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Philosophy
PH400 Metaphysics 3 credits
This course examines critically the classic and contemporary concepts of being-in-the-world, its causes,
its effects, and its modalities and relations.
PH402 Senior Thesis 3 credits
This course is taken in the second semester of the Senior year and is an opportunity to work closely with
a faculty member in the philosophy department on a written thesis.
PH410 The Philosophy of Saint Thomas Aquinas 3 credits
Saint Thomas Aquinas is one of the central figures in the history of Western philosophy. This course
is designed to provide the student the opportunity to discover, reflect upon and react critically to
Aquinas’s life, thought and writings. The themes covered include an investigation of what we can know
of God by the use of human reason, the role of human beings and their nature in the order of creation,
the manner in which human action, in cooperation with grace, can bring humans to their final end, as
well as other issues of metaphysics, psychology and methodology. While this course is designed as an
in-depth study of Aquinas, it also serves as a preparation for the future study of Aquinas’s theology;
accordingly, there is a decided focus on developing a Thomistic vocabulary. This course is designed to
be taken in the spring semester of the senior year.
PH450-459 Seminars in Philosophy
3 credits
These specialized courses, intended primarily for philosophy majors, include the following seminars:
PH450 Plato, PH451 Aristotle, PH452 Augustine, PH455 Kant, and PH456 Kierkegaard.
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