Undergraduate Program

Philosophy investigates questions of human thought and life

• knowledge and belief (epistemology)
• the nature of reality (metaphysics)
• morality and aesthetics (value theory)

Courses relate traditional questions to contemporary work in literature and the social and natural sciences. Students examine classic texts in philosophy, ancient and modern.

The curriculum covers the dominant contemporary schools of philosophy in the Anglo-American (Analytic) and European (Continental) traditions.

Undergraduate Program Director

Associate Professor Janette Dinishak, jdinisha@ucsc.edu

Undergraduate Advisor

David Sugg, philadvising@ucsc.edu

Due to public health concerns, advising for the Philosophy major and minor will indefinitely be delivered through email or zoom. To ask questions or to schedule a meeting, please email the undergraduate advisor at philadvi@ucsc.edu.