2019-2020 Undergraduate Course Catalog 
    
    Jun 15, 2024  
2019-2020 Undergraduate Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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Physical Education

  
  • PED 223 - Underwater Photography

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Introduces certified scuba divers to the skills and techniques of underwater photography. Course fee.
    PREREQ: PED 221 
  
  • PED 225 - Advanced Scuba

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    For basic open-water scuba divers. Develops knowledge, mental attitude, and physical skills. Scuba fee.
    PREREQ: PED 221 
  
  • PED 226 - Bootcamp Fitness

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Boot camp is a challenging work out for your entire body increasing strength, muscle endurance, balance, and flexibility. It is a combination of cardio and strength training using only your body.
  
  • PED 228 - Boxing Fitness

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    To develop or enhance physical, mental and spiritual well-being through cardiovascular, strength and flexibility training using boxing techniques - punches, ducks, and slips.
  
  • PED 229 - Cardio Kick Boxing

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    CardioKickboxing is a total body fusion class that will up kick your cardio fitness to the next level while strengthening, defining and shaping your body! Suitable for all ages and fitness levels.
  
  • PED 230 - Core Training

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Knowledge and skill application of core strength. Introduction to all muscles within the core.
  
  • PED 240 - Individual/Dual Sports

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    This course covers most individual/dual sports. Emphasis is on how to teach them. Physical Education majors only. May not be repeated for credit.
  
  • PED 249 - Body Works

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Irregularly
    Exercises designed for the general population that stretch, strengthen, and condition the body. Provides information on minimizing injury.
  
  • PED 250 - Team Sports

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Sections develop skill and knowledge in basketball, field hockey, soccer, softball, volleyball, etc.
  
  • PED 252 - Basketball

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Develops and improves skills and knowledge.
  
  • PED 257 - Soccer

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Irregularly
    Develops and improves skills, techniques, and knowledge.
  
  • PED 258 - Rugby

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Develops skills and tactics, including ball possession, field position, kicking, and passing.
  
  • PED 259 - Varsity Athletics

    School of Education
    0-1 credit(s) Every semester
    Varsity team members only. Sanctioned fall, winter, and spring intercollegiate sports.
    Repeatable 7 time(s), 4 credits maximum
  
  • PED 261 - Golf

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Basic skills, rules, strategies, terminology, equipment, and safety practices. Range practice, course play, lectures, and videotaping.
  
  • PED 262 - Gymnastics

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Basic skills and understanding. Includes use of apparatus, tumbling, and basic movement skills.
  
  • PED 263 - Self Defense for Women

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    The theory and techniques of women’s self-defense. Content focuses on methods of recognizing and avoiding dangers, as well as the acquisition of skills and strategies of an effective physical defense.
  
  • PED 264 - Beginning Karate

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Fundamentals, including flexibility and strength training, self-discipline, and confidence through practical applications. For men and women. No experience required.
  
  • PED 265 - Intermediate Karate

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Advanced instruction. Sparring and other upper-level material.
    PREREQ: PED 264 
  
  • PED 266 - Advanced Karate

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Upper-level training in martial arts.
    PREREQ: PED 265 
  
  • PED 275 - Beginning Tennis

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Basic skills, techniques, and knowledge.
  
  • PED 276 - Intermediate Tennis

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Improves previously developed individual and team skills and strategies.
  
  • PED 277 - Advanced Tennis

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Game strategies and advanced skill development for those who wish to participate in high-level competition.
  
  • PED 278 - Beginning Fencing

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Develops basic skills and knowledge.
  
  • PED 280 - International Course

    School of Education
    1-12 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the SU academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
    Repeatable
  
  • PED 281 - Downhill Skiing

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Develops basic skills and knowledge appropriate to student’s level of ability. A section on instructing skiing is available.
  
  • PED 282 - Beginning Cross Country Skiing

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Irregularly
    Basic skills and knowledge.
  
  • PED 286 - Beginning Horseback Riding

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Emphasizes dressage and the classical seat used in international competition. Develops horsemanship: saddling, bridling, grooming, riding position, and communications. Course fee.
  
