Class Schedule for Fall 2009-Times & Locations

Class Schedule for Fall 2009 - Description

The University of North Texas offers academic certificate programs for graduate credit at the post-baccalaureate and post-master's levels so as to enhance existing master's degrees in ways that will make the university a life-long center of graduate education for the citizens of Texas, the nation, and the world. The Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies offers two certificates, both in environmental philosophy:

Note: Semester credit hours completed as part of the Environmental Ethics Certificate: Level One do not count toward the completion of the Environmental Ethics Certificate: Level Two.

Description: Introductory study of environmental philosophy. PHIL 5450 or PHIL 5451 plus three other graduate-level courses in environmental philosophy

Admissions Requirements: The same as the M.A. in Philosophy

Course Requirements: 12 semester credit hours from the courses listed below:

• PHIL 5450. Seminar in the Philosophy of Ecology

or


• PHIL 5451. Environmental Ethics.

plus three of the following:


• PHIL 5700. Seminar in Environmental Ethics.
• PHIL 5710. Ecofeminism: Women's Studies and Environmental Ethics.
• PHIL 5720. Comparative Environmental Ethics.
• PHIL 5730. Western Religion and the Environment.
• PHIL 5960. Seminar in Problems of Philosophy.
• PHIL 5900. Special Problems.
• PHIL 5910. Special Problems.

The topics for PHIL 5960, 5900, and 5910 must be related to environmental ethics.

Description: Advanced study of environmental philosophy. PHIL 5450 or PHIL 5451 plus three other graduate-level courses in environmental philosophy

Admissions Requirements: The same as the M.A. in Philosophy plus completion of the Environmental Ethics Certificate: Level One.

Course Requirements: 12 semester credit hours from the courses listed below:

• PHIL 5450. Seminar in the Philosophy of Ecology

or


• PHIL 5451. Environmental Ethics.

plus three of the following:


• PHIL 5700. Seminar in Environmental Ethics.
• PHIL 5710. Ecofeminism: Women's Studies and Environmental Ethics.
• PHIL 5720. Comparative Environmental Ethics.
• PHIL 5730. Western Religion and the Environment.
• PHIL 5960. Seminar in Problems of Philosophy.
• PHIL 5900. Special Problems.
• PHIL 5910. Special Problems.

The topics for PHIL 5960, 5900, and 5910 must be related to environmental ethics.

The department has the nation's leading program in environmental ethics/philosophy:

• All 12 faculty members have published in the field, and it is the specialty of 8 members, including three of the founders in the field (Callicott, Hargrove, & Gunter)
• It is the home of the first journal in the field, Environmental Ethics (founded 1979), as well as the Center for Environmental Philosophy
• The department hosts the websites of the two major environmental philosophy organizations, ISEE (International Society for Environmental Ethics) and IAEP (International Association for Environmental Philosophy)
• The department pursues a number of research projects focusing on the broad issues of environmental concern (OMORA, The Water Program, Center for the Study of Interdisciplinarity, The Philosophy of Food Project, and the Environmental Justice Project).
• The department's new PhD program emphasizes work in environmental ethics and philosophy, and
• The department has created the world's first field station in environmental philosophy, science, and policy at Cape Horn, Chile.

At the undergraduate level, it provides a traditional program focused on developing a solid background in the history of philosophy, epistemology, logic, metaphysics, philosophy of science, and other subjects, but including some introductory and advanced work in environmental ethics. In addition, an interdisciplinary minor in religion studies, in cooperation with faculty from English, History, and Anthropology is available to help students majoring in other fields prepare for a seminary or for graduate work in theology.