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Recent Syllabi - Philosophy Courses

 

PHL 130 - Logic and Reasoning

PHL 130, hybrid format (Spring 2012) - Tamra Frei

PHL 130 (Fall 2011) - Matt McKeon

PHL 130 (Fall 2009) - Jim Roper

PHL 130 (Fall 2008) - Lisa Schwartzman

PHL 130 (Fall 2006) - Dan Steel

PHL 200 - Introduction to Philosophy

PHL 200, honors section (Spring 2012) - Tamra Frei

PHL 200 (Spring 2012) - Hilde Lindemann

PHL 200 (Spring 2012) - Christian Lotz

PHL 200 (Fall 2011) - Matthew Johnson

PHL 200, online course (Summer 2011) - Emily Katz

PHL 200 (Spring 2011) - Shannon Proctor

PHL 200 (Spring 2011) - Dan Steel

PHL 200 (Spring 2011) - John Wallace

PHL 200 (Fall 2010) - Emily Katz

PHL 200 (Spring 2010) - Kristie Dotson

PHL 200 (Spring 2010) - Todd Hedrick

PHL 200, honors section (Spring 2010) - Christian Lotz

PHL 200 (Fall 2009) - Shannon Proctor

PHL 200 (Fall 2008) - Mark Balawender

PHL 210 - Ancient Greek Philosophy

PHL 210 - Debra Nails

PHL 211 - Modern Philosophy

PHL 211 (Spring 2011) - Debra Nails

PHL 211 (Spring 2009) - Fred Rauscher

PHL 330 - Formal Reasoning

PHL 330 (Spring 2012) - Jim Roper

PHL 330 (Fall 2011) - Dan Steel

PHL 330 (Spring 2009) - Matt McKeon

PHL 340 - Ethics

PHL 340 (Fall 2010) - Tamra Frei

PHL 340 (Spring 2010) - Hilde Lindemann

PHL 342 - Environmental Ethics

PHL 342, online course (Summer 2012) - Danielle Lake

PHL 342 (Fall 2011) - Kyle Whyte

PHL 342, online course (Summer 2011) - Matt Ferkany

PHL 344 - Ethical Issues in Health Care

PHL 344 (Spring 2012) - Hilde Lindemann

PHL 344 (Fall 2011) - Sean Valles

PHL 344 (Summer 2009) - Mark Balawender

PHL 345 - Business Ethics

PHL 345 (Fall 2011) - Jim Roper

PHL 347 - Aesthetics

PHL 347 (Fall 2009) - Christian Lotz

PHL 350 - Intro. to Social and Political Philosophy

PHL 350 (Fall 2010) - Todd Hedrick

PHL 350 (Fall 2009) - Matthew Johnson

PHL 353 - Peace and Justice Studies

PHL 353, online course (Summer 2012) - Mark Balawender

PHL 353 (Fall 2010) - Dick Peterson

PHL 354 - Philosophy of Law

PHL 354 (Spring 2012) - Todd Hedrick

PHL 354 (Fall 2011) - Lisa Schwartzman

PHL 354 (Summer 2011) - Matthew Johnson

PHL 354 (Fall 2010) - Fred Rauscher

PHL 354 (Summer 2008) - Mark Balawender

PHL 355 - Philosophy of Technology (cross listed as LBCS355)

