Philosophy (PHIL)

Code	Title	SH	Usually offered	NUpath	Prerequisites	Recent instructors
PHIL 1000	Philosophy at Northeastern	1	fall, spring			Katy Shorey
PHIL 1101	Introduction to Philosophy	4	fall, spring	ER, SI		Benjamin Yelle Jay Gupta Yafeng Wang
PHIL 1102	Introduction to Contemporary Moral Issues	4	fall, spring, summer	ER, SI		Colin Connors Katy Shorey
PHIL 1104	Goddesses, Witches, Saints, and Sinners: Women and Religion	4	fall, spring	DD, IC		Judith Bishop Sarah Riccardi-Swartz
PHIL 1105	Science and Pseudoscience	4	spring	IC, ND		Katy Shorey Yafeng Wang
PHIL 1110	Introduction to Religious Studies	4	spring	DD, IC		Jathan Martin Nicole Castor Sarah Riccardi-Swartz
PHIL 1111	Introduction to World Religions	4	fall	DD, ER		Mary Kelting Nicole Castor
PHIL 1112	Debating Ethical Controversies	4	fall, spring	ER, SI		Benjamin Yelle Katy Shorey Vance Ricks
PHIL 1115	Introduction to Logic	4	fall, spring	AD, FQ		Branden Fitelson Juan Colomina-Alminana
PHIL 1120	Understanding the Bible	4		IC, SI
PHIL 1130	Comparative Ethics	4	fall	DD, ER		Jung Lee
PHIL 1133	Selling Spirituality	4	fall	DD, ER		Elizabeth Bucar
PHIL 1145	Technology and Human Values	4	fall, spring, summer	ER, SI		Brian Hanley Chad Lee-Stronach Jay Gupta Justin Caouette Mark Wells Meica Magnani Vance Ricks Yafeng Wang
PHIL 1160	Introduction to Economic Justice	4	fall, spring	ER, SI		Alec Stubbs Lisa McLeod Matthew Smith
PHIL 1162	Ethics and Philosophy through Sport	4		AD, ER
PHIL 1165	Moral and Social Problems in Healthcare	4	fall, spring, summer	ER, SI		Justin Caouette Katy Shorey Lisa McLeod Marina DiMarco Mark Wells Yafeng Wang
PHIL 1170	Business, Ethics, and Human Rights	4	fall	ER, SI		Patricia Illingworth
PHIL 1180	Environmental Ethics	4	fall, spring	ER, SI		Ann Thresher Getty Lustila John Isom Juan Colomina-Alminana Justin Caouette Lisa McLeod Mark Wells
PHIL 1185	The Ethics of Food	4	spring	ER, SI		Benjamin Yelle
PHIL 1195	Research Ethics	4	fall	ER, SI		Justin Caouette
PHIL 1220	The Meaning of Death	4	spring	IC, SI		Jathan Martin
PHIL 1260	Apocalypticism in Film	4	fall, spring	DD, IC		Sheila Winborne
PHIL 1271	Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam	4		DD, ER		Elizabeth Bucar
PHIL 1275	Hinduism, Buddhism, and Beyond	4	spring	ER, IC		Mary Kelting
PHIL 1280	Islam: Rituals, Traditions, and Debates	4		DD, IC		Mary Kelting
PHIL 1285	Jewish Religion and Culture	4		IC, SI		Simon Rabinovitch
PHIL 1290	Chinese Philosophy and Religion	4		ER, IC		Jung Lee Mark Wells
PHIL 1300	Knowledge in a Digital World	4	fall, spring	ER, SI		Brian Hanley Don Fallis Kathleen Creel
PHIL 1666	The Problem of Evil in Film	4	fall	DD, ER		Sheila Winborne
PHIL 1667	Science Fiction and Film: Moral Dilemmas and Ethical Analysis	4	spring	DD, ER		Sheila Winborne
PHIL 1990	Elective	1–4
PHIL 2001	Ethics and Evolutionary Games	4		ER, SI		Rory Smead
PHIL 2016	The Philosophy and Ethics of Lying and Deception	4		ER, SI		Don Fallis
PHIL 2143	Philosophy for Children	4	fall	EI		Benjamin Yelle
PHIL 2155	Human Rights	4	spring	ER, SI		Lisa McLeod
PHIL 2230	Music and Religion	4		DD, EX, IC, WI		Mary Kelting
PHIL 2259	Sex, Gender, and Judaism	4		DD, IC
PHIL 2301	Philosophical Problems of Law and Justice	4	spring	ER, SI		Candice Delmas
PHIL 2303	Social and Political Philosophy	4	fall, spring	ER, SI		Alec Stubbs Candice Delmas Chad Lee-Stronach Lisa McLeod Matthew Smith
PHIL 2325	Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought	4	fall, spring	ER, IC, WI	one of: ENGL 1111 (min C) ENGL 1102 (min C) ENGW 1111 (min C) WRIT 201M ENGW 1102 (min C) ENGW 1113 (min C) ENGW 1114 (min C)	Colin Connors Daniel Mendez Getty Lustila Jacob Stump Mark Wells Matthew Smith
PHIL 2330	Modern Philosophy	4	fall, spring	IC, SI, WI	one of: ENGL 1111 (min C) ENGL 1102 (min C) ENGW 1111 (min C) WRIT 201M ENGW 1102 (min C) ENGW 1113 (min C) ENGW 1114 (min C)	Colin Connors Getty Lustila Jacob Stump Meica Magnani
PHIL 2390	Cults and Sects	4	fall	DD, IC		Sarah Riccardi-Swartz
PHIL 2395	Japanese Buddhism	4	spring	ER, IC, WI	one of: ENGL 1111 (min C) ENGL 1102 (min C) ENGW 1111 (min C) WRIT 201M ENGW 1102 (min C) ENGW 1113 (min C) ENGW 1114 (min C)	Jung Lee
PHIL 2410	Possession, Sacrifice, and Divination in African Diasporic Religions	4		DD, SI		Nicole Castor
