PHIL 380History of Ancient Philosophy

Units: 0.50
Faculty: Arts
Subject: Philosophy
Cross-listed: CLAS 361

When it runs

Ran in 0 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

In this course students will examine one or more important figures, periods, or issues in ancient philosophy. Plato and Aristotle are among the philosophers who may be covered.

Prerequisites

Earned at least 0.50 units from PHIL

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

2 posts and comments in 2 threads mention PHIL 380, September 2016 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Fall 2019

Dec 5, 2019 3rd year PHIL courses 3 points, 0 comments

u/phillyHelp: “I'm looking to complete my depth reqs in philosophy by taking a 3rd year course, but not sure which ones are easy/interesting. Are there any with no final? How are PHIL 380, 384, 356 in terms of workload and marking schemes?”

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Fall 2016

Sep 26, 2016 CS 488 (Graphics) and CS 486 (AI), should I take them both at once? 1 point, 19 comments

“I'm coming up on my 4B term this winter term and I only need 5 electives to graduate. I'm pretty set on taking CS 488 because I'm interested in it, but does anyone think it would be possible to fit …”

u/sievernich: “I took Graphics with a birdy load (RS121, JAPAN101R, CLAS104, PHIL380). The workload for graphics is manageable. The project is the killer in terms of time unless you do a ray tracer. …”