Text Seminar

4 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

The text seminar is a four-credit course required for the philosophy major. It also fulfills the university’s Integrated Writing Requirement. Over the course of the seminar, students examine a philosophical text (or set of related texts) in great depth, with the aim of understanding and engaging the ideas presented in that text. The course also seeks to help students develop their critical philosophical writing skills. Participants in the course should expect to devote considerable time to writing, including submitting multiple drafts of papers. The particular text chosen for the course varies each semester, and may focus on either historical or contemporary philosophical texts. Please refer to that semester’s course description for more specific information.