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Philosophy Professional Table II

Professional Table II

Revised 2016-2017.

In total, twelve (12) courses from Table II must be completed, as follows:

  1. A minimum of five (5) advanced courses, marked with an asterisk (*), must be completed.
  2. Students must also complete the minimum number of courses from each category, as indicated below.
  3. Within Table II, cross-category courses marked with an asterisk (*) , can “count” toward more than one category, (i.e. students can count PHL 502 as one of their five foundation courses and also as their History of Philosophy course) however, remember that a total of ten Table II courses is required.

Minimum of one (1) History of Philosophy course:

PHL 101 Plato and the Roots of Western Philosophy
PHL 187 Ancient Greek Philosophy
PHL 333 Philosophy of Human Nature
PHL 366 Existentialism and Art and Culture
PHL 502* Aristotle
PHL 505* Hegel and Marx
PHL 506* The Rationalists
PHL 508* The Empiricists
PHL 511* Kant
PHL 516* Foundations of Analytic Philosophy
PHL 553* Contemporary Continental Philosophy
PHL 605 Existentialism

Minimum of two (2) Metaphysics and Epistemology courses:

PHL 110 Philosophy of Religion I
PHL 201 Problems in Philosophy
PHL 512* Philosophy of the Emotions
PHL 513* Phenomenology
PHL 514* Mind and Agency
PHL 515* Topics in Metaphysics and Epistemology
PHL 550 Knowledge, Truth and Belief
PHL 551 Metaphysics
PHL 552 Philosophy of Science
PHL 611 Philosophy of Mind
PHL 709 Religion, Science and Philosophy
PHL 808* Language and Philosophy
PHL 922* Religious Belief, Diversity, and Truth
PHL 923* Philosophy of Religion II
PHL 924* Critical Thinking II

Minimum one (1) Value Theory course:

PHL 365 Philosophy of Beauty
PHL 400 Human Rights and Justice
PHL 401 Philosophy and Mass Culture
PHL 500 Philosophy of the Natural Environment
PHL 501 Social Thought and the Critique of Power
PHL 504 Philosophy of Art
PHL 603* Modern and Contemporary Ethics
PHL 612 Philosophy of Law
PHL 614 Philosophy of Human Rights

Minimum one (1) Applied Philosophy course:

PHL 306 Freedom, Equality, Limits of Authority
PHL 307 Business Ethics
PHL 334 Ethics in Professional Life
PHL 406 Issues of Life, Death and Poverty
PHL 420 Philosophy, Diversity and Recognition
PHL 449 Philosophy of Punishment
PHL 509 Bioethics
PHL 525 Environmental Ethics
PHL 530 Media Ethics

Other courses you may take to fulfill Table II requirements:

PHL 517 Special Topics
PHL 606 Philosophy of Love and Sex
PHL 621 Beyond the Western Academic Tradition
PHL 710 Philosophy and Film
PHL 810 Philosophy of Cinema

Students considering Graduate studies are strongly advised to meet regularly with the Program Director to plan their course of study to ensure sufficient breadth and depth requirements.