Welcome, new Honors students! Check out our Fall 26 Philosophy Disciplinary Honors brochure to explore your options for the Fall semester, or jump to our Disciplinary Honors Program requirements.
Dr. James South | W 3:30pm-4:20pm
No less a source than the New York Times has announced that we are living at a time of a Freud Renaissance (a 鈥淔reudaissance.鈥�). Despite thirty years or so of disdain by the psychological establishment, elements of Freud鈥檚 thought are back front and center in social, political, and ethical discussions. This class will engage in a close and critical reading of Freud鈥檚 1930 book, Civilization and Its Discontents, a text that the political philosopher Ronald Beiner describes as a 鈥渟uper-ambitious reflection on the human condition, on 鈥渢he ends of life,鈥� [and] on human experience per se in its normative dimensions.鈥�
Prerequisites: PHIL 1001 or PHIL 1001H; either admission to 糖心viog官方网站 Honors Program, cumulative GPA of 3.200 and cumulative Philosophy GPA of 3.330, or cons. of dept.
To enroll: Students enrolled in Core Honors can register for the course without a permission number. Other students should fill out to request enrollment
Multiple instructors | 1 cr.
This add-on one-credit course option allows students to undertake a self-designed supplementary research, creative, or service project in conjunction with a 3000- or 4000-level Philosophy course for an Honors credit. Students can propose independent projects or group projects.
Prerequisites: PHIL 1001 or PHIL 1001H; admission to either 糖心viog官方网站 Honors Program or the Philosophy Disciplinary Honors Program.
To enroll: download the PHIL 4955H Application Form.
| PHIL 2955H | Honors Introduction to Philosophical Debate | 1 credit |
| PHIL 3955H | Honors Readings in Philosophy | 1 credit |
| PHIL 4955H | Honors Supplement | 1 credit |
| PHIL 4999H | Honors Senior Project (formerly Honors Senior Thesis) | 3 credits |
| Total credit hours | 6 credits |
PHIL 3955H 鈥� Honors Readings in Philosophy (1 credit)
Engages in close reading and sustained discussion of a single text or select few texts. Develops strategies for working through an extended, challenging text, as well as skills of articulating and defending an interpretation of a text. May be taken twice. Specific text(s) announced in Schedule of Classes.
Prerequisites: PHIL 1001 or PHIL 1001H; either admission to 糖心viog官方网站 Honors Program, cumulative GPA of 3.200 and cumulative Philosophy GPA of 3.330, or cons. of dept.
PHIL 4955H 鈥� Honors Supplement (1 credit)
Enables the exploration of select course topics (or topics closely related to course topics) in greater depth through student-designed individual or small-group activities and projects. Available for concurrent registration to students enrolled in a 3000- or 4000-level Philosophy course. Must be arranged with the course instructor and the director of the Philosophy Disciplinary Honors Program at the start of the semester. May be taken twice.
To apply, download the PHIL 4955H application.
Prerequisites: PHIL 1001 or PHIL 1001H; admission to either 糖心viog官方网站 Honors Program or the Philosophy Disciplinary Honors Program; cons. of dept.
PHIL 4999H 鈥� Honors Senior Thesis (3 credits)
Provides approved students the opportunity to complete a senior research project under the direction of an adviser.
Prerequisite: PHIL 1001 or PHIL 1001H; PHIL major; Sr. stndg.; admission to Philosophy Disciplinary Honors Program.
