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Year at a Glance Courses 2026-2027

Tentative schedule of Philosophy courses by quarter for the 2026-2027 annual school year. Changes happen often. If you are planning ahead, please check this tentative schedule weekly for updates.

THIS SCHEDULE IS TENTATIVE
Most recent update: July 8, 2026
Course Fall 2026 Winter 2027 Spring 2027
Lower
Division
  1. Intro to Philosophy
    A. Kocurek

TTh 9:30-10:50am
40 seats

 1. Intro to Philosophy
G. Sher		 1. Intro to Philosophy
M. Vargas

10. Introduction to Logic
J. Carr

MW 1-1:50pm
200 seats

 10. Introduction to Logic
R. Rudolph		 10. Introduction to Logic
A. Kocurek
12. Scientific Reasoning
K. Kovaka		 12. Scientific Reasoning
K. McKenzie

13. Intro to Phil. Ethics
A. Lamey

MWF 12-12:50pm
136 seats

 
14. The Nature of Reality
C. Shields

23. Philosophy of AI
E. Chen
24. Science and Pseudoscience
C. Callender		 23. Philosophy of AI
E. Chen

27. Ethics and Society
R. Brandt

MW 10-10:50am
300 seats

 27. Ethics and Society
R. Brandt		 27. Ethics and Society
S. Bazargan-Forward

28. Ethics and Society II
A. Lamey

MW 4-4:50pm
256 seats

28. Ethics and Society II
A. Lamey

 28. Ethics and Society II
D. Nelkin

35. Philosophy of the Americas
D. Vargas

TTh 12:30-1:50pm
70 seats

 33. Philosophy between Reason and Despair
C. Tolley		 31. Ancient Philosophy
M. Johnson

50. Law and Society
Yuan

TTh 9:30-10:50am
66 seats

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 31. Philosophy and the Rise of Modern Science
Bosco Garcia

51. Climate Ethics
K. Kovaka

MWF 11-11:50am
66 seats

87. First-year Seminar
K. Kovaka

M 4-4:50pm
20 seats
History of
Philosophy

110. History of Phil., Ancient
M. Johnson


TTh 11-12:20pm
restricted to majors

 111. History of Phil., Early Modern
E. Watkins		 112. History of Phil., Late Modern
M. Hardimon
Logic

120. Symbolic Logic
J. Carr

MW 4-5:20pm
60 seats

 120. Symbolic Logic
J. Carr
Moral and
Political

159. Metaethics
D. Brink

MWF 10-10:50am
40 seats

161. Topics in the History of Ethics
D. Brink

160. Ethical Theory
Yuan

167. Contemporary Political Philosophy
S. Bazargan-Forward

11-11:50am
40 seats

 

 172. Topics in Political Philosophy
A. Lamey
Epistemology
& Metaphysics

134. Philosophy of Language
J. Cohen

MWF 11-11:50am
40 seats

 132. Epistemology
G. Sher

130. Metaphysics
K. McKenzie

136. Philosophy of Mind
C. Shields

TTh 8-9:20
40 seats

131. Topics in Metaphysics
E. Watkins
Science

147. Philosophy of Biology
K. Kovaka

MWF 9-9:50am
40 seats

145. Philosophy of Science
K. McKenzie

 149. Philosophy of Psychology
M. Fulkerson

146. Philosophy of Physics
C. Callender

150. Philosophy of Cognitive Science
J. Cohen
Upper
Division
Electives

142. Philosophy of Emotion
M. Fulkerson

MWF 12-12:50pm
40 seats

 101. Aristotle
C. Shields

100. Plato
M. Johnson

153. Philosophy and Animals
A. Lamey

TTh 12:30-1:50pm
40 seats

137. Moral Psychology
M. Fulkerson

108. Nineteenth-Century Philosophy
C. Tolley

168. Philosophy of Law
S. Bazargan-Forward

MWF 1-1:50pm
40 seats

 140. Free Will
D. Nelkin

122. Advanced Topics in Logic
G. Sher

173. Topics in Bioethics
D. Nelkin

TTh 9:30-10:50am
40 seats

148. Philosophy and the Environment
K. Kovaka

 138. Moral Responsibility
D. Vargas

176. Philosophy of Culture
D. Vargas

TTh 2-3:20pm
40 seats

 162. Contemporary Moral Problems
A. Lamey

141. Meaning of Life
S. Rickless

189. Applied Ethics
R. Brandt

TBD
By interview only

 163. Bioethics
R. Brandt

174. Data Ethics
R. Brandt
165. Freedom, Equality, and the Law
D. Brink

181. Existentialism
D. Cohen
170. Philosophy of Race
M. Hardimon
175. Aesthetics
C. Tolley
Methods
Colleges
Graduate
Seminars

202. Core Ethics
D. Brink & C. Shields

Tu 1-3:50pm

204A. Core Philosophy of Science
N. Cartwright

 222. Philosophy of Logic
A. Kocurek

210. Greek Philosophy
M. Johnson

W 11-1:50pm

 206A. Core Epistemology
J. Carr		 267. Political Philosophy
Y. Yuan

220. Agency, Responsibility and Freedom
M. Fulkerson & D. Nelkin

Th 1-3:20pm

 234. Philosophy of Language
R. Rudolph		 285. Special Topics
M. Hardimon

Updated: July 8 2026