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Department of Philosophy
Thomas Hall, Bryn Mawr College
101 No. Merion Avenue
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

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This page displays the schedule of Bryn Mawr courses in this department for this academic year. It also displays descriptions of courses offered by the department during the last four academic years.

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Spring 2013

COURSE	TITLE	SCHEDULE/ UNITS	MEETING TYPE TIMES/DAYS	LOCATION	INSTRUCTOR(S)
PHIL B101-001	Happiness and Reality in Ancient Thought	Semester / 1	Lecture: 2:30 PM- 4:00 PM MW	Taylor Hall E	Dostal,R.
PHIL B102-001	Science and Morality in Modernity	Semester / 1	Lecture: 2:15 PM- 3:45 PM TTH	Taylor Hall D	Vitale,S.
PHIL B211-001	Theory of Knowledge	Semester / 1	Lecture: 1:00 PM- 3:30 PM T	Bettws Y Coed 239	Krausz,M.
PHIL B228-001	Introduction to Political Philosophy: Ancient and Early Modern	Semester / 1	Lecture: 1:00 PM- 2:30 PM MW	Thomas Hall 104	Salkever,S.
PHIL B252-001	Feminist Theory	Semester / 1	Lecture: 12:45 PM- 2:15 PM TTH	Thomas Hall 111	Koggel,C.
PHIL B310-001	Philosophy of Science	Semester / 1	LEC: 1:00 PM- 3:30 PM W	Bettws Y Coed 100	Krausz,M.
PHIL B344-001	Development Ethics	Semester / 1	Lecture: 1:00 PM- 2:30 PM MW	English House Lecture Hall	Koggel,C.
PHIL B365-001	Erotica: Love and Art in Plato and Shakespeare	Semester / 1	LEC: 1:00 PM- 4:00 PM T	English House II	Hedley,J., Salkever,S.
PHIL B399-001	Senior Seminar	Semester / 1	Lecture: 7:00 PM-10:00 PM M	Thomas Hall 118	Dept. staff, TBA

Fall 2013

COURSE	TITLE	SCHEDULE/ UNITS	MEETING TYPE TIMES/DAYS	LOCATION	INSTRUCTOR(S)
PHIL B102-001	Science and Morality in Modernity	Semester / 1	Lecture: 2:30 PM- 4:00 PM MW	Taylor Hall G	Prettyman,A.
PHIL B205-001	Philosophy and Medical Issues	Semester / 1	Lecture: 2:15 PM- 3:45 PM TTH	Taylor Hall G	Koggel,C.
PHIL B211-001	Theory of Knowledge	Semester / 1	Lecture: 1:00 PM- 3:30 PM T	Bettws Y Coed 239	Krausz,M.
PHIL B221-001	Ethics	Semester / 1	Lecture: 1:00 PM- 2:30 PM MW	Taylor Hall G	Koggel,C.
PHIL B229-001	Concepts of the Self	Semester / 1	Lecture: 12:45 PM- 2:15 PM TTH	Dalton Hall 25	Prettyman,A.
PHIL B253-001	Theory in Practice: Critical Discourses in the Humanities: Rhetoric and Interpretation after Post-Modernism	Semester / 1	Lecture: 1:00 PM- 2:30 PM MW		Interim,R.
PHIL B293-001	The Play of Interpretation	Semester / 1	Lecture: 2:15 PM- 3:45 PM TTH	Dalton Hall 212E	Seyhan,A.
PHIL B300-001	Three Approaches to the Phiolosophy of Praxis: Nietzsche, Kant and Plato	Semester / 1	Lecture: 11:30 AM- 1:00 PM MW	Dalton Hall 1	Salkever,S.
PHIL B317-001	Philosophy of Creativity	Semester / 1	Lecture: 1:00 PM- 3:30 PM TH	Thomas Hall 118	Krausz,M.
PHIL B323-001	Culture and Interpretation	Semester / 1	Lecture: 1:00 PM- 3:30 PM W	Bettws Y Coed 239	Krausz,M.
PHIL B324-001	Computational Linguistics	Semester / 1	Lecture: 9:45 AM-11:15 AM TTH	Park 336	Kumar,D.
PHIL B338-001	Phenomenology: Heidegger and Husserl	Semester / 1	Lecture: 10:00 AM-11:30 AM MW	Thomas Hall 118	Dostal,R.
PHIL B371-001	Topics in Political Philosophy	Semester / 1	Lecture: 7:00 PM-10:00 PM T	Dalton Hall 212A
PHIL B398-001	Senior Seminar	Semester / 1	Lecture: 7:00 PM-10:00 PM M	Thomas Hall 102	Dept. staff, TBA

