Early Modern Empiricism (4) GE C   Graziano    
    PHIL 315 Kant and 19th Century Philosophy (4) GE C     Miklowitz  
    PHIL 317 History of Analytic Philosophy (4) GE C       Graziano
    PHIL 318 Phenomenology (4) GE C   Zoller   Houser
    PHIL 319 Existentialism (4) GE C     Houser Helms
    PHIL 321 Philosophy of Science (4) GE C   F. Fernflores   F. Fernflores
    PHIL 322 Philosophy of Technology (4) GE C        
    PHIL 323 Ethics, Science and Technology (4) GE C Lin

    Sparks

    Story

    Wright

    Lin

    Story

    Jenkins (HNRS)

    Lin

    Sparks

    Story
    PHIL 327 Robot Ethics (4) GE C   Abney Abney Abney
    PHIL 328 Technologies & Ethics of War (4) GE C        
    PHIL 331 Ethics (4) GE C  

    Looper

    Zoller

    		 Dickinson Zoller
    PHIL 332 History of Ethics (4) GE C        
    PHIL 333 Political Philosophy (4) GE C     Wright

     
    PHIL 334 Philosophy of Law (4) GE C     Wright Wright
    PHIL 335 Social Ethics (4) GE C USCP Looper Cross
    Dickinson    		 Dickinson 
    Zoller

    Dickinson
    PHIL/WGS 336 Feminist Ethics, Gender, and Society (4) GE C USCP R.Fernflores Story

    R. Fernflores

    Story
    PHIL 337 Business Ethics (4) GE C     Cross Sparks
    PHIL 339 Biomedical Ethics (4) GE C Abney Abney Abney Abney
    PHIL 340 Environmental Ethics (4) GE C   Scriven    
    PHIL 341 Professional Ethics (4) GE C       Cross
    PHIL 342 Philosophy of Religion (4) GE C   Lynch    
    PHIL 343 Power, Alienation, and Political Life (4) GE C     Zoller  
    PHIL 350 Aesthetics (4) GE C     Helms  
    PHIL 351 Philosophy of Literature (4) GE C        
    PHIL 361 Indian Philosophy (4) GE C     Foxen  
    PHIL 362 East Asian Philosophy (4) GE C       Lynch
    PHIL 369 Postmodernism (4) GE C        
    PHIL 385 Advanced Ethics Bowl (2)   Sparks Sparks  
    PHIL 400 Special Problems (1-4) Staff Staff Staff Staff
    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)       R. Fernflores
    PHIL 429 Special Topics in the History of Philosophy:
    Kierkegaard (4)    		   Helms    
    PHIL 429 Special Topics in the History of Philosophy:
    TBD (4)    		       Miklowitz
    PHIL 439 Selected Problems in Ethics and Political Philosophy: Metaethics (4)     Sparks  
    PHIL 439 Selected Problems in Ethics and Political Philosophy: TBD (4)       Wright
    PHIL 449

    Selected Topics in Recent Philosophy:
    Moral Responsibility and Manipulation (4)

    		     Long  
    PHIL 459 Senior Project Preparation (1 Activity)   Brown Brown Brown
    PHIL 460 Senior Project I (1) Brown Brown Brown Brown
    PHIL 461 Senior Project II (2) Brown Brown Brown Brown
    PHIL 470 Selected Advanced Topics (1-4)        

    Religious Studies TENTATIVE Course Offerings 2021-2022

    Notes:

