Material for Graduate-Level Courses

Syllabi, supplementary notes, and more



Athens prison
This is the remains of a prison in Athens, built c.450 BCE. It is likely to be the prison where Socrates was held. This image is from the Perseus collection.


PHIL 602, Section 001 (Spring 2006): Plato: Selected Dialogues (M.A. Program in Philosophy) 

PHIL 602 Spring 2006 Main Page 
PHIL 602 Spring 2006 Syllabus 
PHIL 602 Spring 2006 Supplementary Readings  



PHIL 681, Section 001 (Spring 2007): Aristotle's Ethics and Politics (M.A. Program in Philosophy)

PHIL 681 Spring 2007 Main Page 
PHIL 681 Spring 2007 Syllabus 
PHIL 681 Spring 2007 Readings 



PHIL 681, Section 001 (Spring 2009): Pre-Socratics including Sophists (M.A. Program in Philosophy)


PHIL 681 Spring 2009 Main Page 
PHIL 681 Spring 2009 Syllabus (.pdf) 
PHIL 681 Spring 2009 Readings


PHIL 681, Section 001 (Spring 2011): Plato: Phaedo, Gorgias, Menexenus, Statesman, Timaeus

PHIL 681 Spring 2011 Main Page
PHIL 681 Spring 2011 Syllabus
PHIL 681 Spring 2011 Readings
PHIL 681 Spring 2011 Writing Assignments

PHIL 603, Section 001 (Spring 2012): Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics  and Politics

PHIL 603 Spring 2012 Main Page
PHIL 603 Spring 2012 Syllabus (.pdf)
PHIL 603 Spring 2012 Readings
PHIL 603 Spring 2012 Writing Assignments