Through the study of primary texts and concrete issues, drawn from various historical periods and cultures, philosophy provides a means for reflection on actions, beliefs, and values while developing critical thinking, reading, and writing skills.
Delve into ethics, literature, media, and other thought-provoking topics in courses such as
Human Nature, Love, and Sex; Philosophy and Cultural Diversity; or Philosophy through Film.
Explore Philosophy Courses
The University of Oregon Course Catalog offers degree plans and a complete list of undergraduate and graduate courses in the Philosophy department.
Featured Courses
PHIL 130 Philosophy and Popular Culture
Engages in critical philosophical reflection about and through popular culture, including movies, music, graphic novels, and sports.
PHIL 220 Food Ethics
Examination of a variety of issues relating to food production and consumption in light of virtue, utilitarian, deontological, pragmatist, and care ethics.
PHIL 341 Intro to Latin American Philosophy
History of Latin American philosophy through the study of ideas, issues, problems, and forms of thinking in the work of key periods, movements, and authors.
Upcoming Courses
Undergraduate Courses for Fall 2026
Please visit the Philosophy resource page to find the distribution requirements & expanded course descriptions for these courses.
Course number | Course name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
PHIL 101 | Philosophical Problems | Vallega |
PHIL 102 | Ethics | Gualdron Ramirez |
PHIL 103 | Critical Reasoning | tba |
PHIL 123 | AI, Society & Phil | tba |
PHIL 130 | Philosophy & Pop Cultr | Brence |
PHIL 170 | Love & Sex | tba |
PHIL 220 | Food Ethics | McKenna |
PHIL 225 | Intro to Formal Logic | Brence |
PHIL 310 | Hist Phil: Anc-Mediev | Warnek |
PHIL 315 | Intro Feminist Phil | tba |
PHIL 323 | Moral Theory | tba |
PHIL 342 | Intro Latin Amer Phil | tba |
PHIL 401 | Research | STAFF |
PHIL 403 | Thesis | STAFF |
PHIL 405 | Reading | STAFF |
GER 407 | Sem Phen & Psych | Holt |
PHIL 407 | Sem Adv AI/Data Ethics | Alvarado |
PHIL 423 | Top Data Pol & Tech | Koopman |
PHIL 451 | Native American Phil | Russell |
PHIL 453 | Top Marx | Martinez Velasco |
PHIL 463 | Top Beauvoir | Mann |
PHIL 473 | Adv Intro Cont | Vallega |
Graduate Courses for Fall 2026
Please visit the Philosophy resource page to find the distribution requirements & expanded course descriptions for these courses.
Course number | Course name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
PHIL 503 | Thesis | STAFF |
GER 507 | Sem Phen & Psych | Holt |
PHIL 507 | Sem Adv AI/Data Ethics | Alvarado |
PHIL 551 | Native American Phil | Russell |
PHIL 553 | Top Marx | Martinez Velasco |
PHIL 563 | Top Beauvoir | Mann |
PHIL 573 | Adv Intro Cont | Vallega |
PHIL 601 | Research | STAFF |
PHIL 603 | Dissertation | STAFF |
PHIL 605 | Reading | STAFF |
PHIL 607 | Sem 3rd Yr Writ Pract | Gualdron Ramirez |
PHIL 607 | Sem 1st Yr Teach Pract | Koopman |
PHIL 615 | Top Responsibility | Warnek |