  • PED 287 - Intermediate Horseback Riding

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Further development of skills: balance, contact with the horse’s mouth, teaching the horse to bend and keep rhythm, and smoother transitions. Course fee.
  
  • PED 288 - Advanced Horseback Riding

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Promotes increased sensitivity between horse and rider. High-level horses are available for riders with appropriate skills. Course fee.
  
  • PED 289 - Backpacking

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Course study and practical field experience. Develops skills and knowledge to enhance enjoyment of the outdoors. No previous outdoor camping/hiking experience needed. Course fee.
  
  • PED 291 - Individualized Fitness

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Gives students the knowledge and ability to “get in shape.” Developing exercise programs and performing fitness-related activities. Good preparation for all other fitness-related courses.
  
  • PED 292 - Low Impact Aerobics

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Develops total fitness of the body through cardiovascular training, muscle toning, strengthening, and stretching. Low to relatively high intensity level, with impact remaining low (one foot always on the ground).
  
  • PED 293 - Dance Fitness II

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Concepts of health-related fitness and lifespan wellness provide the foundation for all fitness classes within the I-MOVE inventory.  Dance choreography is used to develop total fitness through cardiovascular training, muscle toning, strengthening and stretching.  Appropriate for intermediate to advanced fitness levels.
  
  • PED 293 - High Impact Aerobics

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Develops total fitness of the body through cardiovascular training, muscle toning, strengthening, and stretching. High intensity level, incorporating a lot of jogging and jumping movements.
  
  • PED 294 - Aerobic Dance

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Develops total fitness of the body through cardiovascular training, muscle toning, strengthening, and stretching. Moderate intensity level. Incorporates both dance and fitness-related movements.
  
  • PED 295 - Weight Training

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Entry-level course emphasizing techniques and training concepts related to strength and endurance. Students use Nautilus and/or Universal Single- or Multiple-Station equipment.
  
  • PED 296 - Advanced Weight Training

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Advanced course using weight training as conditioning, emphasizing free weights.
    PREREQ: PED 295 
  
  • PED 299 - Backpacking II

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Designed for backpackers with some experience who wish to develop the skills necessary to plan their own adventure. Involves classroom study and field experience. Course Fee.
    PREREQ: PED 289 
  
  • PED 301 - Intermediate Yoga

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Knowledge and skill application of intermediate Yoga. Introduction to postures, breathing techniques, and simple meditation. Body awareness, incorporating strength, flexibility, and balance.
  
  • PED 303 - Tai Chi II

    School of Education
    1 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    A continuation of Tai Chi I, focuses on: the second slow set; the partner practice of double-hand push hands, and additional exercises for developing coordinated, whole-body strength
    PREREQ: PED 203 
  
  • PED 380 - International Course

    School of Education
    1-12 credit(s) Irregularly
    Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
    Repeatable

Philosophy

  
  • PHI 107 - Theories of Knowledge and Reality

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    An introduction to some major questions about knowledge and reality, such as the existence of God, the mind-body problem, free will and the nature and limits of knowledge. Historical and contemporary readings.
  
  • PHI 109 - Introduction to Philosophy (Honors)

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Fundamental philosophical problems. Works of major philosophers. Open to first-year students in the Honors Program. Credit will not be given for both PHI 109 and PHI 107.
  
  • PHI 111 - Plato’s Republic

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Plato’s thought as developed in the Republic. May include other Platonic dialogues. Recommended for first-year students and sophomores.
  
  • PHI 125 - Political Theory

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: PSC 125
    Introduction to theories of major modern political philosophers (Locke, Rousseau, Hume, J.S. Mill, Marx). Contemporary theories of liberty, justice, and equality.
  
  • PHI 171 - Critical Thinking

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Presentation and evaluation of reasoning, including arguments, explanations, and the justification of decisions. Topics of current social and ethical interest will serve as examples, with one topic selected for extended study.
  
  • PHI 172 - Making Decisions

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    An introductory exploration of decision making: “What is the difference between decisions made well and decisions made badly?” Selected readings from various disciplines.
  
  • PHI 175 - Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Classical and contemporary readings on basic topics in social and political philosophy; political obligation and authority, justice and basic rights, liberty and equality, the justification of democracy.
  
