Courses

Distribution Requirements Key

Undergraduate Graduate
  • >1 Arts & Letters
  • >2 Social Sciences
  • >AC American Cultures
  • >GP Global Perspectives
  • >IC International Cultures
  • >IP Identity/Pluralism/Tolerance
  • >US Difference, Inequality, Agency
  • AUTH Author’s Course Req. for Phil. Major
  • ETEL Ethics Minor Elective and/or Core
  • GRCC Gender, Race, Class, & Culture Req. for Phil. Major
  • HSTP History Req. for Major (only 310, 311, 312 for Minor)
  • LOGC Logic Req. for Major
 

Historical Requirements

  • HA  History of Ancient
  • HM  History of Modern Phil.
  • H19 History of 19th c. Phil.

Emerging & Engaged Requirements

  • Em Emerging Philosophies
  • Eng Engaged Philosophies

Traditions Requirements

  • An Analytic
  • Am American
  • Co Continental
  • Fm Feminism
  • AnAl Analytic Phil. Advanced Intro
  • AmAl American Phil. Advanced Intro
  • CoCl Continental Phil. Advanced Intro
  • FmAl Feminist Phil. Advanced Intro

Current & Upcoming Terms

Academic Year 2024-2025

(All courses listed here are subject to change.)

Fall 2024

To view all Philosophy Dept. courses offered this term at the official UO Class Schedule, please click here.

Fall 2024 Expanded Course Descriptions available here.

Undergraduate Graduate
  • 101 Philosophical Problems (Pratt) [>1, GRCC, ETEL]
  • 102 Ethics (GE TBD) [>1, ETEL]
  • 103 Critical Reasoning (GE TBD) [>1]
  • 104 History of Western Philosophy (Vallega-Neu) [>1]
  • 110 Human Nature (GE TBD) [>1, >GP, >IP, GRCC, ETEL]
  • 130 Philosophy & Popular Culture (Brence) [>1, ETEL]
  • 170 Love & Sex (GE TBD) [>1, >GP, >IP, GRCC, ETEL]
  •  211 Existentialism (GE TBD)
  • 220 Food Ethics (McKenna) [>1, ETEL]
  • 225 Introduction to Formal Logic (Brence) [>1, LOGC]
  • 299 Sports Ethics (Weiser) [ETEL]
  • 310 History of Ancient Philosophy (Vallega) [>1, HSTP]
  • 315 Feminist Phil Intro (Mann) [>1, >IP, >US, GRCC, ETEL]
  • 323 Advanced Moral Theory (GE TBD) [ETEL]
  • 339 Philosophy of Science (Neal) [>2]
  • 340 Environmental Philosophy (GE TBD) [>1, ETEL]
  • 342 Latin American Philosophy (Martinez Velasco) [>1, >GP, >IC, GRCC, ETEL, HSTP]
  •  350 Metaphysics (GE TBD)
  • 423 Technology Ethics (Alvarado) [ETEL]
  • 433 Bacon (Alvarado) [AUTH]
  • 452 Philosophy of Race (Neal) [GRCC]
  • 453 Authors Course (Martinez Velasco) [AUTH]
  • 463 Author course 20th Century (GE TBD)
  • 474 Advanced Feminist Phil (Mann) [GRCC]
  • 533 Bacon (Alvarado) [An, HM]
  • 553 Marx (Martinez Velasco) [H19, Co]
  • 574 Adv Intro Feminist Phil (Mann) [FmAI/Fm]
  • 607 Teaching Seminar (Pratt)
  • 607 Writing Seminar (Gualdron Ramirez)
  • 607 Image (Vallega) [Co, Em]

Winter 2025

To view all Philosophy Dept. courses offered this term at the official UO Class Schedule, please click here when the UO schedule is posted.

Winter 2025 Expanded Course Descriptions will be available here.

