# Philosophy (PHIL) courses

Berkeley City College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 8 courses

Source: https://bcc.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/39665/39964/39702

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026.

### PHIL 1 — Introduction to Philosophy

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **C-ID:** PHIL 100
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections (/c/berkeley-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/phil.md)
- Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B;

Study of selected classic examples of original works of philosophers: Literature of the discipline and analytical methods, aims, goals, and types of problems peculiar to philosophers and philosophical inquiry; metaphysics, epistemology, valuing and axiology, aesthetics, and religion.

### PHIL 2 — Social and Political Philosophy

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/berkeley-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/phil.md)
- Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B;

Focus on classic examples of social and political philosophy in Western civilization: Original writings by Classic Greeks (Plato and Aristotle), Americans (Hamilton, Madison, and Jefferson), Modern Europeans (Marx and Mills), and appropriate contemporary philosophers.

### PHIL 11 — Formal Logic

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **C-ID:** PHIL 210
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/berkeley-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/phil.md)
- Peralta GE Areas 1B;

Introduction to formal logic: Syntax, semantics, and proof theory of sentential and predicate logic.

### PHIL 20A — History of Ancient Greek Philosophy

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **C-ID:** PHIL 130
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/berkeley-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/phil.md)
- Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B;

Chronological development of leading philosophical perspectives of Ancient Greece from the Ionians to the Scholastics.

### PHIL 20B — History of Modern European Philosophy

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **C-ID:** PHIL 140
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B;

Chronological development of leading philosophical perspectives of Modern Europe from the Renaissance to present.

### PHIL 31A — Introduction to Ethics

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **C-ID:** PHIL 120
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/berkeley-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/phil.md)
- Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B;

Survey of central problems in ethics: what makes for a good life; what our moral obligations are and why; what to think about moral issues that are currently the source of controversy in our society. Not open for credit to students who have completed or are currently enrolled in HUMAN 30A.

### PHIL 35 — Feminist Philosophy

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3B;

Introduction to feminist philosophy through the study of different philosophical approaches to and bases for feminism: Historical, cultural, and political approach to feminist theories in relation to one another and to other branches of philosophy. Not open for those students who have taken or are currently enrolled in WS 035.

### PHIL 49 — Independent Study in Philosophy

- **Units:** .5-5
- **Hours:** .5 - 5 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

In-depth exploration of an area or problem of the student's choice not covered by regular catalog offerings in Philosophy. Student must obtain approval from an appropriate faculty member. For more details, see the section on independent study in the college catalog