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Courses 2024-25

For a more frequently updated up-to-date statement of course offerings for 2024-25 and their term of offering, consult the Public Class Schedule available.

Course outlines from previous years can be found in the archives:

Course numbers are linked to Undergraduate Calendar course information.
Course titles will eventually be linked to a Course Outline when they are finalized.

Course outlines will be available starting mid-August.

First Year

Course numberCourse title
FYSM 1210AFirst Year Seminar, Special Topics (Fall)
FYSM 1210BFirst Year Seminar, Special Topics (Fall)
FYSM 1210AFirst Year Seminar, Special Topics (Winter)
FYSM 1210BFirst Year Seminar, Special Topics (Winter)
PHIL 1000Introductory Philosophy (Fall)
PHIL 1000Introductory Philosophy (Winter)
PHIL 1200The Meaning of Life (Fall)
PHIL 1200The Meaning of Life (Winter)
PHIL 1301Mind, World and Knowledge (Fall)
PHIL 1301Mind, World and Knowledge (Winter)
PHIL 1550Introduction to Ethics and Social Issues (Fall)
PHIL 1550Introduction to Ethics and Social Issues (Winter)
PHIL 1610Great Philosophical Ideas (Fall)
PHIL 1700Philosophy of Love and Sex (Winter)

Second Year

Course numberCourse title
PHIL 2001AIntroduction to Logic (Fall)
PHIL 2001BIntroduction to Logic (Fall)
PHIL 2001AIntroduction to Logic (Winter)
PHIL 2001BIntroduction to Logic (Winter)
PHIL 2003Critical Thinking (Fall)
PHIL 2003Critical Thinking (Winter)
PHIL 2005Greek Philosophy and the Western Tradition (full year course) (not offered)
PHIL 2010Issues in Theoretical Philosophy (Winter)
PHIL 2020Issues in Practical Philosophy (Fall)
PHIL 2101History of Ethics (not offered)
PHIL 2103Philosophy of Human Rights (Fall)
PHIL 2301Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (Winter)
PHIL 2306Philosophy and Feminism (not offered)
PHIL 2307Gender and Philosophy (Winter)
PHIL 2320Children, Literature, and Philosophy (Fall)
PHIL 2330Happiness, Well-being and the Good Life (Winter)
PHIL 2340Philosophy and Popular Culture (not offered)
PHIL 2380Introduction to Environmental Ethics (Fall)
PHIL 2401Ethics of A.I. (Winter)
PHIL 2408Bioethics (Winter)
PHIL 2501Introduction to Philosophy of Mind (Fall)
PHIL 2504 Language and Communication (Fall)
PHIL 2540 Personal Identity and the Self (not offered)
PHIL 2550Moral Psychology (Winter)
PHIL 2601Philosophy of Religion (not offered)
PHIL 2700Asian Philosophy (not offered)
PHIL 2901Truth and Propaganda (Winter)

Third Year

Course numberCourse title
PHIL 300217th Century Philosophy (Winter)
PHIL 300318th Century Philosophy (not offered)
PHIL 300519th Century Philosophy (not offered)
PHIL 3009Topics in European Philosophy (Fall)
PHIL 3010Philosophical Traditions (Fall)
PHIL 3140Epistemology (Fall)
PHIL 3150Metaphysics (not offered)
PHIL 3301Issues in the Philosophy of Science (not offered)
PHIL 3306Symbolic Logic (Winter)
PHIL 3320Contemporary Ethical Theory (not offered)
PHIL 3330Topics in History of Social & Political Philosophy (Winter)
PHIL 3340Topics in Contemporary, Social & Political Philosophy (Fall)
PHIL 3360Philosophy, Economics, and Public Policy (not offered)
PHIL 3450Topics in Aesthetics (Winter)
PHIL 3503Artificial Intelligence: Philosophical and Ethical Issues (Fall)
PHIL 3503Artificial Intelligence: Philosophical and Ethical Issues (Winter)
PHIL 3506Semantics (not offered)
PHIL 3530Philosophy of Language (not offered)
PHIL 3540Philosophy of Emotions (not offered)

Fourth Year

Click here to see the topics and abstracts for the Fourth Year Seminars

Course numberCourse title
PHIL 4005Seminar in Modern Philosophy (not offered)
PHIL 4006Seminar in Modern Philosophy (not offered)
PHIL 4007Seminar in Contemporary Philosophy (Fall)
PHIL 4100Special Topic in Philosophy (Fall)
PHIL 4220Seminar in Philosophy of Mind or Cognition (Fall)
PHIL 4300Seminar in Ethical Theory or Meta-Ethics (not offered)
PHIL 4320Seminar in Ethics or Moral Philosophy (not offered)
PHIL 4330Seminar in Social or Political Philosophy (Fall)
PHIL 4505Formal Semantics (not offered)

Summer 2025 Courses

See here for details.