Wellesley groups its philosophy courses into three subfields: history of philosophy, value theory, and metaphysics and knowledge theory. Every major must take at least two units from subfield b (value theory) and subfield c (metaphysics and theories of knowledge). Every major must take at least two 300-level units in different subfields of philosophy; at least one of these units must be a seminar offered by the philosophy department. Majors are strongly encouraged to take a third unit in subfield a (history of philosophy).
PHIL 102 FYS: History of Marriage
PHIL 200 Philosophy and Witchcraft
PHIL 201 Ancient Greek Philosophy
PHIL 221 History of Modern Philosophy
PHIL 300 Sem: Philosopher Misfits & Queens
PHIL 301 Sem: Mortality and Immortality
PHIL 305 Seminar: Plato's Republic
PHIL 306 Sem: Philosophy of Friendship
PHIL 306 Sem: Capitalism and Modernity
PHIL 310 Sem: Ancient Skepticisim
Subfield B. Value Theory: (Every major must take at least two units from the value theory subfield.)
PHIL 102 FYS: History of Marriage
PHIL 105 Philosophy of Food
PHIL 106 Intro to Moral Philosophy
PHIL107 Introduction to Social Philosophy
PHIL 108 FYS: Friendship
PHIL 111 FYS: Ethics in Action
PHIL 203 Philosophy of Art
PHIL 213 Justice
PHIL 220 Philosophy of Literature
PHIL 222 Ethics of Technology
PHIL 226 Philosophy of Law
PHIL 227 Philosophy and Free Speech
PHIL 228 Black Fem Philosophy
PHIL 229 Philosophy of Race
PHIL 230 Epistemic Harms
PHIL 233 Environmental Ethics
PHIL 234 From Wilderness to Ruins
PHIL 236 Intro to Global Justice
PHIL237 Philosophy, Love, and Marriage
PHIL 249. Medical Ethics
PHIL 300 Sem: Philosopher Misfits & Queens
PHIL 301 Sem: Mortality and Immortality
PHIL 303 Authenticity
PHIL 304 Sem: Terrible Beauties
PHIL 306 Sem: Philosophy of Friendship
PHIL 307 Sem: Capitalism and Modernity
PHIL308 Seminar: Environmental Aesthetics
PHIL 310 Sem: Ancient Skepticisim
PHIL 316 Sem: Capitalism & Soc Critique
PHIL 317 Sem: Philosophy and Race
PHIL 318 Silencing
PHIL 322: Seminar: Methods for Ethics of Technology
PHIL 323 Social Philosophy of Language
PHIL 330 CSPW: Ethics for Everyone
PHIL 331 CPSW: Philosophy in First Person
PHIL 333 Sem: Language and Law
PHIL 338 Sem: Who Owns the Past?
PHIL 340 Sem: The Meaning of Life
PHIL 341 Sem: Moral Knowledge & Soc Difference
PHIL 345 Sem: Empathy, Moral Judgment
Subfield C. Metaphysics and Theory of Knowledge: (Every major must take at least two units from the metaphysics and theory of knowledge subfield.)
PHIL 103 Self & World: Intro Metaphysics & Epistemology
PHIL 112 FYS: Innateness & Plasticity
PHIL 200 Philosophy and Witchcraft
PHIL 207 Philosophy of Language
PHIL 215 Philosophy of Mind
PHIL 216 Logic
PHIL 218 Value, Truth and Enquiry
PHIL 220 Philosophy of Literature
PHIL 227 Philosophy and Free Speech
PHIL 229 Philosophy of Race
PHIL 230 Epistemic Harms
PHIL 235 Environmental Aesthestics
PHIL 244 Moral Powers
PHIL 245 Rationality and Action
PHIL 300 Sem: Philosopher Misfits & Queens
PHIL 306 Sem: Philosophy of Friendship
PHIL 310 Sem: Ancient Skepticisim
PHIL 311 Sem: Powers of Imagination
PHIL 318 Silencing
PHIL 319 Black Aesthetics
PHIL 323 Social Philosophy of Language
PHIL 325 The Free Will Problem
PHIL 331 CSPW: Philosophy in First Person
PHIL 333 Sem: Language and Law
PHIL 341 Sem: Moral Knowledge & Soc Difference
PHIL 345 Sem: Empathy, Moral Judgment