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2011-2012 Graduate Philosophy Courses

2011-12 Projected Course List

Courses that Satisfy Graduate Distribution Requirements
Philosophy Course Descriptions in the UO Catalog
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UO Class Schedule

Winter 2012

All Winter 2012 Philosophy Classes

Spring 2012

All Spring 2012 Philosophy Classes

Summer 2012

All Summer 2012 Philosophy Classes

Fall 2012 (proposed)

  • 507 Philosophy of Cognitive Science (Johnson)
  • 553 19th-Century Philosophers: Nietzsche (Vallega-Neu)
  • 563 20th-Century Philosophers: Foucault and Deleuze -- Philosophy as Cultural Critique (Koopman)
  • 563 20th-Century Philosophers: Royce (Pratt)
  • 563 20th-Century Philosophers: Beauvoir (Mann)
  • 607 Philosophy and Teaching (Pratt)
  • 614 Virtue Ethics (Alfano)
  • 615 Continental Philosophy: Structuralism and Post-structuralism (Stawarska)
  • 645 Phenomenology of Nature (Toadvine)
  • 657 Philosophy and Race (Zack)

Winter 2013 (proposed)

  • 507 Decolonial Latin American Thought (Vallega)
  • 520 James: Principle of Psychology (Johnson)
  • 521 Ancient Philosophers: The Presocratics (Vallega-Neu)
  • 533 17th- and 18th-Century Philosophers: Descartes and Locke (Zack)
  • ENVS 540 Environmental Aesthetics (Toadvine)
  • 553 19th-Century Philosophers: Schelling (Warnek)
  • 607 Philosophy and Teaching (Pratt)
  • 607 Pro-sem Feminism (Mann)
  • EDST 610 Philosophy of Education (Pratt)
  • 641 Critique of Capitalism: Frankfurt School (Zambrana)

Spring 2013 (proposed)

  • 507 Adv. Symbolic Logic (Pratt)
  • 507 Queer Philosophy (Mann)
  • 521 Ancient Philosophers: Plato (Warnek)
  • 533 17th- and 18th-Century Philosophers: Hume and Berkeley (Zack)
  • 553 19th-Century Philosophers: Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit (Zambrana)
  • 563 20th-Century Philosophers: Heidegger (Vallega-Neu)
  • 563 20th-Century Philosophers: Rodolfo Kusch (Vallega)
  • 5xx ?-Century Philosophers:TBA (Alfano)
  • 607 Philosophy and Teaching (Pratt)
  • 607 Pro-sem Continental (Stawarska)
  • 614 Ethical Naturalism (Johnson)
  • 620 American Philosophy: Normativity in Pragmatism (Koopman)

The course schedule for 2012-2013 is still in the planning stages, although we expect to finalize it before the end of February 2012. As soon as our course schedule becomes final, it will be posted here.

Independent Studies

The following Independent Study courses are offered every term:

  • PHIL 503 Master's Thesis
  • PHIL 601 Graduate Research
  • PHIL 603 Doctoral Dissertation
  • PHIL 605 Graduate Reading

If a student plans to register for an independent study course, she or he must complete an Independent Study Agreement and submit signed copies to the instructor and department office. The Office Manager will enter registration authorization. The student still must register through DUCKWEB.

Independent Study Agreement Form (pdf)
PHIL 503 Registration Request
PHIL 603 Registration Request

For PHIL 605: Reading and Conference, students should plan to meet with the instructor for at least one hour per week for every four credit hours registered. A two credit registration, for example, would involve at least five hours of meetings during a term. In addition to specified readings, instructors, in most cases, will also assign some written work. Thesis, Research, and Dissertation credits (503, 601, 603) should involve a larger written component but may not involve as many meeting hours. A four-hour course, for example, might involve four hours of meetings to discuss the student's work during the term.

In most cases, independent study courses should be taken on the P/NP grade option. Regardless of the grade option, instructors should provide a clear statement of what will be required for the course and how each requirement will relate to the final grade.