    • Most classes for Fall 2021 are scheduled to be taught in person. Depending on how the COVID-19 situation evolves, this may change for any or all courses.
    • Some classes are scheduled for online instruction. 
    • Consult the schedule of classes to see actual course offerings for the upcoming term.
    • Until the schedule of classes is published, all course offerings are TENTATIVE and subject to change.
    Course title
    (Units) GE    		 SUMMER
    2021    		 fall
    2021    		 winter
    2022    		 spring
    2022
    RELS 201 Religion Dialogue and Society (4) GE D2 Lloyd-Moffett Lloyd-Moffett    
    RELS 205 Jesus (4)       Lloyd-Moffett
    RELS 301 Religion of Asia (4) GE C       Foxen
    RELS 302 Abrahamic Religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (4) GE C     Lloyd-Moffett  
    RELS 304 Judaism (4) GE C   benShea    
    RELS 306 Hinduism (4) GE C   Foxen   Foxen
    RELS 307 Buddhism (4) GE C       Lynch
    RELS 310 Christianity (4) GE C        
    RELS 311 Islam (4) GE C     benShea Lloyd-Moffett
    RELS 344 Approaches to Religion and Spirituality (4) GE D        
    RELS/WGS 370 Religion, Gender, and Society (4) GE C USCP Foxen Foxen Foxen Foxen
    RELS 372 Spiritual Extremism (4) GE C        
    RELS 374 Religion and Violence (4) GE C benShea benShea benShea benShea
    RELS 378 Religion and Contemporary Values (4) GE C       benShea
    RELS/POLS 380 Religion and Politics in Israeli Palestinian Conflict (4)     Lloyd-Moffett  
    RELS 400 Special Problems (1-4)        
    RELS 470 Selected Advanced Topics (1-4)       Lloyd-Moffett
    RELS 490 Advanced Topics in Religious Studies (4)        

    Philosophy Course Offerings 2020-2021

    Notes:

    • All classes for 2020-21 are scheduled to be taught by means of virtual distance learning.  
    • Consult the schedule of classes to see actual course offerings for the upcoming term.
    • Until the schedule of classes is published, all course offerings are TENTATIVE and subject to change.
    Course title
    (Units) GE    		 SUMMER
    2020    		 fall
    2020    		 winter
    2021    		 spring
    2021
    PHIL 101 Introduction to Philosophy (4)   Lin    
    PHIL 126 Logic and Argumentative Writing (4) GE A3

     

    Story

    Caravello

    Costigan

    Houser

    Story

    Bomstad

    Houser
    Story

    Bomstad
    Houser

    Story
    PHIL 230 PHIL Classics: Knowledge and Reality (4) GE C2

    Andes

    F. Fernflores

    Andes

    Cross

    Graziano

    Helms

    Long

    Andes
    F. Fernflores

    Helms
    Long

    Miklowitz (HNRS)

    Andes

    Helms
    Long
    Miklowitz
    Wallace
    PHIL 231 Phil Classics: Ethics and Political Philosophy (4) GE C2 Dickinson
    Jenkins

    R. Fernflores

    Jenkins (HNRS)

    Houser

    Looper

    Lynch

    R. Fernflores
    Graziano

    Looper

    Scriven

    Brown (HNRS)
    R. Fernflores

    Graziano
    Looper

    Lynch
    PHIL 241 Symbolic Logic I (4)   F. Fernflores   F. Fernflores
    PHIL 285 Ethics Bowl (4)   Rentz    
    PHIL 301 Philosophical Topics: Fascism(4) GE C    

     

    		 Jenkins
    PHIL 309 Early Greek Philosophy Through Plato (4) GE C     Zoller  
    PHIL 310 Aristotle and Hellenistic Philosophy (4) GE C   Brown    
    PHIL 312 Medieval Philosophy (4) GE C   Dickinson    
    PHIL 313 Early Modern Rationalism (4) GE C    

     

    		 Looper
    PHIL 314 Early Modern Empiricism (4) GE C   Graziano   Cancelled
    PHIL 315 Kant and 19th Century Philosophy (4) GE C     Miklowitz  
    PHIL 317 History of Analytic Philosophy (4) GE C     Graziano  
    PHIL 318 Phenomenology (4) GE C   Zoller   Houser
    PHIL 319 Existentialism (4) GE C     Houser Helms
    PHIL 321 Philosophy of Science (4) GE C   F. Fernflores   F. Fernflores
    PHIL 322 Philosophy of Technology (4) GE C        
    PHIL 323 Ethics, Science and Technology (4) GE C Lin

    Jenkins

    Lin

    Rentz

    Sparks

    Wright

    		 Lin
    Rentz
    Sparks
    Wright

    Jenkins (HNRS)

    Lin
    Sparks
    Wright
    PHIL 327 Robot Ethics (4) GE C Abney Abney Abney Abney
    PHIL 328 Technologies & Ethics of War (4) GE C     Jenkins  
    PHIL 331 Ethics (4) GE C  