Spring 2014

COURSE	TITLE	SCHEDULE/ UNITS	MEETING TYPE TIMES/DAYS	LOCATION	INSTRUCTOR(S)
PHIL B101-001	Happiness and Reality in Ancient Thought	Semester / 1	Lecture: 2:30 PM- 4:00 PM MW	Taylor Hall D	Connolly,K.
PHIL B102-001	Science and Morality in Modernity	Semester / 1	Lecture: 2:15 PM- 3:45 PM TTH	Thomas Hall 111	Payson,J.
PHIL B103-001	Introduction to Logic	Semester / 1	Lecture: 11:15 AM-12:45 PM TTH	Taylor Hall G	Prettyman,A.
PHIL B225-001	Global Ethical Issues	Semester / 1	Lecture: 9:45 AM-11:15 AM TTH	Thomas Hall 111	Koggel,C.
PHIL B228-001	Introduction to Political Philosophy: Ancient and Early Modern	Semester / 1	Lecture: 2:30 PM- 4:00 PM MW	Dalton Hall 119	Salkever,S.
PHIL B240-001	Environmental Ethics	Semester / 1	Lecture: 1:00 PM- 2:30 PM MW	Taylor Hall F	Dostal,R.
PHIL B245-001	Philosophy of Law	Semester / 1	Lecture: 9:45 AM-11:15 AM TTH	Dalton Hall 1	Elkins,J.
PHIL B319-001	Philosophy of Mind	Semester / 1	Lecture: 1:00 PM- 4:00 PM W	Bettws Y Coed 106	Prettyman,A.
PHIL B352-001	Feminism and Philosophy	Semester / 1	Lecture: 11:30 AM- 1:00 PM MW	Dalton Hall 25	Koggel,C.
PHIL B381-001	Nietzsche, Self and Morality	Semester / 1	Lecture: 7:00 PM- 9:30 PM T	Dalton Hall 212A	Elkins,J.
PHIL B399-001	Senior Seminar	Semester / 1	Lecture: 7:00 PM-10:00 PM M		Dept. staff, TBA

2013-14 Catalog Data

PHIL B101 Happiness and Reality in Ancient Thought Spring 2014 What makes us happy? The wisdom of the ancient world has importantly shaped the tradition of Western thought but in some important respects it has been rejected or forgotten. What is the nature of reality? Can we have knowledge about the world and ourselves, and, if so, how? In this course we explore answers to these sorts of metaphysical, epistemological, ethical, and political questions by examining the works of the two central Greek philosophers: Plato and Aristotle. We will consider earlier Greek religious and dramatic writings, a few Presocratic philosophers, and the person of Socrates who never wrote a word. Division III: Humanities Critical Interpretation (CI) Inquiry into the Past (IP)

PHIL B102 Science and Morality in Modernity Fall 2013, Spring 2014 In this course, we explore answers to fundamental questions about the nature of the world and our place in it by examining the works of some of the central figures in modern western philosophy. Can we obtain knowledge of the world and, if so, how? Does God exist? What is the nature of the self? How do we determine morally right answers? What sorts of policies and political structures can best promote justice and equality? These questions were addressed in "modern" Europe in the context of the development of modern science and the religious wars. In a time of globalization we are all, more or less, heirs of the Enlightenment which sees its legacy to be modern science and the mastery of nature together with democracy and human rights. This course explores the above questions and considers them in their historical context. Some of the philosophers considered include Descartes, Locke, Hume, Kant, and Wollstonecraft. Division III: Humanities Critical Interpretation (CI) Inquiry into the Past (IP)

PHIL B103 Introduction to Logic Spring 2014 Logic is the study of formal reasoning, which concerns the nature of valid arguments and inferential fallacies. In everyday life our arguments tend to be informal and sometimes imprecise. The study of logic concerns the structure and nature of arguments, and so helps to analyze them more precisely. Topics will include: valid and invalid arguments, determining the logical structure of ordinary sentences, reasoning with truth-functional connectives, and inferences involving quantifiers and predicates. This course does not presuppose any background knowledge in logic. Division III: Humanities Quantitative Methods (QM)

