10 graduate courses in the Fall 2014 Graduate Calendar, from Waterloo’s archived copy.
Cognitive Science is the interdisciplinary study of mind and intelligence. This seminar will discuss controversial topics concerning the nature of human and computer intelligence
SEM · Course ID 015121Archived pagePHIL 600 today
RDG · Course ID 010431Archived pagePHIL 670 today
RDG · Course ID 010432Archived pagePHIL 671 today
RDG · Course ID 010433Archived pagePHIL 672 today
Graduate level courses covering specialized topics in philosophy. These courses are often held in conjunction with 400 level philosophy courses, though of course the work requirements for graduate students are more stringent. Students must pay attention to the restriction on the number of these courses they are allowed to count toward their degree.
LEC · Course ID 010434Archived pagePHIL 673 today
Graduate level courses covering specialized topics in the department's fields of research concentration.
SEM · Course ID 011841Archived pagePHIL 674 today
A graduate level survey which acquaints students with a number of issues under active investigation in the philosophical literature in a particular area of central importance to philosophy. Normally covers an area that falls within the department's identified fields of research concentration. The area will vary from year to year, but will always be one which is likely to inform students' research whatever their eventual specialization.
SEM · Course ID 011842Archived pagePHIL 680A today
A graduate level survey which acquaints students with a number of issues under active investigation in the philosophical literature in a particular area of central importance to philosophy. Normally covers an area that falls within the department's identified fields of research concentration. The area will vary from year to year, but will always be one which is likely to inform students' research whatever their eventual specialization.
Prereq: PHIL 680A
SEM · Course ID 011843Archived pagePHIL 680B today
A one-term course which involves the writing of a research paper. Non-thesis MA students must complete three such courses, each supervised by a different instructor, as part of the requirements for their degree. Thesis MA students must complete one such course, supervised by the instructor who will supervise the thesis, as a preliminary stage in their thesis preparation.
RDG · Course ID 010435Archived pagePHIL 696 today
PhD candidates select two of these tutorials on topics approved by the department, each to be taken with a different instructor, as part of their degree requirements. The goal of each area is to allow the student to reach a point where she or he is ready to make a research contribution to a particular area of philosophy. One of the areas will normally be in the subject the student intends to pursue for the dissertation.
Department Consent Required
TUT · Course ID 010436Archived pagePHIL 698 today