    Zoller

    		 Dickinson

    Dickinson

    Zoller
    PHIL 332 History of Ethics (4) GE C     Sparks  
    PHIL 333 Political Philosophy (4) GE C     Wright

    Wright
    PHIL 334 Philosophy of Law (4) GE C       Rentz
    PHIL 335 Social Ethics (4) GE C USCP   Cross
    Dickinson

    Looper

    Dickinson (HNRS) 
    Zoller

    Cross

    Dickinson
    PHIL/WGS 336 Feminist Ethics, Gender, and Society (4) GE C USCP R.Fernflores

    R. Fernflores

    Story

    Story

    Story
    PHIL 337 Business Ethics (4) GE C     Cross Sparks
    PHIL 339 Biomedical Ethics (4) GE C   Abney Abney Abney
    PHIL 340 Environmental Ethics (4) GE C   Scriven Scriven  
    PHIL 341 Professional Ethics (4) GE C       Cross
    PHIL 342 Philosophy of Religion (4) GE C   Lynch    
    PHIL 343 Power, Alienation, and Political Life (4) GE C        
    PHIL 350 Aesthetics (4) GE C        
    PHIL 351 Philosophy of Literature (4) GE C     Helms  
    PHIL 361 Indian Philosophy (4) GE C        
    PHIL 362 East Asian Philosophy (4) GE C        
    PHIL 369 Postmodernism (4) GE C        
    PHIL 385 Advanced Ethics Bowl (2)   Rentz Rentz  
    PHIL 400 Special Problems (1-4) Staff Staff Staff Staff
    PHIL 411 Metaphysics (4)   Wallace Wallace Wallace
    PHIL 412 Epistemology (4)   Long Long Long
    PHIL 421 Philosophy of Space, Time, and Matter (4)        
    PHIL 422 Philosophy of Mind (4)   Wallace    
    PHIL 423 Philosophy of Language (4)        
    PHIL 429 Special Topics in the History of Philosophy:
    Kierkegaard (4)    		   Cancelled    
    PHIL 429 Special Topics in the History of Philosophy:
    A Short History of Women Philosophers (4)    		     R. Fernflores  
    PHIL 429 Special Topics in the History of Philosophy:
    Nietzsche (4)    		       Miklowitz
    PHIL 439 Selected Problems in Ethics and Political Philosophy: Epistemic Injustices (4)     F. Fernflores  
    PHIL 449

    Selected Topics in Recent Philosophy:
    Zen and Japanese Phenomenology (4)

    		       Zoller
    PHIL 459 Senior Project Preparation (1 Activity)   Brown Brown Brown
    PHIL 460 Senior Project I (1) Brown Brown Brown Brown
    PHIL 461 Senior Project II (2) Brown Brown Brown Brown
    PHIL 470 Selected Advanced Topics (1-4)        

    Religious Studies Course Offerings 2020-2021

    Notes:

    • All classes for Fall 2020 are taught by means of virtual distance learning.
    • Consult the schedule of classes to see actual course offerings for the upcoming term.
    • Until the schedule of classes is published, all course offerings are TENTATIVE and subject to change.
    Course title
    (Units) GE    		 SUMMER
    2021    		 fall
    2021    		 winter
    2022    		 spring
    2022
    RELS 201 Religion Dialogue and Society (4) GE D2 Lloyd-Moffett Lloyd-Moffett Lloyd-Moffett  
    RELS 205 Jesus (4)        
    RELS 301 Religion of Asia (4) GE C       Foxen
    RELS 302 Abrahamic Religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (4) GE C     benShea  
    RELS 304 Judaism (4) GE C   benShea    
    RELS 306 Hinduism (4) GE C       Foxen
    RELS 307 Buddhism (4) GE C       Lynch
    RELS 310 Christianity (4) GE C   Lloyd-Moffett    
    RELS 311 Islam (4) GE C     benShea  
    RELS 344 Approaches to Religion and Spirituality (4) GE D     Lloyd-Moffett  
    RELS/WGS 370 Religion, Gender, and Society (4) GE C USCP Foxen Foxen Foxen  
    RELS 372 Spiritual Extremism (4) GE C        
    RELS 374 Religion and Violence (4) GE C   benShea   benShea
    RELS 378 Religion and Contemporary Values (4) GE C       benShea
    RELS/POLS 380 Religion and Politics in Israeli Palestinian Conflict (4)        
    RELS 400 Special Problems (1-4)        
    RELS 470 Selected Advanced Topics (1-4)       Lloyd-Moffett