  • PHI 191 - Ethics and Contemporary Issues

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Ethical reflection on some basic moral quandaries of daily life. Ideas of Plato, Aristotle, Kant applied to topics such as self-respect and decency in a technological world, abortion, honesty, friendship, moral courage, self-respect.
  
  • PHI 192 - Introduction to Moral Theory

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Major philosophical theories about moral rightness, virtue, and the good life, such as utilitarian, Kantian, and Aristotelian theories. Historical and contemporary sources. Credit cannot be received for both PHI 192 and PHI 209.
  
  • PHI 197 - Human Nature

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Philosophical theories of human nature, their underlying metaphysical claims, and their ethical consequences.
  
  • PHI 200 - Selected Topics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • PHI 209 - Introduction to Moral Philosophy (Honors)

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Selected topics in moral philosophy. Credit willnot be given for both PHI 209 and 192.
  
  • PHI 241 - The Human and Divine in Christian and Muslim Philosophy

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: REL 292
    An investigation of the complex relationship between humanity and divinity and its implication for the formation of Christian and Islamic philosophy and theology.
  
  • PHI 245 - Philosophy of Sport

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Philosophical and ethical issues arising from sport, such as the nature of sport, the contribution of sport to well-being, sportsmanship and cheating, performance-enhancing drugs, genetic enhancement, violence, exploitation, gender, and disability.
  
  • PHI 251 - Logic

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Logic as a formal language, as a component of natural language, and as a basis of a programming language. Varieties of logical systems and techniques. Syntax, semantics and pragmatics.
  
  • PHI 293 - Ethics and the Media Professions

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Great traditions in ethical theory; application to television, film, new media. Role of ethics in program and content development; and in business practices. Ethical issues arising from social networking, globalization, and new trends in the media. Priority given to Newhouse students.
  
  • PHI 296 - Friendship

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Reflections on the nature, varieties, rewards, and hazards of friendship. Contrast and comparison with romantic and/or sexual relationships. The role of character, trust, and mutual respect in friendship.
  
  • PHI 297 - Philosophy of Feminism

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: WGS 297 
    Philosophical analysis of feminist theory. Feminist theories about human nature, gender, relations among gender, race and class, and causes of and remedy for women’s subordinate status.
  
  • PHI 307 - Ancient Philosophy

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Development of Western philosophy from the Presocratic Greek philosophers to the Hellenistic period. Major figures such as Parmenides, Zeno, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle.
  
  • PHI 308 - Classical Islamic Philosophy

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    God, causality, freedom, human nature and knowledge , the good life and the ideal state in classical Islamic philosophy. To include authors such as Al-Kind, Al-R’z’, Al-F’r’b’, Ibn S’n’ (Avicenna), Al-Ghaz’l’, Ibn Tufayl and Ibn Rushd (Averroes).
    PREREQ: ANY PHI OR JUNIOR OR SENIOR STANDING
  
  • PHI 311 - The Rationalists

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Theories of mind, matter, God and freedom put forth by rationalist philosophers such as Descartes, Spinoza, Malebranche, and Leibniz.
    PREREQ: ANY PHI OR JUNIOR OR SENIOR STANDING
  
  • PHI 313 - British Philosophy

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Major philosophical writings of the British empiricists, including Locke, Berkeley, and Hume, with a focus on their theories of knowledge, mind, and matter.
    PREREQ: ANY PHI OR JUNIOR OR SENIOR STANDING
  
  • PHI 317 - Political Philosophy: The Social Contract Tradition and its Critics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: PSC 373 
    Political obligation in the writings of the three major social contract theorists, Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau. Additional reading from their critics such as Burke, Mill, and Marx.
  
  • PHI 319 - God in Political Theory

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: PSC 399 , REL 371 
    An exploration of the key approaches to the relationship between the idea of God and religion and politics in political theory and philosophy.
  