Undergraduate Graduate
  • 101 Philosophical Problems (GE TBD) [>1]
  • 102 Ethics (Gualdron Ramirez) [>1, ETEL]
  • 103 Critical Reasoning (Alvarado) [>1]
  • 110 Human Nature (Stawarska) [>1, >GP, >IP, GRCC, ETEL]
  • 170 Love & Sex (GE TBD) [>1, >GP, >IP, GRCC, ETEL]
  • 211 Existentialism (Warnek) [>1]
  • 223 Data Ethics (Alvarado) [>2, ETEL]
  • 307 Social/Political Philosophy (Brence) [>2, ETEL]
  • 311 History of Modern Philosophy (Vallega-Neu) [>1, HSTP]
  • 332 Philosophy of Film (Brence) [>1, ETEL]
  • 335 Medical Ethics (GE TBD) [>1, ETEL]
  • 343 Critical Theory (Martinez Velasco) [>2, >IP, ETEL]
  • 344 Philosophy of Law (Koopman) [>2, ETEL]
  • 345 Place in the Cosmos (Vallega) [>1, GRCC]
  • 420 AM: Philosophy of Resistance (McKenna)
  • 426 Advanced Logic (Pratt) [LOGC]
  • 433 Descartes (Neal) [AUTH]
  • 443 Feminist Philosophy: Topic/TBD (Mann) [GRCC]
  • 443 Ecofeminism (McKenna) [GRCC]
  • 463 20th c. Author Kusch (Vallega) [AUTH]
  • 526 Advanced Logic (Pratt) [An]
  • 533 Descartes (Neal) [HM]
  • 563 20th c. Author Kusch (Vallega) [Co, Em, Eng]
  • 607 Teaching Seminar (Pratt)
  • 607 Writing Seminar (Gualdron Ramirez)
  • 641 Soc & Pol Phil: Top (Martinez Velasco) [Co, Em, Fm]
  • 643 Feminist Philosophy: Beauvoir (Mann) [Em, Fm]

Spring 2025

To view all Philosophy Dept. courses offered this term at the official UO Class Schedule, please click here when the UO schedule is posted.

Spring 2025 Expanded Course Descriptions will be available here.

Undergraduate Graduate
  • 101 Philosophical Problems (GE TBD) [>1]
  • 102 Ethics (GE TBD) [>1, ETEL]
  • 104 History of Western Philosophy (GE TBD) [>1]
  • 120 Ethics of Enterprise and Exchange (Bence) [>1, ETEL]
  • 123 Internet, Society, & Philosophy (Koopman) [>2, ETEL]
  • 135 Ethics of the Life Sciences (Neal) [>1, ETEL]
  • 170 Love & Sex (Mann) [>1, >GP, >IP, GRCC, ETEL]
  • 216 Philosophy & Diversity (GE TBD) [>IP, >US]
  • 225 Introduction to Formal Logic (Brence) [>1, LOGC]
  • 309 Global Justice (GE TBD)
  • 312 19th Century Philosophy (Martinez Velasco) [>1, HSTP]
  • 320 Philosophy of Religion (Warnek)
  • 323 Advanced Moral Theory (Vallega-Neu) [ETEL]
  • 340 Environmental Philosophy (Muraca) [>1, ETEL]
  • 420 Philosophy of Resistance (McKenna) [AUTH, ETEL]
  • 421 Top Authors Course TBD (Warnek)
  • 433 Kant (Vallega-Neu) [AUTH]
  • 463 20th c. Author: Plumwood (McKenna) [AUTH]
  • 463 20th c. Author TBD (Gualdron Ramirez) [AUTH]
  • 473 Advanced Intro to Continental Philosophy (Vallega)
  • 521 Top Authors Course TBD (Warnek)
  • 533 Kant (Vallega-Neu) [HM, H19, Co]
  • 563 20th c. Author Plumwood (McKenna) [Eng, Fm]
  • 563 20th c. Author Wynter/Glissant (Gualdron Ramirez) [Em]
  • 573 Advanced Intro to Continental Philosophy (Vallega) [CoCl]
  • 607 Teaching Seminar (Pratt)
  • 607 Writing Seminar (Gualdron Ramirez)
  • 615 Africana Philosophy (Stawarska) [Em]
  • 623 Data Ethics (Alvarado) [An, Em, Eng]

Prior Academic Year (2023-2024)

(All courses listed here are subject to change.)

Fall 2023

To view all Philosophy Dept. courses offered this term at the official UO Class Schedule, please click here.

Fall 2023 Expanded Course Descriptions are available here.