PHIL 2492	Indigenous Philosophy	4	spring	DD, IC	Requires prior completion of one philosophy course	Getty Lustila
PHIL 2619	Race and Religion in Film	4		DD, IC
PHIL 2990	Elective	1–4
PHIL 2991	Research Practicum	2–4		EX
PHIL 3000	Interdisciplinary Methods for Politics, Philosophy, and Economics	4	fall, spring	EX, WI	PHIL 1160 (min D-)	Adam Hosein
PHIL 3050	Information and Uncertainty	4		AD, FQ		Don Fallis
PHIL 3065	Bioethics in the Age of Big Data	4
PHIL 3100	The Religious Worlds of Boston: Faith and Devotion in Urban Life	4	fall	EX, IC, SI	Requires prior completion of one introductory-level course in the social sciences or humanities	Jung Lee
PHIL 3230	Music and Religion	4		DD, EX, IC, WI	Requires prior completion of two philosophy, religious studies, and/or music courses
PHIL 3302	The Ethics of War	4		ER, SI	Requires prior completion of two philosophy and/or religious studies courses
PHIL 3305	Philosophy of Emotions	4	fall	ER	Requires prior completion of two philosophy courses	Jacob Stump
PHIL 3333	Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl Competition	1				Katy Shorey
PHIL 3343	Existentialism	4			Requires prior completion of two philosophy courses	Alec Stubbs Kristy Mathiesen
PHIL 3360	Scientific Approaches to Philosophy	4		ER, SI	Requires prior completion of two philosophy and/or science courses	Jorge Morales Ladron de Guevara
PHIL 3435	Moral Philosophy	4	fall, spring		Requires prior completion of two philosophy courses	John Basl Meica Magnani Ronald Sandler Vance Ricks
PHIL 3460	Philosophy and Literature	4	fall		Requires prior completion of two philosophy courses	Benjamin Yelle
PHIL 3492	Indigenous Philosophy	4		DD, IC	Requires prior completion of two philosophy and/or religious studies courses
PHIL 3500	Sexuality, Gender, and the Law	4	spring	ER, SI		Libby Adler
PHIL 3512	Religion, Race, and Politics	4	spring	DD, IC		Nicole Castor
PHIL 3822	Philosophy of Race and Racism	4	fall	DD, SI		Adam Hosein Lisa McLeod
PHIL 3973	Topics in the History of Philosophy	4
PHIL 3990	Elective	1–4
PHIL 4050	Artificial Intelligence and Society	4	fall			Sina Fazel-pour
PHIL 4500	Theory of Knowledge	4	spring	CE, WI	Requires prior completion of three philosophy courses	Branden Fitelson Don Fallis
PHIL 4510	Philosophy of Science	4		CE, WI	one of: ENGL 1111 (min C) ENGL 1102 (min C) ENGW 1111 (min C) WRIT 201M ENGW 1102 (min C) ENGW 1113 (min C) ENGW 1114 (min C)	Kathleen Creel
PHIL 4515	Advanced Deductive Logic	4	fall		one of: MATH 1215 (min D-) MATH 1365 (min D-) MATH 298M PHIL 1115 (min D-) PHIL 109M	Branden Fitelson
PHIL 4516	Advanced Inductive Logic	4			one of: PHIL 1115 (min D-) PHIL 109M MATH 1215 (min D-) MATH 1365 (min D-) MATH 298M	Branden Fitelson
PHIL 4535	Philosophy of Mind	4	spring	CE, WI	Requires prior completion of three philosophy courses or permission of instructor	Jorge Morales Ladron de Guevara Matthew Smith
PHIL 4550	Philosophy of Economics	4		CE, SI, WI	Requires prior completion of at least three philosophy and/or economics courses	Chad Lee-Stronach Rory Smead
PHIL 4555	Philosophy of Biology	4	spring	CE, WI	Requires prior completion of three philosophy and/or biology courses	Rory Smead
PHIL 4901	Topics in Philosophy Seminar	4	spring	CE, WI	Requires prior completion of three philosophy courses	Adam Hosein Candice Delmas Jung Lee Patricia Illingworth
PHIL 4903	Seminar in Religion	4	fall	CE, WI	Requires prior completion of three philosophy or religion courses	Jung Lee Mary Kelting Sarah Riccardi-Swartz
PHIL 4990	Elective	1–4
PHIL 4992	Directed Study	1–4
PHIL 4994	Internship	4		EX
PHIL 5001	Global Justice	4	fall	CE, ER, SI, WI		Serena Parekh
PHIL 5002	Ethics and Public Policy	4	fall	CE		Matthew Smith
PHIL 5005	Information Ethics	4	spring		one of: PHIL 1145 (min D-) PHIL 1300 (min D-) IS 1300 (min D-) graduate program admission	Kristy Mathiesen
PHIL 5010	AI Ethics	4			one of: PHIL 1145 (min D-) PHIL 1300 (min D-) IS 1300 (min D-) graduate program admission	John Basl
PHIL 5110	Responsible AI	4	fall			Vance Ricks
PHIL 6962	Elective	1–4

Instructors are from recent scheduled terms; each course page shows them per season with student shares. Blank means no recent scheduled sections on record.