  • PHI 321 - Twentieth Century Theories of Knowledge, Reality, and Meaning

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Major 20th-century movements in philosophy.
    PREREQ: PHI 107  OR PHI 109  OR JUNIOR OR SENIOR STANDING
  
  • PHI 325 - Existentialism

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Study of existentialism through the works of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Sartre, and others. May include relevant fiction from Gide, Sartre, Camus, Beauvoir, and others.
    PREREQ: ANY PHI OR JUNIOR OR SENIOR STANDING
  
  • PHI 341 - Philosophy of Religion

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Relationship of faith and reason. Nature and existence of God. Nature of humans and of human destiny.
    PREREQ: ANY PHI OR JUNIOR OR SENIOR STANDING
  
  • PHI 342 - Sources of the Self: Finding the “I” in Religion & Philosophy

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: REL 394
    An exploration of major conceptions of the self, personal identity and human nature in philosophical and religious traditions.
  
  • PHI 343 - Philosophy of Education

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Application of philosophical methodology and various positions in epistemology, metaphysics, and value theory to conceptual issues in education. Goals and appropriate means of education.
  
  • PHI 354 - Kierkegaard and Nietzsche

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: REL 354 
    This course focuses on the similarities and differences of Kierkegaard’s and Nietzsche’s views on selfhood, society, and religion.
  
  • PHI 363 - Ethics and International Relations

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: PSC 363 
    The role of ethical concerns, imperatives, and restraints in international relations. Includes realism, just war theory, the ethics of nuclear deterrence, and other topics at the discretion of the instructor.
  
  • PHI 373 - Introduction to the Philosophy of Science

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Central concepts in the analysis of science, such as law, explanation, theory, and confirmation. Controversies surrounding the nature of theoretical entities and the character of scientific change.
    PREREQ: ANY PHI COURSE OR JUNIOR OR SENIOR STANDING
  
  • PHI 375 - Philosophy of Biology:What Can Evolution Explain?

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Examination of the structure, scope, and relevance of evolutionary explanations and introduces the basic concepts of philosophy of biology.
    PREREQ: ANY PHI OR JUNIOR OR SENIOR STANDING
  
  • PHI 376 - Philosophy of Mind

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Central issues and approaches in classical and/or contemporary philosophy of mind, such as the mind-body problem, mental causation, consciousness, intentionality, dualism, behaviorism, functionalism, eliminativism.
    PREREQ: ONE CLASS IN PHI OR SOPHOMORE OR GREATER STANDING
  
  • PHI 377 - Philosophy of Psychology

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Conceptual and methodological issues. Such topics as innate knowledge, intentionality, rationality, intelligence, computer model of mind, concept of a person, and self-consciousness.
    PREREQ: ANY PHI COURSE OR JUNIOR OR SENIOR
  
  • PHI 378 - Minds and Machines

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Philosophical issues concerning artificial intelligence. Can machines understand, learn, think rationally, and be self-conscious? Critique of the computational theory of mind.
    PREREQ: ANY PHI COURSE OR JUNIOR OR SENIOR STANDING
  
  • PHI 379 - American Slavery and the Holocaust

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: JSP 379 , PSC 379 
    An in-depth study of the normative structure of both American Slavery and the Holocaust, focusing upon the ways in which each institution conceived of its victims and the character of the moral climate that prevailed in each case.
  
  • PHI 381 - Metaphysics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Topics such as personal identity, possibility and necessity, the nature of time and space, freedom and determinism, and the distinction between particulars and universals.
    PREREQ: ANY PHI COURSE OR JUNIOR OR SENIOR STANDING
  
  • PHI 383 - Free Will

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    This course explores the concept of free will, asking: what is it, can we have any, and why should we care?
  
  • PHI 385 - Personal Identity

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    An exploration of the metaphysics of personhood. By virtue of what am I the same person as the child in my baby photos, given that we are so different? What makes me me?
  
