Subfield Courses
Wellesley groups its philosophy courses into three subfields: history of philosophy, value theory, and metaphysics and knowledge theory.
Here's how the department's courses fall within those subfields.
The History of Philosophy
201 Ancient Greek Philosophy
221 History of Modern Philosophy
222 American Philosophy
224 Existentialism
230 Nineteenth-Century Philosophy
239 Kant and German Idealism
300 Seminar in Modern Philosophy
301 Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy
310 Seminar: Ancient & Medieval Philosophy
323 Seminar in Continental Philosophy (when the topic is appropriate)
349 Selected topics in Philosophy (when the topic is appropriate)
Value Theory
106 Introduction to Moral Philosophy
202 African Philosophy
203 Philosophy of Art
204 Philosophy and Literature
206 Normative Ethics
211 Philosophy of Religion
212 Technology and Human Values
213 Social and Political Philosophy
233 Environmental Ethics
235 Democracy
236 Introduction to Global Justice
249 Medical Ethics
310 Seminar: Ancient & Medieval Philosophy
317 Philosophy of Race
323 Seminar in Continental Philosophy (when the topic is appropriate)
326 Philosophy of Law
340 Seminar in Contemporary Ethical Theory
342 Seminar: Political Philosophy
349 Selected topics in Philosophy (when the topic is appropriate)
Metaphysics and Theory of Knowledge
103 Self and World
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
218 Gender, Knowledge and Science
239 Kant and German Idealism
245 Agency and Motivation
300 Seminar in Modern Philosophy (when the topic is appropriate)
301 Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy
313 Seminar in Metaphysics
317 Philosophy of Race
323 Seminar in Continental Philosophy (when the topic is appropriate)
314 Seminar in Theory of Knowledge
325 The Free Will Problem
345 Seminar in Advanced Topics in Philosophy of Psychology and Social Science
349 Selected Topics in Philosophy (when the topic is appropriate)