Undergraduate Graduate
  • 101 Philosophical Problems (Pratt) [>1, GRCC, ETEL]
  • 102 Ethics (Gualdron Ramirez) [>1, ETEL]
  • 104 History of Western Philosophy (Cisternino) [>1]
  • 110 Human Nature (Hawkins) [>1, >GP, >IP, GRCC, ETEL]
  • 123 Internet, Society, & Philosophy (Caplan) [>2, ETEL]
  • 130 Philosophy & Popular Culture (Brence) [>1, ETEL]
  • 170 Love & Sex (Waldkoenig) [>1, >GP, >IP, GRCC, ETEL]
  • 225 Introduction to Formal Logic (Brence) [>1, LOGC]
  • 299 Sports Ethics (Weiser) [ETEL]
  • 310 History of Ancient Philosophy (Warnek) [>1, HSTP]
  • 315 Feminist Phil Intro (Mann) [>1, >IP, >US, GRCC, ETEL]
  • 335 Medical Ethics (Russell) [>1, ETEL]
  • 341 Africana Philosophy (Stawarska) [>1, >GP, GRCC]
  • 345 Place in the Cosmos (Vallega-Neu) [>1, GRCC]
  • 407 Feminist Phenemonology (Mann) [GRCC]
  • 453 William James (Johnson) [AUTH]
  • 463 Frantz Fanon (Stawarska) [AUTH]
  • 463 Judith Butler (Ghosh) [AUTH, GRCC, ETEL]
  • 507 Feminist Phenomenology (Mann) [Em, Fm]
  • 553 William James (Johnson) [H19, Am]
  • 563 Frantz Fanon (Stawarska) [Em]
  • 607 Teaching Seminar (Pratt)
  • 607 Writing Seminar (Russell)
  • 615 Arendt, Freedom & Responsibility (Warnek) [Co]
  • 645 Wildlife Ethics (McKenna) [Eng, Am/Fm]
  • 670 Soul in Early Modern Philosophy (Vallega-Neu) [Hm, Co]
  • ENVS 607: Foucault & Eco governmentality (Morar) [Eng, Co]

Winter 2024

To view all Philosophy Dept. courses offered this term at the official UO Class Schedule, please click here.

Winter 2024 Expanded Course Descriptions are available here.

Undergraduate Graduate
  • 101 Philosophical Problems (GE TBD) [>1]
  • 102 Ethics (Muraca) [>1, ETEL]
  • 103 Critical Reasoning (GE TBD) [>1]
  • 120 Ethics of Enterprise and Exchange (Bence) [>1, ETEL]
  • 170 Love & Sex (GE TBD) [>1, >GP, >IP, GRCC, ETEL]
  • 211 Existentialism (Vallega-Neu) [>1]
  • 223 Data Ethics (Alvarado) [>2, ETEL]
  • 225 Introduction to Formal Logic (GE TBD) [>1, LOGC]
  • 307 Social/Political Philosophy (Brence) [>2, ETEL]
  • 311 History of Modern Philosophy (Stawarska) [>1, HSTP]
  • 323 Advanced Moral Theory (GE TBD) [ETEL]
  • 335 Medical Ethics (GE TBD) [>1, ETEL]
  • 339 Philosophy of Science (Neal)
  • 340 Environmental Philosophy (GE TBD) [>1, ETEL]
  • 342 Latin American Philosophy (Martinez Velasco) [>1, >GP, >IC, GRCC, ETEL, HSTP]
  • 343 Critical Theory (Martinez Velasco) [>2, >IP, ETEL]
  • 415 Heidegger and Poetry (Vallega-Neu)
  • 420 American Philosophy (McKenna) [ETEL, HSTP]
  • 421 Plato (Warnek) [AUTH]
  • 463 20th c. Author TBD (GE TBD) [AUTH]
  • 471 Advanced Intro to American Philosophy (Pratt) [ETEL]
  • 521 Plato (Warnek) [Ha]
  • COLT 570 Race and Critique (Ramirez)
  • 571 Advanced Intro into American Philosophy (Pratt) [AmAl]
  • 607 Teaching Seminar (Pratt)
  • 607 Writing Seminar (Russell)
  • 6xx Philosophy of Science (Neal) [Eng]
  • 623 Metaphysics of Algorithms and Artifacts (Alvarado) [Eng]

Spring 2024

To view all Philosophy Dept. courses offered this term at the official UO Class Schedule, please click here.

Spring 2024 Expanded Course Descriptions are available here.