  • PHI 387 - Epistemology

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Topics such as the nature of knowledge, knowledge of the external world, theories of justification, a priori knowledge, skepticism, and the problem of induction.
    PREREQ: ANY PHI COURSE OR JUNIOR OR SENIOR STANDING
  
  • PHI 391 - History of Ethics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Ethical writings of such philosophers as Aristotle, Epictetus, Aurelius, Hume, Butler, Kant, Mill, Sidgwick, Nietzsche, Bradley.
    PREREQ: ANY PHI OR JUNIOR OR SENIOR STANDING
  
  • PHI 393 - Contemporary Ethics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Selected problems and trends in recent ethical philosophy. Consideration of such questions as these: What is the nature of moral disagreement? What makes a person’s life go well? What makes an action morally right
    PREREQ: ANY PHI OR JUNIOR OR SENIOR STANDING
  
  • PHI 394 - Environmental Ethics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    A survey of several main topics in environmental ethics including animal rights, the ethics of climate change, preservation of endangered species, and obligations to future generations.
    PREREQ: ANY PHI OR JUNIOR OR SENIOR STANDING
  
  • PHI 395 - Philosophy of Art

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Chief aesthetic theories from Plato to present. Application to literature and the fine arts.
  
  • PHI 396 - Stem Cells and Society

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: BIO 396 , REL 359 
    The science of stem cells and the philosophical, religious and legal complexities surrounding the research and use of stem cell technologies.
  
  • PHI 397 - Philosophy of Law

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: PSC 375 
    Central issues in the philosophy of law such as the nature of law and obligation to obey the law; justification of punishment and of state restrictions on individual liberties; justice and the law.
  
  • PHI 398 - Medical Ethics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Ethical issues in medicine and health policy such as technically assisted reproduction, physician-assisted suicide, genetic testing, obligations to the frail elderly, neonatal intensive care, and equity in access to health care. Credit cannot be given for both PHI 398 and REL 252.
  
  • PHI 400 - Selected Topics

    College of Arts and Sciences
    1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • PHI 401 - Seminar for Philosophy Majors

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Development of skills essential to philosophical research, philosophical writing, and oral presentation. Required of philosophy majors.
    PREREQ: PHI MAJOR DECLARED
  
  • PHI 406 - Citizenship from Modernity to Globalization

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: PSC 406 
    Offered only in Florence. Citizenship as a major crossroads in European political thought: key thinkers; permutations throughout European history; impact of globalization and European unification on concepts of citizenship, liberty, and justice.
  
  • PHI 411 - Philosophies of Race and Identity

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Concepts of race and racial identity, their history, various meanings, and whether they should continue to be used. Political effects of racial identities, racism, integrationism, mixed race identity, and multiculturalism.
  
  • PHI 413 - Identity and Difference

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: PSC 413 , WGS 413 
    Interdisciplinary approach to examine concepts of identity and difference, challenges notions of subjectivity, nation and gender. Philosophical, political, and gender-related dimensions explored. Offered only in Florence.
  
  • PHI 415 - Roots of Western Civilization

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Offered only in Madrid. Course proposes an in-depth treatment of a selection of Greek and Judaeo-Christian classics and ends with discussion of modern works that bond both traditions.
  
  • PHI 417 - Contemporary Political Philosophy

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: PSC 382 
    Contemporary contractualist, rights-based, and communitarian theories of social justice.
  
  • PHI 418 - Hegel, Marx, and Nietzsche

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Double Numbered with: PHI 618
    Interrelationships and contemporary debate over interpretations of their major works. Topics include: philosophy of history, human nature, dialectics, theory of knowledge, alienation, concepts of self and freedom. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: ANY PHI OR JUNIOR OR SENIOR STANDING
  
  • PHI 422 - Twentieth Century French and German Philosophy

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Double Numbered with: PHI 622
    Twentieth-century French and German philosophical criticism of the legacy of the Enlightenment and its conceptions of subjectivity and epistemology. Critical theory, hermeneutics, poststructuralism, and psychoanalytically inspired theories. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: ANY PHI OR JUNIOR OR SENIOR STANDING
  
  • PHI 425 - Post-colonialism and Philosophy

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s)
    Crosslisted with: LAS 425 
    The philosophical analysis and critique of colonialism’s representations of other cultures and justifications for intervention, as well as debates over effective forms of resistance.
  
  • PHI 427 - Enlightenment: Between European West and Islam

    College of Arts and Sciences
    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Crosslisted with: REL 461
    The course examines the common view that Enlightenment and Modernity started in the West, revealing their roots in Islamic thought and philosophy and considers how the two traditions converge and/or diverge.
 

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