Course Categories
All Philosophy courses fall into one of five categories: Required Courses, Contemporary Core, Indian and Non-Western Philosophy, History of Western Philosophy, and Elective Only.
All course categorizations can be found at the Present and Future Courses page and the Past Courses page. The categorization for a course can also be determined by its course #. All 1000 level courses are required courses. For 2000, 3000, and 4000 courses, the table below describes which category it falls into.
- CC: Contemporary Core
- EO: Elective Only
- HW: History of Western Philosophy
- IN: Indian and Non-Western Philosophy
| from course # |
to course # |
area of philosophical research |
requirement met (all can be Electives) |
| X000 |
X039 |
Metaphysics |
CC |
| X040 |
X059 |
Metaphysics |
EO |
| X060 |
X089 |
Philosophy of Logic |
EO |
| X090 |
X109 |
Non-Western & Non-Indian |
IN |
| X110 |
X119 |
Non-Western & Non-Indian |
EO |
| X120 |
X159 |
Epistemology |
CC |
| X160 |
X179 |
Epistemology |
EO |
| X180 |
X219 |
Philosophy of Mind |
CC |
| X220 |
X239 |
Philosophy of Mind |
EO |
| X240 |
X279 |
Philosophy of Science |
CC |
| X280 |
X299 |
Philosophy of Science |
EO |
| X300 |
X339 |
Philosophy of Language |
CC |
| X340 |
X359 |
Philosophy of Language |
EO |
| X360 |
X404 |
Indian Philosophy |
IN |
| X405 |
X419 |
Indian Philosophy |
EO |
| X420 |
X549 |
History of Western Philosophy |
HW |
| X550 |
X599 |
History of Western Philosophy |
EO |
| X600 |
X617 |
Normative Ethics |
CC |
| X618 |
X629 |
Normative Ethics |
EO |
| X630 |
X647 |
Metaethics |
CC |
| X648 |
X659 |
Metaethics |
EO |
| X660 |
X677 |
Applied Ethics |
CC |
| X678 |
X689 |
Applied Ethics |
EO |
| X690 |
X714 |
Topics in Ethics |
CC |
| X715 |
X729 |
Topics in Ethics |
EO |
| X730 |
X754 |
Ethics Misc |
CC |
| X755 |
X769 |
Ethics Misc |
EO |
| X770 |
X809 |
Social and Political Philosophy |
CC |
| X810 |
X829 |
Social and Political Philosophy |
EO |
| X830 |
X869 |
Aesthetics / Philosophy of Art & Literature |
CC |
| X870 |
X889 |
Aesthetics / Philosophy of Art & Literature |
EO |
| X890 |
X909 |
Philosophy of Education |
EO |
| XX910 |
X929 |
Philosophy of Religion |
EO |
| X930 |
X949 |
Philosophy of Law |
EO |
| X950 |
X999 |
Various Electives |
EO |