PHL 355 (Fall 2008) - Robert Pennock

PHL 356 - Philosophical Aspects of Feminism

PHL 356 (Fall 2011) - Shannon Proctor

PHL 356 (Spring 2011) - Kristie Dotson

PHL 356 (Fall 2008) - Lisa Schwartzman

PHL 356 (Spring 2006) - Hilde Lindemann

PHL 357 - Philosophy of Karl Marx

PHL 357 (Spring 2011) - Mark Balawender

PHL 357 (Spring 2010) - Todd Hedrick

PHL 357 (Spring 2007) - Dick Peterson

PHL 380 - Nature of Science

PHL 380 (Spring 2012) - Dan Steel

PHL 380 (Fall 2011) - Jim Roper

PHL 410 - Plato

PHL 410 (Fall semesters) - Debra Nails

PHL 411 - Aristotle

PHL 411 (Srping 2012) - Emily Katz

PHL 411 (Spring 2011) - Emily Katz

PHL 411 (Spring semesters) - Debra Nails

PHL 415 - Kant

PHL 415 (Spring 2011) - Fred Rauscher

PHL 416 - Hegel

PHL 416 (Spring 2012) - Fred Rauscher

PHL 416 (Spring 2006) - Christian Lotz

PHL 417 - 19th Century Philosophy

PHL 417 (Fall 2009) - Fred Rauscher

PHL 420 - Contemporary Continental Philosophy

PHL 420 (Fall 2011) - Eric Lambert

PHL 420 (Fall 2010) - Kyle Whyte

PHL 420 (Fall 2009) - Dick Peterson

PHL 421 - Topics in European Philosophy

PHL 421 (Spring 2012) - Dick Peterson

PHL 421 (Spring 2010) - Christian Lotz

PHL 421 (Spring 2008) - Christian Lotz

PHL 432 - Logic and Its Metatheory

PHL 432 (Spring 2010) - Matt McKeon

PHL 440 - Central Issues in Ethics

PHL 440 (Spring 2011) - Sean Valles

PHL 440 (Spring 2010) - Tamra Frei

PHL 442 - Ethics and Animals

PHL 442 (Fall 2009) - Paul Thompson

PHL 444 - Philosophical Issues in Biomedicine

PHL 444 (Fall 2010) - Len Fleck

PHL 450 - Liberal Theory and Its Critics

PHL 450 (Spring 2012) - Lisa Schwartzman

PHL 451 - Philosophy and the Black Experience

PHL 451, undergraduate (Spring 2009) - Kristie Dotson

PHL 451, graduate (Spring 2009) - Kristie Dotson

PHL 452 - Ethics and Development

PHL 452 (Fall 2011) - Fred Gifford

PHL 453 - Ethics in Global Health Care

PHL 453 (Spring 2012) - Fred Gifford

PHL 454 - Topics in Philosophy of Law

PHL 454 (Spring 2012) - Fred Rauscher

PHL 454 (Fall 2010) - Todd Hedrick

PHL 456 - Topics in Feminist Philosophy

PHL 456 (Fall 2007) - Lisa Schwartzman

PHL 460 - Epistemology

PHL 460, undergraduate (Fall 2010) - Kristie Dotson

PHL 460, grauduate (Fall 2010) - Kristie Dotson

PHL 461 - Metaphysics

PHL 461 (Spring 2009) - Matt McKeon

PHL 480 - Philosophy of Science

PHL 480 (Spring 2012) - Dan Steel

PHL 484 - Philosophy of Biological Science

PHL 484 (Spring 2011) - Robert Pennock

PHL 485 - Philosophy of Social Science

PHL 485 (Spring 2011) - Dan Steel

PHL 491 - Special Topics in Philosophy

PHL 491 (Spring 2010) - Jim Roper

PHL 491 (Spring 2010) - Kyle Whyte

PHL 491 (Spring 2009) - Todd Hedrick

PHL 491 (Spring 2009) - Christian Lotz

PHL 492 - Seminar for Majors

PHL 492 (Fall 2010) - Matt McKeon

PHL 810 - Seminar in the History of Philosophy

PHL 810 (Spring 2011) - Fred Rauscher

PHL 810 (Fall 2010) - Tamra Frei

PHL 810 (Fall 2008) - Fred Rauscher

PHL 820 - Seminar in Continental Philosophy

PHL 820 (Fall 2010) - Christian Lotz

PHL 820 (Spring 2008) - Dick Peterson

PHL 850 - Seminar in Social and Political Philosophy

PHL 850 (Spring 2012) - Todd Hedrick

PHL 850 (Srping 2011) - Dick Peterson

PHL 850 (Spring 2010) - Steve Esquith

PHL 850 (Spring 2009) - Lisa Schwartzman

PHL 850 (Spring 2007) - Lisa Schwartzman

PHL 860 - Seminar in Metaphysics and Epistemology

PHL 860 (Fall 2009) - Kristie Dotson

PHL 870 - Seminar in Philosophy of Health Care

PHL 870 (Fall 2011) - Len Fleck

PHL 870 (Fall 2009) - Fred Gifford

PHL 870 (Fall 2007) - Hilde Lindemann

PHL 880 - Seminar in Philosophy of Science

PHL 880 (Fall 2011) - Dan Steel

 

Recent Syllabi - Integrative Studies in Arts & Humanities Courses

 

IAH 206 - Self, Society, and Technology

IAH 206 (Spring 2012) - Fred Gifford

IAH 206 (Fall 2010) - Kyle Whyte

IAH 207 - Literatures, Cultures, Identities

IAH 207 (Fall 2011) - Emily Katz

IAH 207 (Spring 2011) - Kristie Dotson

IAH 221 A - Great Ages - The Ancient World

IAH 221 A (Spring 2012) - Debra Nails

IAH 231 A -  Human Values & the Arts & the Humanities

IAH 231 A (Fall 2011) - Fred Rauscher

IAH 231 A (Fall 2010) - Hilde Lindemann

IAH 231 A (Fall 2009) - Christian Lotz

IAH 231 A (Spring 2009) - Christian Lotz

IAH 231 B - Moral Issues & the Arts & Humanities

IAH 231 B (Summer 2012) - Christian Lotz

IAH 231 B (Spring 2012) - Jim Roper

IAH 231 B (Spring 2012) - Michael Liberato

IAH 231 B (Fall 2011) - Eric Lambert

IAH 231 B (Fall 2005) - Dick Peterson 

 

Recent Syllabi - Other Courses Taught by Philosophy Faculty

 

AL 891 - Arts & Letters Seminar

AL 891 (Summer 2010) - Seminar on The Sublime and the Non-Representable - Christian Lotz

HM 491/591 - Medical Ethics and Health Policy in London

 HM 491/591 (Summer 2012) - Len Fleck

Honors Research Seminar

Power Discipline, and Institutions: The Making of the Modern Individual (Fall 2006) - Lotz

Representation in Painting and Photography (Fall 2008 - Spring 2009) - Lotz