Curriculum

Coursework focuses on key aspects of the following philosophical traditions: Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, and ancient Greek, Roman thought, medieval Christian, and modern European thought (through the 19th Century). Teaching is based on
primary texts in English translation, with selective use of secondary sources. Special emphasis is placed on understanding native terms and concepts from the original languages of works studied. The historical texts that you will study belong to these areas of inquiry: ethics, metaphysics, theories of knowledge, social and political philosophy, aesthetics, philosophical anthropology, philosophical theology.