HNRS 39Philosophy Ramble
Honors Collegium · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Designed for College Honors students. Grounded in Aristotelian-style philosophy found in Martha Nussbaum’s Quality of Life and P.M.S. Hacker’s Intellectual Powers . Prompted by wide range of philosophical readings and employing Socratic method of asking questions, examination of place in our lives—especially our civic lives—of attention, memory, will, science, prudence, and assessment/creation of self. Like Aristotle’s peripatetic version of Plato’s Academy, class takes regular walks together, using UCLA and West Los Angeles as Lyceum, engaging in intellectual dialog in historical tradition of exercising both body and mind.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.