Undergraduate Graduate
  • 101 Philosophical Problems (GE TBD) [>1]
  • 102 Ethics (GE TBD) [>1, ETEL]
  • 103 Critical Reasoning (Alvarado) [>1]
  • 104 History of Western Philosophy (Vallega-Neu) [>1]
  • 110 Human Nature (Stawarska) [>1, >GP, >IP, GRCC, ETEL]
  • 135 Ethics of the Life Sciences (Morar) [>1, ETEL]
  • 170 Love & Sex (McKenna) [>1, >GP, >IP, GRCC, ETEL]
  • 220 Food Ethics (McKenna) [ ETEL]
  • 225 Introduction to Formal Logic (GE TBD) [>1, LOGC]
  • 299 Sp St Sports Ethics (Weiser)
  • 308 Social/Political Philosophy (Brence) [>2, ETEL]
  • 309 Global Justice (GE TBD)
  • 312 19th Century Philosophy (Martinez Velasco) [>1, HSTP]
  • 323 Advanced Moral Theory (GE TBD) [ETEL]
  • 332 Philosophy of Film (Brence) [>1, ETEL]
  • 335 Medical Ethics (GE TBD) [>1, ETEL]
  • 340 Environmental Philosophy (Muraca) [>1, ETEL]
  • 399 Decolonial Philosophy (Gualdron Ramirez) [ETEL]
  • 410 Clinical Ethics (Morar) [>1, ETEL]
  • 421 Top Plato (Vallega)
  • 433 Descartes (Neal) [AUTH]
  • 443 Feminist Philosophy: Beauvoir (Mann) [GRCC]
  • 452 Philosophy of Race (Russell) [GRCC]
  • 453 Hegel (Martinez Velasco) [AUTH]
  • 472 Advanced Intro to Analytic Philosophy (Alvarado)
  • 521 Top Plato (Vallega)
  • 533 Descartes (Neal) [HM]
  • 553 Hegel (Martinez Velasco) [H19, Co]
  • 572 Advanced Intro to Analytic Philosophy (Alvarado) [AnAl]
  • 607 Teaching Seminar (Pratt)
  • 607 Writing Seminar (Russell)
  • 610 Decolonial Philosophy TBD (Gualdron Ramirez) [Em]

Summer 2024

Undergraduate
  • 102 Ethics (Wellborn) [>1, ETEL]
  • 110 Human Nature (Shambaugh) [>1, >GP, >IP, GRCC, ETEL]
  • 120 Ethics of Enterprise and Exchange (Dubrule) [>1, ETEL]
  • 130 Philosophy & Pop Culture (Brence) [>1, ETEL]
  • 216 Phil and Cultural Diversity (Brown) [>IP, >US]
  • 220 Food Ethics (Ghosh) [ETEL]
  • 225 Intro to Formal Logic (Dillabough) [>1, LOGC]
  • 309 Global Justice (Schiano)
  • 335 Medical Ethics (Caplan)[>1, ETEL]
  • 340 Environmental Philosophy (Bustamante-Moya) [>1, ETEL]

Prior Academic Year (2022-2023)

Fall 2022

Fall 2022 Expanded Course Descriptions are available here.

Undergraduate Graduate
  • 101 Philosophical Problems (Johnson) [>1]
  • 102 Ethics (Hawkins) [>1, ETEL]
  • 110 Human Nature (Vallega) [>1, >GP, >IP, GRCC, ETEL]
  • 120 Ethics of Enterprise and Exchange (Burns) [>1, ETEL]
  • 123 Internet, Society, & Philosophy (Alvarado) [>2, ETEL]
  • 130 Philosophy & Popular Culture (Brence) [>1, ETEL]
  • 170 Love & Sex (Waldkoenig) [>1, >GP, >IP, GRCC, ETEL]
  • 225 Introduction to Formal Logic (Brence) [>1, LOGC]
  • 310 History of Ancient Philosophy (Warnek) [>1, HSTP]
  • 315 Feminist Phil Intro (McKenna) [>1, >IP, >US, GRCC, ETEL]
  • 323 Advanced Moral Theory (Montani) [ETEL]
  • 335 Medical Ethics (Russell) [>1, ETEL]
  • 341 Africana Philosophy (Stawarska) [>1, >GP, GRCC]
  • 342 Latin American Phil (Martinez Velasco) [>1, >GP, >IC, GRCC, ETEL, HSTP]
  • 423 Technology Ethics (Alvarado) [ETEL]
  • 426 Advanced Logic (Pratt) [LOGC]
  • 453 Hegel’s Philosophy of Right (Warnek) [AUTH]
  • 463 Michel Foucault (Nobowati) [AUTH]
  • 474 Adv Intro Feminist Phil (Mann) [GRCC]
  • 526 Adv Logic (Pratt) [An]
  • 553 Hegel’s Philosophy of Right (Warnek) [Co, H19]
  • 574 Adv Intro Feminist Phil (Mann) [FmAI/Fm]
  • 607 Teaching Seminar (Koopman)
  • 615 Africana Philosophy (Stawarska) [Co/Fm, Em]
  • 620 Pragmatism & Cognitive Science (Johnson) [Am, Eng]

Winter 2023

Winter 2023 Expanded Course Descriptions are available here.

