Loyola University Chicago- Course Schedules & Descriptions

Course Schedules & Descriptions

Course Schedules (courses crosslisted with bioethics are Shown first)

Course Descriptions

This list provides descriptions for philosophy courses regardless of when those courses are offered. Supplemental descriptions are often provided by instructors who regularly teach a course, but these descriptions are not syllabi: they only indicate in general terms what the teachers typically do when they teach the course.

For specific course information, please contact that course's instructor directly. For contact information, click on the instructor's name found at the top of the course description.

To view a course description, click on a course-level below, then click the number of the specific course that interests you.

100-level Courses (Core Courses)
300-level Courses (Upper-division Courses for Philosophy Majors and Minors)
(Note: Most 300-level courses have a prerequisite of two core philosophy courses. Seminars [PHIL 395-399] require a total of five philosophy courses, some of which can be taken concurrently with the seminar.)
- PHIL 301: Symbolic Logic
- PHIL 304: History of Ancient Philosophy
- PHIL 305: Augustine to Abelard
- PHIL 306: Nineteenth Century Philosophy
- PHIL 307: Thirteenth and Fourteenth Century Philosophy
- PHIL 309: Classical Modern Philosophy
- PHIL 310: Issues in the Philosophy of Human Nature
- PHIL 311: Issues in Metaphysics
- PHIL 312: Problems in Philosophy of God
- PHIL 319: Studies in Philosophy and Literature
- PHIL 320: The Philosophy of St. Augustine
- PHIL 321: Ethics and Society
- PHIL 322: Philosophical Perpectives on Women
- PHIL 323: Philosophy of Law
- PHIL 324: Topics in Ethics
- PHIL 326: Political Philosophy
- PHIL 327: Topics in Political Philosophy
- PHIL 330: Theory of Knowledge
- PHIL 333: Language: Theories Ancient and Modern
- PHIL 335: Asian Philosophy
- PHIL 340: Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas
- PHIL 350: Directed Readings (no link)
- PHIL 360: Contemporary European Philosophy
- PHIL 369: Philosophy of Medicine
- PHIL 370: Introduction to American Philosophy
- PHIL 380: Philosophy of Religion
- PHIL 381: Philosophy of Science
- PHIL 382: Philosophy of Social Science
- PHIL 383: Philosophy of Psychology
- PHIL 384: Topics in Philosophy of Science
- PHIL 387: Philosophy of Mind
- PHIL 388: History of Ethics
- PHIL 389: Contemporary Issues
- PHIL 390: Independent Study for Majors (no link)
- PHIL 391: Topics in Philosophy of Religion
- PHIL 395: Seminar in Ancient Philosophy
- PHIL 396: Seminar in Medieval Philosophy
- PHIL 397: Seminar in Classical Modern Philosophy
- PHIL 398: Seminar in Contemporary Philosophy
- PHIL 399: Integrative Seminar
400-level Courses (Graduate Courses)
(Note: Graduate courses are open to graduate students and in special cases philosophy majors in their senior year who have secured the permission of the instructor before they register.)

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