    Course Offerings 2019-2020

    Notes:

    • All classes in Spring 2020 were taught by means of virtual distance learning.
    • Instructors listed alphabetically.
    Course title fall 2019 winter 2019 spring 2020 instructor
    PHIL 101 Introduction to Philosophy (4) X     Lin
    PHIL 126 Logic and Argumentative Writing (4) GE A3 X X X Bomstad/McKay/Story
    PHIL 230 PHIL Classics: Knowledge and Reality (4) GE C2 X X X

    Andes/Cross/F. Fernflores/Graziano/

    Helms/Long/Miklowitz
    PHIL 231 Phil Classics: Ethics and Political Philosophy (4) GE C2 X X X

    Abney/Ball/R. Fernflores/Houser/

    Jenkins/Linsenbard/Lynch/Scriven
    PHIL 241 Symbolic Logic I (4) X   X F. Fernflores
    PHIL 285 Ethics Bowl (4)

    X

    		     Zoller
    PHIL 301 Philosophical Topics (4) GE C4:
    Lucretius and Epicureanism    		     X Brown
    PHIL 309 Early Greek Philosophy Through Plato (4) GE C4     X Looper
    PHIL 310 Aristotle and Hellenistic Philosophy (4) GE C4 X     Brown
    PHIL 312 Medieval Philosophy (4) GE C4 X     Dickinson
    PHIL 313 Early Modern Rationalism (4) GE C4  

    X

    		   Looper
    PHIL 314 Early Modern Empiricism (4) GE C4 X   X Graziano
    PHIL 315 Kant and 19th Century Philosophy (4) GE C4    X   Miklowitz
    PHIL 317 History of Analytic Philosophy (4) GE C4   X   Graziano
    PHIL 318 Phenomenology (4) GE C4 X    

    Houser
    PHIL 319 Existentialism (4) GE C4   X X Houser/Helms
    PHIL 321 Philosophy of Science (4) GE C4 X   X F. Fernflores
    PHIL 322 Philosophy of Technology (4) GE C4       Jenkins
    PHIL 323 Ethics, Science and Technology (4) GE C4 X X X Jenkins/Lin/Rentz
    PHIL 327 Robot Ethics (4) GE C4   X   Abney
    PHIL 328 Technologies & Ethics of War (4) GE C4   X   Jenkins
    PHIL 331 Ethics (4) GE C4 X X X Ball/Dickinson/Zoller
    PHIL 332 History of Ethics (4) GE C4        
    PHIL 333 Political Philosophy (4) GE C4     X Looper
    PHIL 334 Philosophy of Law (4) GE C4     X Rentz
    PHIL 335 Social Ethics (4) GE C4 USCP X X X Cross/Dickinson/Looper/Zoller
    PHIL/WGS 336 Feminist Ethics, Gender, and Society (4) GE C4 USCP X X X R.Fernflores/Linsenbard/Story
    PHIL 337 Business Ethics (4) GE C4   X   Cross
    PHIL 339 Biomedical Ethics (4) GE C4 X   X Abney
    PHIL 340 Environmental Ethics (4) GE C4 X     Scriven
    PHIL 341 Professional Ethics (4) GE C4     X Cross
    PHIL 342 Philosophy of Religion (4) GE C4   X   Lynch
    PHIL 343 Power, Alienation, and Political Life (4) GE C4   X   Zoller
    PHIL 350 Aesthetics (4) GE C4 X     Helms
    PHIL 351 Philosophy of Literature (4) GE C4        
    PHIL 361 Indian Philosophy (4) GE C4   X  

