PHIL 30
Introduction to Existentialism

Course Description

This course examines central figures, texts, and ideas within existential philosophy, with an emphasis on the fundamental ontological assumption held by all existentialists, namely the existentialists' rejection of rationalism and the idea that a metaphysical system can (or should) describe the world as containing determinate essences that confer univocal conceptual identities upon things, situations, and actions.

Class Details

CRN Course Section Days Times Instructor Loc
49745 PHIL 30 01 ·T·R··· 01:30 PM-03:20 PM Rich Booher L62

Class Dates: This class runs from 2026-04-06 to 2026-06-26.
Footnote:
PHIL-030.-01: Fully ON-CAMPUS. This class meets on-campus each week on scheduled days and times noted in the class listing.

Class Materials

Textbook/MaterialTypeRequiredPurchaseRent
NewUsedNewUsed
Repetition & Philosophical Crumbs
Kierkegaard © 2009
ISBN: 9780199214198		 Textbook Required $11.75 $9.00
Being & Time
Heidegger © 2008
ISBN: 9780061575594		 Textbook Required $17.75 $13.50 $11.54 $7.10
Gay Science
Nietzsche © 2001
ISBN: 9780521636452		 Textbook Required $24.00 $18.00 $18.00 $9.60
Repetition and Philosophical Crumbs
Kierkegaard
ISBN: 9780191607509		 E-Book Required $6.59
Repetition and Philosophical Crumbs
Kierkegaard
ISBN: 9780191607509		 E-Book
(180 days)		 Required $4.28
Repetition and Philosophical Crumbs
Kierkegaard
ISBN: 9780191607509		 E-Book
(365 days)		 Required $4.94

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Course Details

Units
4 Units
Hours
  • Weekly Lecture Hours: 4
  • Weekly Lab Hours: 0
Program Status
Program Applicable
Credit
Credit - Degree Applicable
Grading Method
Letter Grading

Requisite and Advisory

Advisory
ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000H or ESL D005.
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