PHIL B204 Readings in German Intellectual History Not offered 2013-14 Study of selected texts of German intellectual history, introducing representative works of Theodor W. Adorno, Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin, Sigmund Freud, Jürgen Habermas, Georg W. F. Hegel, Martin Heidegger, Werner Heisenberg, Immanuel Kant, G. E. Lessing, Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche, Friedrich Schiller, and Ludwig Wittgenstein. The course aims to introduce students to an advanced cultural reading range and the languages and terminology of humanistic disciplines in German-speaking countries, and seeks to develop their critical and interpretive skills. Division III: Humanities Critical Interpretation (CI) Inquiry into the Past (IP) Cross-listed as GERM B212

PHIL B205 Philosophy and Medical Issues Fall 2013 The field of medicine provides a rich terrain for the study and application of philosophical ethics. This course will introduce students to fundamental ethical theories and present ways in which these theories connect to particular medical issues. We will also discuss what are often considered the four fundamental principles of medical ethics (autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice) in connection to specific topics related to medical practice (such as reproductive rights, euthanasia, and allocation of health resources). Division III: Humanities Critical Interpretation (CI)

PHIL B211 Theory of Knowledge Fall 2013 Varieties of realism and relativism address questions about what sorts of things exist and the constraints on our knowledge of them. The aim of this course is to develop a sense of how these theories interrelate, and to instill philosophical skills in the critical evaluation of them. Discussions will be based on contemporary readings. Division III: Humanities Critical Interpretation (CI)

PHIL B212 Metaphysics Not offered 2013-14 Metaphysics is inquiry into basic features of the world and ourselves. This course considers two topics of metaphysics, free will and personal identity, and their relationship. What is free will and are we free? Is freedom compatible with determinism? Does moral responsibility require free will? What makes someone the same person over time? Can a person survive without their body? Is the recognition of others required to be a person? Division III: Humanities Critical Interpretation (CI)

PHIL B221 Ethics Fall 2013 An introduction to ethics by way of an examination of moral theories and a discussion of important ancient, modern, and contemporary texts which established theories such as virtue ethics, deontology, utilitarianism, relativism, emotivism, care ethics. This course considers questions concerning freedom, responsibility, and obligation. How should we live our lives and interact with others? How should we think about ethics in a global context? Is ethics independent of culture? A variety of practical issues such as reproductive rights, euthanasia, animal rights and the environment will be considered. Division III: Humanities Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Critical Interpretation (CI) Counts toward Gender and Sexuality Studies

PHIL B222 Aesthetics Nature and Experience of Art Not offered 2013-14 Prerequisite: One introductory course in philosophy. Here are some questions we will discuss in this course: What sort of thing is a work of art? Can criticism in the arts be objective? Do such cultural entities answer to more than one admissible interpretation? What is the role of a creator's intentions in fixing upon admissible interpretations? What is the nature of aesthetic experience? What is creativity in the arts? Readings will be drawn from contemporary sources. Division III: Humanities Critical Interpretation (CI) Cross-listed as COML B222

PHIL B225 Global Ethical Issues Spring 2014 The need for a critical analysis of what justice is and requires has become urgent in a context of increasing globalization, the emergence of new forms of conflict and war, high rates of poverty within and across borders and the prospect of environmental devastation. This course examines prevailing theories and issues of justice as well as approaches and challenges by non-western, post-colonial, feminist, race, class, and disability theorists. Division III: Humanities Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Critical Interpretation (CI) Cross-listed as POLS B225 Counts toward Gender and Sexuality Studies Counts toward International Studies Major

PHIL B228 Introduction to Political Philosophy: Ancient and Early Modern Spring 2014 An introduction to the fundamental problems of political philosophy, especially the relationship between political life and the human good or goods. Readings from Aristotle, Hobbes, Machiavelli, Plato, and Rousseau. Division III: Humanities Critical Interpretation (CI) Cross-listed as POLS B228