    Foxen
    PHIL 362 East Asian Philosophy (4) GE C4     X Lynch
    PHIL 369 Postmodernism (4) GE C4        
    PHIL 385 Advanced Ethics Bowl (2) X X   Zoller
    PHIL 400 Special Problems (1-4) X X X Staff
    PHIL 411 Metaphysics (4)   X   Long
    PHIL 412 Epistemology (4) X   X Long
    PHIL 421 Philosophy of Space, Time, and Matter (4)        
    PHIL 422 Philosophy of Mind (4) X     Lynch
    PHIL 423 Philosophy of Language (4)   X   R. Fernflores
    PHIL 429 Special Topics in the History of Philosophy:
    Schopenhauer (4)    		     X Miklowitz
    PHIL 439 Selected Problems in Ethics and Political Philosophy:
    Philosophy of Fascism (4)    		 X    

    Jenkins
    PHIL 449

    Selected Topics in Recent Philosophy:
    Advanced Logic (4)

    		   X   F. Fernflores
    PHIL 449 Selected Topics in Recent Philosophy:
    Epistemology of Religious Belief (4)    		     X Long
    PHIL 459 Senior Project Preparation (1 Activity) X X X Brown
    PHIL 460 Senior Project I (1) X X X Brown
    PHIL 461 Senior Project II (2) X X X Brown
    PHIL 470 Selected Advanced Topics (1-4)        


    Religious Studies
    RELS 201 Religion Dialogue and Society (4) GE D3 X     Lloyd-Moffett
    RELS 205 Jesus (4)     X Lloyd-Moffett
    RELS 301 Religion of Asia (4) GE C4       Lloyd-Moffett
    RELS 302 Abrahamic Religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (4) GE C4   X   benShea
    RELS 304 Judaism (4) GE C4 X     benShea
    RELS 306 Hinduism (4) GE C4   X   Lloyd-Moffett/Foxen
    RELS 307 Buddhism (4) GE C4       Lynch
    RELS 310 Christianity (4) GE C4 X     Lloyd-Moffett
    RELS 311 Islam (4) GE C4       Lloyd-Moffett
    RELS 344 Approaches to Religion and Spirituality (4) GE D5   X   Lloyd-Moffett
    RELS/WGS 370 Religion, Gender, and Society (4) GE C4 USCP X   X Foxen
    RELS 372 Spiritual Extremism (4) GE C4     X Lloyd-Moffett
    RELS 374 Religion and Violence (4) GE C4 X X X benShea
    RELS 376 Religion, Science and Technology (4) GE F       Foxen
    RELS 378 Religion and Contemporary Values (4) GE C4     X benShea
    RELS/POLS 380 Religion and Politics in Israeli Palestinian Conflict (4)   X   Lloyd-Moffett
    RELS 400 Special Problems (1-4) X X X Staff
    RELS 470 Selected Advanced Topics (1-4)     X Lloyd-Moffett

    Course Offerings 2018-19:

    Course title fall 2018 winter 2019 spring 2019 instructor
    PHIL 101 Introduction to Philosophy (4) X     Lin
    PHIL 126 Logic and Argumentative Writing (4) GE A3 X X X Abney/Bomstad/McKay
    PHIL 230 PHIL Classics: Knowledge and Reality (4) GE C2 X X X Staff
    PHIL 231 Phil Classics: Ethics and Political Philosophy (4) GE C2 X X X Staff
    PHIL 241 Symbolic Logic I (4) X   X F. Fernflores
    PHIL 285 Ethics Bowl (4)

    X

    		     Zoller
    PHIL 309 Early Greek Philosophy Through Plato (4) GE C4   X   Zoller
    PHIL 310 Aristotle and Hellenistic Philosophy (4) GE C4 X     Brown
    PHIL 312 Medieval Philosophy (4) GE C4 X     Dickinson
    PHIL 313 Early Modern Rationalism (4) GE C4  

    X

    		   Brown
    PHIL 314 Early Modern Empiricism (4) GE C4   X X Graziano
    PHIL 315 Kant and 19th Century Philosophy (4) GE C4    X   Miklowitz
    PHIL 317 History of Analytic Philosophy (4) GE C4 X   X Brown/Graziano
    PHIL 318 Phenomenology (4) GE C4     X

