Philosophy

Philosophy Department Program Outcomes

The Philosophy Department's instructional goals include these areas:

  1. analytical skills
  2. skills in reasoning
  3. skills involved in the written and oral presentation of philosophical arguments
  4. ethical values
  5. substantive interconnections
  6. creative philosophical work
  7. a range of philosophical traditions
  8. a historical philosophical movement or figure
  9. a philosophical topic
  10. research skills

Philosophy Department Program Outcomes

Courses Goal 1 Goal 2 Goal 3 Goal 4 Goal 5 Goal 6 Goal 7 Goal 8 Goal 9 Goal 10
PHL 2010 Intro I I I I I   I I I  
PHL 2020 Critical Thinking I I I              
PHL 2030 Philosophy Proseminar I I I I   I I     I I
PHL 2040 Ethical Problems in Contemporary Life I I I I         I  
PHL 2050 Business & Professional Ethics I I I I         I  
PHL 2060 Phil through Children's Lit I I I I         I  
PHL/CS 2180 Logic and Computing I I I              
PHL 2200 Religions of the World I I I I I   I      
PHL 2900 Philosophy Proseminar II D D D   D D     D D
PHL 2990 Spec Top LD I I I   I I I I
PHL 2990A Spec Top LD I I I I I I I
PHL 2990L I I I I I I I I I I
PHL 3010 Philosophy of the Arts D D D D M D     D D
PHL 3030 Philosophy of Religion D D D D D D     D D
PHL 3040 Phil and Religion of Japan D D D D D D D D   D
PHL 3050 Phil and Religion of China D D D D D D D D   D
PHL 3060 Phil and Religion of India D D D D D D D D   D
PHL 3090 Moral Philosophy D D D D D D       D
PHL 3100 Social and Political Philosophy D D D D D D     D D
PHL 3110 Philosophical Issues in the Law D D D D M D     D D
PHL 3120 History of Ancient Philosophy D D D   D D D D   D
PHL 3130 History of Medieval Philosophy D D D   D D D D   D
PHL 3140 History of Modern Philosophy D D D   D D D D   D
PHL 3160 Nineteenth-Century Philosophy D D D   D D D D   D
PHL 3170 Twentieth Century Philosophy D D D   D D D D   D
PHL 3200 American Philosophy D D D   D D D D   D
PHL 3220 Existentialism D D D   D D   D   D
PHL 3280 Phil of Asian Martial Arts & Religion D D D D D D D D   D
PHL 3330 Bioethics D D D D M D     D D
PHL 3400 Current Debates about Sexuality D D D D M D     D D
PHL 3450 Confrontations with the Reaper D D D D M D     D D
PHL 3500 Philosophy of Mind D D D   M D     D D
PHL 3530 Cognitive Science D D D   M D     D D
PHL 3590 Epistemology D D D   D D     D D
PHL 3600 Metaphysics D D D   M D     D D
PHL 3810 Race and Racism D D D D M D     D D
PHL 3830 Philosophy of Science D D D   M D     D D
PHL 4000 Spec Study UD D D D   D D      D D 
PHL 4050 Great Works D D D   D D   M   D
PHL 4090 Contemporary Moral Theory D D D D D D     D D
PHL 4300 Ethics, Environment, and Society D D D D M D     D D
PHL 4350 Clinical Ethics Practicum D D D D D D     D D
PHL 4400 Seminar in Law and Values D D D M M D     M D
PHL 4610 Senior Seminar in Philosophy M M M   M M     M M
PHL 4750 Global Justice D D D D D D D D
PHL 4820 Ethics Bowl D D M M D D     M D
PHL 4850 Comparative Philosophy D D D D M D M     D
PHL 4890 Seminar in Metaphysics & Epistemology D D D   M D     M D
PHL 4990 Spec Topics UD D D D D D D D
PHL 4990A Spec Topics UD D D D D D D D
PHL 4990L Spec Topics UD D D D D D D D