PHIL B229 Concepts of the Self Fall 2013 Each of us is a person, who grows and changes throughout the span of a human life. This course explores metaphysical and epistemological issues that arise out of this simple observation. What is a person, and what makes you the same person over time? What is the relation among person, self, and body? What are you conscious of when you are self-conscious? Could the self be an illusion? What is self-knowledge and is it a special kind of knowledge? We will address these issues by reading historical and contemporary sources from western and eastern philosophical traditions. Division III: Humanities Critical Interpretation (CI)

PHIL B231 Introduction to Political Philosophy: Modern Not offered 2013-14 A continuation of POLS 228, although 228 is not a prerequisite. Particular attention is given to the various ways in which the concept of freedom is used in explaining political life. Readings from Hegel, Locke, Marx, J.S. Mill, and Nietzsche. Division III: Humanities Critical Interpretation (CI) Cross-listed as POLS B231

PHIL B240 Environmental Ethics Spring 2014 This course surveys rights- and justice-based justifications for ethical positions on the environment. It examines approaches such as stewardship, intrinsic value, land ethic, deep ecology, ecofeminism, Asian and aboriginal. It explores issues such as obligations to future generations, to nonhumans and to the biosphere. Division III: Humanities Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Critical Interpretation (CI) Cross-listed as POLS B240 Counts toward Environmental Studies

PHIL B244 Philosophy and Cognitive Science Not offered 2013-14 Cognitive science is a multidisciplinary approach to the study of human cognition. It goes from the abstract study of concepts of cognition at one end to well-defined empirical research into language and cognition and the specifics of cognitive modeling on computers at the other. Philosophy, linguistics, psychology, computer science, and neuroscience are the major contributors to cognitive science. Philosophy both contributes to and examines cognitive science. Division III: Humanities Critical Interpretation (CI)

PHIL B245 Philosophy of Law Spring 2014 Introduces students to a variety of questions in the philosophy of law. Readings will be concerned with the nature of law, the character of law as a system, the ethical character of law, and the relationship of law to politics, power, authority, and society. Readings will include abstract philosophical arguments about the concept of law, as well as theoretical arguments about the nature of law as they arise within specific contexts, and judicial cases. Most or all of the specific issues discussed will be taken from Anglo-American law, although the general issues considered are not limited to those legal systems. Division I: Social Science Critical Interpretation (CI) Cross-listed as POLS B245

PHIL B252 Feminist Theory Not offered 2013-14 Beliefs that gender discrimination has been eliminated and women have achieved equality have become commonplace. We challenge these assumptions examining the concepts of patriarchy, sexism, and oppression. Exploring concepts central to feminist theory, we attend to the history of feminist theory and contemporary accounts of women's place and status in different societies, varied experiences, and the impact of the phenomenon of globalization. We then explore the relevance of gender to philosophical questions about identity and agency with respect to moral, social and political theory. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or permission of instructor. Division III: Humanities Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Critical Interpretation (CI) Cross-listed as POLS B253 Counts toward Gender and Sexuality Studies

PHIL B253 Theory in Practice: Critical Discourses in the Humanities
Section 001 (Fall 2013): Rhetoric and Interpretation after Post-Modernism Fall 2013 An examination in English of leading theories of interpretation from Classical Tradition to Modern and Post-Modern Time. This is a topics course. Course content varies. Division III: Humanities Critical Interpretation (CI) Cross-listed as ITAL B213 Cross-listed as RUSS B253

PHIL B293 The Play of Interpretation Fall 2013 Designated theory course. A study of the methodologies and regimes of interpretation in the arts, humanistic sciences, and media and cultural studies, this course focuses on common problems of text, authorship, reader/spectator, and translation in their historical and formal contexts. Literary, oral, and visual texts from different cultural traditions and histories will be studied through interpretive approaches informed by modern critical theories. Readings in literature, philosophy, popular culture, and film will illustrate how theory enhances our understanding of the complexities of history, memory, identity, and the trials of modernity. Division III: Humanities Critical Interpretation (CI) Cross-listed as COML B293 Cross-listed as ENGL B292 Counts toward International Studies Major

PHIL B300 Three Approaches to the Phiolosophy of Praxis: Nietzsche, Kant and Plato Fall 2013 A study of three important ways of thinking about theory and practice in Western political philosophy. Prerequisites: POLS B228 and B231, or PHIL B101 and B201. Division III: Humanities Cross-listed as POLS B300