    Houser
    PHIL 319 Existentialism (4) GE C4     X Houser
    PHIL 320 Asian Philosophy (4) GE C4        
    PHIL 321 Philosophy of Science (4) GE C4 X   X F. Fernflores
    PHIL 322 Philosophy of Technology (4) GE C4 X     Jenkins
    PHIL 323 Ethics, Science and Technology (4) GE C4 X X X Jenkins/Lin
    PHIL 327 Robot Ethics (4) GE C4   X   Abney
    PHIL 328 Technologies & Ethics of War (4) GE C4   X   Jenkins
    PHIL 331 Ethics (4) GE C4 X X X Ball/Zoller
    PHIL 332 History of Ethics (4) GE C4        
    PHIL 333 Political Philosophy (4) GE C4   X X Ball/Rentz
    PHIL 334 Philosophy of Law (4) GE C4 X   X Rentz
    PHIL 335 Social Ethics (4) GE C4 USCP X X X Cross/Dickinson/Zoller
    PHIL/WGS 336 Feminist Ethics, Gender, and Society (4) GE C4 USCP X   X R.Fernflores
    PHIL 337 Business Ethics (4) GE C4   X   Cross
    PHIL 339 Biomedical Ethics (4) GE C4 X   X Abney
    PHIL 340 Environmental Ethics (4) GE C4     X Jenkins
    PHIL 341 Professional Ethics (4) GE C4   X   Cross
    PHIL 342 Philosophy of Religion (4) GE C4   X   Lynch
    PHIL 343 Continental Political Philosophy (4) GE C4        
    PHIL 350 Aesthetics (4) GE C4        
    PHIL 351 Philosophy of Literature (4)GE C4        
    PHIL 369 Postmodernism (4) GE C4        
    PHIL 385 Advanced Ethics Bowl (2) X X   Zoller
    PHIL 400 Special Problems (1-4) X X X Staff
    PHIL 411 Metaphysics (4) X   X Long
    PHIL 412 Epistemology (4)   X   Long
    PHIL 421 Philosophy of Space, Time, and Matter (4)   X   F. Fernflores
    PHIL 422 Philosophy of Mind (4) X     Lynch
    PHIL 423 Philosophy of Language (4)   X   R. Fernflores
    PHIL 429 Special Topics in the History of Philosophy:
    Kant's Critique of Pure Reason    		     X Miklowitz
    PHIL 439 Selected Problems in Ethics and Political Philosophy (4):
    Philosophy of Conservatism    		 X    

    Scriven
    PHIL 449 Selected Topics in Recent Philosophy (4)        
    PHIL 460 Senior Project I (2) X X X Brown
    PHIL 461 Senior Project II (2) X X X Brown
    PHIL 470 Selected Advanced Topics (1-4)        


    Religious Studies
    RELS 201 Religion Dialogue and Society (4) GE D3 X     Lloyd-Moffett
    RELS 205 Jesus (4)       Lloyd-Moffett
    RELS 301 Religion of Asia (4) GE C4     X Lloyd-Moffett
    RELS 302 Abrahamic Religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (4) GE C4   X   benShea
    RELS 304 Judaism (4) GE C4 X     benShea
    RELS 306 Hinduism (4) GE C4     X Lloyd-Moffett
    RELS 307 Buddhism (4) GE C4     X Lynch
    RELS 310 Christianity (4) GE C4 X     Lloyd-Moffett
    RELS 311 Islam (4) GE C4   X   Lloyd-Moffett
    RELS 344 Approaches to Religion and Spirituality (4) GE D5   X   Lloyd-Moffett
    RELS/WGS 370 Religion, Gender, and Society (4) GE C4 USCP   X X Foxen
    RELS 372 Spiritual Extremism (4) GE C4        
    RELS 374 Religion and Violence (4) GE C4 X X X benShea
    RELS 376 Religion, Science and Technology (4) GE F   X   Foxen
    RELS 378 Religion and Contemporary Values (4) GE C4     X benShea
    RELS/POLS 380 Religion and Politics in Israeli Palestinian Conflict (4)        
    RELS 400 Special Problems (1-4) X X X Staff
    RELS 470 Selected Advanced Topics (1-4):
    The Spirituality of the Earth and Vine    		       Lloyd-Moffett


     

     

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