Undergraduate Graduate
  • 101 Philosophical Problems (Pratt) [>1]
  • 102 Ethics (Russell) [>1, ETEL]
  • 103 Critical Reasoning (Alvarado) [>1]
  • 120 Ethics of Enterprise and Exchange (Bence) [>1, ETEL]
  • 170 Love & Sex (GE) [>1, >GP, >IP, GRCC, ETEL]
  • 211 Existentialism (Warnek) [>1]
  • 223 Data Ethics (Alvarado) [>2, ETEL]
  • 225 Logic (GE) [>1, LOGC]
  • 307 Social/Political Philosophy (Koopman) [>2, ETEL]
  • 311 History of Modern Philosophy (Vallega-Neu) [>1, HSTP]
  • 323 Advanced Moral Theory (GE) [ETEL]
  • 335 Medical Ethics (GE) [>1, ETEL]
  • 343 Critical Theory (GE) [>2, >IP, ETEL]
  • 345 Place in the Cosmos (Vallega) [>1, GRCC]
  • 420 American Philosophy (McKenna) [ETEL, HSTP]
  • 421 Aristotle (Warnek) [AUTH]
  • 425 Philosophy of Language (Stawarska)
  • 433 Hobbes/Locke (Bence) [AUTH]
  • 451 Native American Philosophy (Pratt) [GRCC, ETEL]
  • 463 Kusch (Vallega) [AUTH]
  • 473 Advanced Intro Continental Phil (Vallega-Neu)
  • 521 Aristotle (Warnek) [Ha, Co]
  • 533 Hobbes/Locke (Bence) [HM]
  • 551 Native American Philosophy (Pratt) [Am, Em]
  • 563 Kusch (Vallega) [Em]
  • 573 Advanced Intro Continental Phil (Vallega-Neu) [H19, CoCI]
  • 607 Gender & Violence: Latin American Perspectives (Martinez Velasco) [Em]
  • 607 Teaching Seminar (Koopman)
  • 645 Neoliberalism & Biocapitalism (Muraca) [Co/Fm]

Spring 2023

Spring 2023 Course Descriptions can be found here

Undergraduate Graduate
  • 102 Ethics (Cisternino) [>1, ETEL]
  • 104 History of Western Philosophy Intro (Vallega-Neu) [>1]
  • 110 Human Nature (Stawarska) [>1, >GP, >IP, GRCC, ETEL]
  • 123 Internet, Society, & Philosophy (Caplan) [>2, ETEL]
  • 135 Ethics of the Life Sciences (Waldkoenig) [>1, ETEL]
  • 170 Love & Sex (Mann) [>1, >GP, >IP, GRCC, ETEL]
  • 220 Food Ethics (McKenna) [ETEL]
  • 225 Logic (Dillabough) [>1, LOGC]
  • 308 Social/Political Philosophy II (Brence) [>2, ETEL]
  • 312 19th Century Philosophy (Martinez Velasco) [>1, HSTP]
  • 320 Philosophy of Religion (Warnek) [ETEL]
  • 331 Philosophy of Literature (Vallega)
  • 332 Philosophy of Film (Brence) [>1, ETEL]
  • 340 Environmental Philosophy (Muraca) [>1, ETEL]
  • 415 Continental Phil: Hermeneutics (Vallega)
  • 452 Philosophy of Race (Hawkins)
  • 453 Marx (Martinez Velasco) [AUTH]
  • 463 Rawls and Critics (Burns) [AUTH, ETEL]
  • 463 Heidegger (Vallega-Neu) [AUTH]
  • 463 Cooper/Gilman (McKenna) [>1, AUTH, ETEL, GRCC]
  • 553 Marx (Martinez Velasco) [Co, H19]
  • 563 Heidegger (Vallega-Neu) [Co]
  • 563 Cooper/Gilman (McKenna) [Am/Fm, Em]
  • 607 Teaching Seminar (Koopman)
  • 614 Behavioral Genetics: Ethics and Politics (Morar) [An, Eng]
  • 643 Beauvoir (Mann) [Co/Fm]
  • 657 Blackness and Indigeneity (Russell) [Em]

Summer 2023

To view all Philosophy Dept. courses offered this term at the official UO Class Schedule, please click here.

Undergraduate
  • 101 Philosophical Problems (Cisternino) [>1]
  • 102 Ethics (O’Connor Acevedo) [>1, ETEL]
  • 130 Philosophy & Pop Culture (Brence) [>1, ETEL]
  • 220 Food Ethics (Burns) [>1, ETEL]
  • 309 Global Justice (Ghosh) [>2, >GP, >IC, GRCC, ETEL]
  • 315 Feminist Phil Intro (Lindgren) [>1 >IP >US, GRCC, ETEL]
  • 323 Moral Theory (Hawkins) [ETEL]
  • 335 Medical Ethics (Kristensen) [>1, ETEL]
  • 340 Environmental Philosophy (Ring) [>1, >GP, >IC, ETEL]