PHIL B310 Philosophy of Science Not offered 2013-14 An examination of positivistic science and its critics. The topics of this course will include: the demarcation between science and non-science; falsificationism vs. verificationism; the structure of scientific revolutions and research programs; criticism and growth of scientific knowledge; interpretive ideals in science; scientific explanation; truth and objectivity; the effect of interpretation upon that which is interpreted in modern physics; constructivism vs. realism in philosophy of science. Division III: Humanities Cross-listed as BIOL B310

PHIL B317 Philosophy of Creativity Fall 2013 This course will address the following questions: What are the criteria of creativity? Is explaining creativity possible? Should we understand creativity in terms of persons, processes or products? What is the relation between creativity and skill? What is genius? What is creative imagination? Is there a difference between creativity in the arts and creativity in the sciences? What is the relation between the context of discovery and the context of justification? What is the relation between tradition and creativity? Is there a significant relationship between creativity and self-transformation? Division III: Humanities

PHIL B319 Philosophy of Mind Spring 2014 The conscious mind remains a philosophical and scientific mystery. In this course, we will explore the nature of consciousness and its place in the physical world. Some questions we will consider include: How is consciousness related to the brain and the body? Are minds a kind of computer? Is the conscious mind something non-physical or immaterial? Is it possible to have a science of consciousness, or will consciousness inevitably resist scientific explanation? We will explore these questions from a philosophical perspective that draws on relevant literature from cognitive neuroscience. Division III: Humanities

PHIL B321 Greek Political Philosophy Aristotle: Ethics and Politics Not offered 2013-14 Division III: Humanities Cross-listed as POLS B320

PHIL B323 Culture and Interpretation Fall 2013 This course will pursue such questions as the following. For all objects of interpretation--including works of art, music, literature, persons or cultures--must there be a single right interpretation? If not, what is to prevent one from sliding into an interpretive anarchism? Does interpretation affect the nature or the number of an object of interpretation? Does the singularity or multiplicity of interpretations mandate such ontologies as realism or constructivism? Discussions will be based on contemporary readings. Division III: Humanities Cross-listed as COML B323 Counts toward International Studies Major

PHIL B324 Computational Linguistics Fall 2013 Introduction to computational models of understanding and processing human languages. How elements of linguistics, computer science, and artificial intelligence can be combined to help computers process human language and to help linguists understand language through computer models. Topics covered: syntax, semantics, pragmatics, generation and knowledge representation techniques. Prerequisite: some background in linguistics or computer science. Cross-listed as CMSC B325 Cross-listed as LING B325

PHIL B326 Relativism: Cognitive and Moral Not offered 2013-14 Cognitive relativists believe that truth is relative to particular cultures or conceptual schemes. In an analogous way, moral relativists believe that moral rightness is relative to particular cultures or conceptual schemes. Relativistic theories of truth and morality are widely embraced in the current intellectual climate, and they are as perplexing as they are provocative. This course will examine varieties of relativism and their absolutistic counterparts. Readings will be drawn from contemporary sources. Division III: Humanities

PHIL B327 Political Philosophy in the 20th Century Not offered 2013-14 Division III: Humanities Cross-listed as POLS B327

PHIL B329 Wittgenstein Not offered 2013-14 Wittgenstein is notable for developing two philosophical systems. In the first, he attempted to show that there is a single common structure underlying all language, thought and being. In the second, he denied the idea of such a structure and claimed that the job of philosophy was to free philosophers from bewitchments due to misunderstandings of ordinary concepts in language. The course begins by sketching the first system. We then turn to his rejection of the earlier ideas as outlined in Philosophical Investigations and On Certainty. We also examine contemporary interpretations of Wittgenstein's later work. Division III: Humanities Cross-listed as GERM B329

PHIL B330 Kant Not offered 2013-14 The significance of Kant's transcendental philosophy for thought in the 19th and 20th centuries cannot be overstated. His work is profoundly important for both the analytical and the so-called "continental" schools of thought. This course will provide a close study of Kant's breakthrough work: The Critique of Pure Reason. We will read and discuss the text with reference to its historical context and with respect to its impact on developments in epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, philosophy of religion as well as developments in German Idealism, 20th-century phenomenology., and contemporary analytic philosophy. Prerequisite: PHIL 102 or at least one 200 level Philosophy course. Division III: Humanities

