Upcoming Courses

Fall 2025

Art and Aesthetics

PHIL 1502 | Dr. Paula Landerreche Cardillo | MWF 9:05 am -9:55 am

What is the place of art in society? How do artistic practices differ from other ways that human beings make sense of their world? Why do we care about art? How has the concept of art changed throughout time and space?

Citizens and Their Cities

PHIL 1502 | Dr. Gregory Convertito | various times

In this course we will examine the notions of “city” and of “citizen” from different geographic, cultural, and historical contexts as an introduction to the practices and uses of philosophical thinking.

Human Nature

PHIL 1502 | Dr. Pedro Monque | MWF 10:10 am– 11:00 am

We will explore different ideas about human nature, from ideas about human uniqueness and the human essence to categories like race, gender, sexuality, and disability.

Democracy and Virtue

PHIL 1512 | Dr. Daniel Boisvert | various times (on-line course)

Introduces students to a number of important virtues—including intellectual virtues such as intellectual honesty, truth-seeking, humility, courage, and others—that any thriving deliberative democracy requires of its citizens.

Philosophy of Love and Sex

PHIL 1512 | Dr. Shannon Sullivan | MWF 11:15 am – 12:05 am

Critical Thinking in Philosophy

PHIL 2100 | Dr. Tina Talsma | MWF 12:20 am – 1:10 pm

Fundamental skills of clear thinking that help students reason better.

Deductive Logic

PHIL 2105 | multiple sections

Principles of deductive logic, both classical and symbolic.

Healthcare Ethics | hybrid asynchronous

PHIL 2220 | Prof. Reginald Raymer | MWF 9:05 am – 9:55 am

An examination of major ethical dilemmas within medical science and biology.

Critical Phenomenology

PHIL 3059 | Dr. Shannon Sullivan | MWF 9:30 am – 10:45 am

Philosophy of Science Fiction and Fantasy

PHIL 3059 | Dr. Damien Williams | TTH 11:30am – 12:45 pm

This course will look at several different pieces of speculative fiction in television, film, short stories, books, and comics, and use them to explore different philosophical questions and problems.

History and Philosophy of Computing

PHIL 3079 | Dr. Damien Williams | on-line

Students will learn about the challenges and opportunities posed by artificial intelligence (AI) across multiple aspects of the legal system, with particular attention to the implications of generative AI for existing legal frameworks.

Law and Artificial Intelligence

PHIL 3079 | Prof. Daniel Piar | W 2:30 pm – 5:15 pm

Twentieth-Century Philosophy

PHIL 3204 | Dr. Michael Kelly| on-line

We will examine both historical exemplars of these philosophical approaches and contemporary iterations or critiques of them by feminists, theorists in the Black radical thought tradition, and others.

Environmental Ethics

PHIL 3222 | Dr. Pedro Monque Lopez| MW 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm

Critical reflection on the relationship between humans and the natural world through a survey of philosophical perspectives on the environment. Topics may include the moral status of animals, our duties to future generations, whether nature is valuable independently of human needs and desires, sustainability and economics, environmental injustice, food ethics, and/or debates over climate change.

Philosophy of Religion

PHIL 3243 | Dr. Tina Talsma | MWF 1:25 pm – 2:15 pm

Philosophical implications of religious experience including the definitions, development, and diverse forms of the problems of belief and reason in modern thought.

Foundations of Ethics

PHIL 3252 | Dr. Dan Boisvert| T 2:30–5:15

Philosophy of Education

PHIL 3274| Dr. Mark Sanders | TTH 2:30 pm– 5:15 pm

In this class we will look specifically at the role that philosophy can and should play in education.

Major Figure in Philosophy

PHIL 4009/5009| Dr. Trevor Pearce | MW 2:30–3:45

Major Figure in Philosophy: W. E. B. Du Bois

Modernity and Practice of Race

PHIL 4079 | Dr. Eddy Souffrant | TTH 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm | hybrid asynchronous| 1st part of term

We shall examine with the work of some of the above thinkers the peculiarly modern racial languages and practices. The latter will thus help question the sustenance of these practices in the contemporary period and the ramifications of their critical approach for our contemporary social and political philosophy.

Approaches to the Study of Religion

PHIL 6050 | Dr. Kent Brintnall | M 5:30 pm – 8:15 pm

This seminar will engage a number of representative, recent texts in the interdisciplinary field of religious studies to help students develop the skills of analyzing, evaluating, and crafting arguments and identifying the role of method and writing in the articulation and persuasiveness of arguments.