Distribution Courses
There are some common requirements for completing your Wellesley degree, whatever your major. These include distribution of courses over different types of topics and studies.
That distribution requirement includes one unit in social and behavioral analysis and two units total from two of the following three distribution areas: epistemology and cognition; religion, ethics, and moral philosophy; and historical studies. Here's how philosophy courses fit into that rubric.
Epistemology and Cognition
103 Self and World
201 Ancient Greek Philosophy
202 African Philosophy
203 Philosophy of Art
207 Philosophy of Language
208 Theories of Knowledge
209 Scientific Reasoning
211 Philosophy of Religion
215 Philosophy of Mind
216 Logic
217 Philosophy of Science
221 History of Modern Philosophy
224 Existentialism
225 Phenomenology and Hermeneutics
226 Human Nature in Three Medieval Philosophers
230 Nineteenth-Century Philosophy
245 Agency and Motivation
302 Kant’s Solution to Scepticism and Solipsism
310 Seminar: Ancient & Medieval Philosophy
313 Seminar in Metaphysics
345 Seminar in Advanced Topics in Philosophy of Psychology and Social Science
349 Selected Topics in Philosophy, when the topic is appropriate
Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy
106 Introduction to Moral Philosophy
201 Ancient Greek Philosophy
202 African Philosophy
203 Philosophy of Art
204 Philosophy and Literature
206 Normative Ethics
210 Philosophy of Business
211 Philosophy of Religion
213 Social and Political Philosophy
226 Human Nature in Three Medieval Philosophers
235 Democracy
236 Introduction to Global Justice
300 Seminar in Modern Philosophy
303 Kant’s Moral Philosophy
323 Seminar in Continental Philosophy
326 Philosophy of Law
340 Seminar in Contemporary Ethical Theory
342 Seminar: Political Philosophy
Quantitative Reasoning
209 Scientific Reasoning
Social and Behavioral Analysis
213 Social and Political Philosophy
235 Democracy
236 Introduction to Global Justice
342 Seminar: Political Philosophy
Historical Studies
221 History of Modern Philosophy
224 Existentialism
230 Nineteenth-Century Philosophy
310 Seminar: Ancient & Medieval Philosophy
323 Seminar in Continental Philosophy