PHIL B338 Phenomenology: Heidegger and Husserl Fall 2013 This upper-level seminar will consider the two main proponents of phenomenology--a movement in philosophy in the 20th century that attempted to restart philosophy in a radical way. Its concerns are philosophically comprehensive: ontology, epistemology, philosophy of science, ethics, and so on. Phenomenology provides the important background for other later developments in 20th-century philosophy and beyond: existentialism, deconstruction, post-modernism. This seminar will focus primarily on Edmund Husserl's Crisis of the European Sciences and Martin Heidegger's Being and Time. Other writings to be considered include some of Heidegger's later work and Merleau-Ponty's preface to his Phenomenology of Perception. Division III: Humanities

PHIL B344 Development Ethics Not offered 2013-14 This course explores the meaning of and moral issues raised by development. In what direction and by what means should a society "develop"? What role, if any, does the globalization of markets and capitalism play in processes of development and in systems of discrimination on the basis of factors such as race and gender? Answers to these sorts of questions will be explored through an examination of some of the most prominent theorists and recent literature. Prerequisites: a philosophy, political theory or economics course or permission of the instructor. Division III: Humanities Cross-listed as POLS B344 Counts toward Gender and Sexuality Studies Counts toward International Studies Major

PHIL B352 Feminism and Philosophy Spring 2014 It has been said that one of the most important feminist contributions to theory is its uncovering of the ways in which theory in the Western tradition, whether of science, knowledge, morality, or politics has a hidden male bias. This course will explore feminist criticisms of and alternatives to traditional Western theory by examining feminist challenges to traditional liberal moral and political theory. Specific questions may include how to understand the power relations at the root of women's oppression, how to theorize across differences, or how ordinary individuals are to take responsibility for pervasive and complex systems of oppression. Division III: Humanities Cross-listed as POLS B352

PHIL B365 Erotica: Love and Art in Plato and Shakespeare Not offered 2013-14 The course explores the relationship between love and art, "eros" and "poesis," through in-depth study of Plato's "Phaedus" and "Symposium," Shakespeare's "As You Like It" and "Antony and Cleopatra," and essays by modern commentators (including David Halperin, Anne Carson, Martha Nussbaum, Marjorie Garber, and Stanley Cavell). We will also read Shakespeare's Sonnets and "Romeo and Juliet." Division III: Humanities Cross-listed as ENGL B365 Cross-listed as POLS B365 Counts toward Gender and Sexuality Studies

PHIL B371 Topics in Political Philosophy Fall 2013 This is a topic course. Topics vary. Division I or Division III Cross-listed as POLS B371

PHIL B372 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Not offered 2013-14 Survey of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the study of how to program computers to behave in ways normally attributed to "intelligence" when observed in humans. Topics include heuristic versus algorithmic programming; cognitive simulation versus machine intelligence; problem-solving; inference; natural language understanding; scene analysis; learning; decision-making. Topics are illustrated by programs from literature, programming projects in appropriate languages and building small robots. Division II and Quantitive Cross-listed as CMSC B372

PHIL B380 Persons, Morality and Modernity Not offered 2013-14 Division III: Humanities Cross-listed as POLS B380

PHIL B381 Nietzsche, Self and Morality Spring 2014 This course examines Nietzsche's thought, with particular focus on questions concerning the nature of the self and morality. The texts for the course are drawn mostly from Nietzsche's own writing, but these are complemented by some contemporary work in moral philosophy and philosophy of mind that has a Nietzschean influence. Cross-listed as POLS B381

PHIL B395 Topics: Origins of Political Philosophy
Section 001 (Fall 2012): Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Political Not offered 2013-14 This is a topics course. Course content varies Division III: Humanities

PHIL B398 Senior Seminar Senior majors are required to write an undergraduate thesis on an approved topic. The senior seminar is a two-semester course in which research and writing are directed. Seniors will meet collectively and individually with the supervising instructor. Division III: Humanities

PHIL B399 Senior Seminar The senior seminar is a required course for majors in Philosophy. It is the course in which the research and writing of an undergraduate thesis is directed both in and outside of the class time. Students will meet sometimes with the class as a whole and sometimes with the professor separately to present and discuss drafts of their theses. Division III: Humanities

PHIL B403 Supervised Work

PHIL B425 Praxis III: Independent Study Counts toward Praxis Program

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