PhilosophyPHL / UT Austin
Compare 74 PHL courses by average GPA, A share and recent reported semester.
- Average GPA / 4.00
- 3.37
- A grades · excludes A−
- 41.2%
- Letter grades reported
- 49,581
Source: UT Austin Office of Institutional Reporting; updated .
PHL courses
| Course | Average GPA | % A | Letter grades | Latest term |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHL 301Introduction to Philosophy | 3.17 | 29.8% | 5,356 | Spring 2026 |
| PHL 301KAncient Philosophy | 3.17 | 28.3% | 731 | Spring 2026 |
| PHL 301LEarly Modern Philosophy | 3.17 | 23.6% | 703 | Spring 2026 |
| PHL 302World Philosophy | 2.98 | 23.8% | 340 | Spring 2025 |
| PHL 302CEthics and Enlightenment | 3.16 | 35.6% | 132 | Spring 2026 |
| PHL 303Human Nature | 3.29 | 43.3% | 758 | Fall 2025 |
| PHL 303MMind and Body | 3.07 | 33.9% | 1,896 | Spring 2026 |
| PHL 304Contemporary Moral Problems | 3.48 | 46.6% | 6,887 | Summer 2026 |
| PHL 304TIntroduction to Technology Ethics | 3.48 | 41.7% | 108 | Fall 2025 |
| PHL 305Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion | 3.23 | 41.3% | 448 | Spring 2026 |
| PHL 306Topics in Philosophical Thinkers | 3.79 | 77.4% | 31 | Fall 2024 |
| PHL 310Knowledge and Reality | 3.19 | 26.2% | 587 | Fall 2025 |
| PHL 311Argument | 3.17 | 35.8% | 53 | Spring 2016 |
| PHL 312Introduction to Logic | 3.13 | 38.0% | 1,557 | Spring 2026 |
| PHL 313Introductory Symbolic Logic | 3.03 | 31.6% | 1,870 | Summer 2026 |
| PHL 313QLogic and Scientific Reasoning | 3.32 | 29.7% | 680 | Fall 2025 |
| PHL 315FPhilosophy and Film | 3.52 | 42.2% | 332 | Spring 2026 |
| PHL 315LPhilosophy and Literature | 3.46 | 44.8% | 29 | Spring 2026 |
| PHL 316KScience and Philosophy | 3.24 | 33.5% | 179 | Fall 2024 |
| PHL 317KIntroduction to the Philosophy of the Arts | 3.49 | 49.4% | 4,097 | Spring 2026 |
| PHL 318Introduction to Ethics | 3.49 | 43.3% | 1,406 | Spring 2026 |
| PHL 318KIntroduction to Political Philosophy | 3.50 | 52.0% | 639 | Spring 2026 |
| PHL 321KTheory of Knowledge | 3.09 | 19.6% | 606 | Fall 2025 |
| PHL 322Science and the Modern World | 3.27 | 32.8% | 848 | Spring 2026 |
| PHL 322KHistory of Ethics | 3.40 | 46.5% | 144 | Fall 2025 |
| PHL 323KMetaphysics | 3.37 | 44.2% | 618 | Spring 2026 |
| PHL 323MPhilosophy of Mind | 3.53 | 57.4% | 667 | Spring 2026 |
| PHL 323SPhilosophy of Science | 3.40 | 38.8% | 139 | Fall 2025 |
| PHL 325CENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS | 3.59 | 52.7% | 226 | Fall 2019 |
| PHL 325DEnvironmental Ethics and Philosophy | 3.45 | 49.7% | 167 | Fall 2025 |
| PHL 325EBiomedical Ethics | 3.55 | 41.6% | 317 | Fall 2025 |
| PHL 325JHealth and Justice | 3.77 | 67.7% | 279 | Spring 2026 |
| PHL 325KEthical Theories | 3.34 | 31.3% | 697 | Spring 2026 |
| PHL 325LBusiness, Ethics, and Public Policy | 3.37 | 43.3% | 793 | Spring 2023 |
| PHL 325MMedicine, Ethics, and Society | 3.38 | 34.4% | 2,581 | Summer 2026 |
| PHL 325NOrganizational Ethics | 3.49 | 50.0% | 52 | Fall 2024 |
| PHL 3274-INTERPRETATION AND MEANING | 3.25 | 36.9% | 295 | Fall 2018 |
| PHL 328Nineteenth-Century Philosophy | 3.88 | 83.7% | 104 | Spring 2026 |
| PHL 329EAristotle | 3.52 | 45.5% | 11 | Spring 2026 |
| PHL 329KHistory of Ancient Philosophy | 3.22 | 31.7% | 761 | Fall 2025 |
| PHL 329LEarly Modern Philosophy: Descartes to Kant | 3.34 | 38.7% | 794 | Spring 2026 |
| PHL 329MPLATO'S REPUBLIC | 3.15 | 23.3% | 43 | Spring 2018 |
| PHL 329PKant's Critique of Pure Reason | 3.22 | 35.3% | 51 | Fall 2025 |
| PHL 329UPerspectives on Science and Mathematics | 3.48 | 48.7% | 76 | Fall 2025 |
| PHL 332Philosophy of Language | 3.41 | 38.6% | 505 | Spring 2026 |
| PHL 332MInterpretation and Meaning | 3.40 | 39.3% | 28 | Fall 2023 |
| PHL 334KMARTIN HEIDEGGER | 3.42 | 39.1% | 69 | Fall 2019 |
| PHL 334MMartin Heidegger | 3.74 | 70.7% | 41 | Spring 2026 |
| PHL 342Topics in Political Philosophy | 3.60 | 55.7% | 61 | Fall 2024 |
| PHL 342LOrigins of Liberalism | 2.84 | 9.5% | 42 | Spring 2025 |
| PHL 342MMarx and Marxist Theory | 3.85 | 66.7% | 9 | Fall 2023 |
| PHL 342PFour Modern Political Theories | 3.78 | 73.1% | 52 | Spring 2023 |
| PHL 342RPhilosophy of Race and Gender | 3.66 | 59.6% | 312 | Fall 2025 |
| PHL 342TAdvanced Political Philosophy | 3.03 | 41.4% | 58 | Fall 2025 |
| PHL 344KIntermediate Symbolic Logic | 3.00 | 26.9% | 26 | Spring 2025 |
| PHL 344MPhilosophy of Mathematics | 3.07 | 22.7% | 44 | Fall 2022 |
| PHL 346KAesthetics | 3.41 | 39.6% | 288 | Fall 2025 |
| PHL 347Philosophy of Law | 3.27 | 30.6% | 1,901 | Spring 2026 |
| PHL 348NATURAL THEOLOGY EAST AND WEST | 3.32 | 49.5% | 103 | Fall 2018 |
| PHL 348CClassical Chinese Philosophy | 3.83 | 73.9% | 23 | Fall 2025 |
| PHL 349History of Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy | 3.58 | 42.4% | 33 | Spring 2021 |
| PHL 3545-ORIGINS OF LIBERALISM | 3.09 | 34.7% | 147 | Fall 2019 |
| PHL 3562-YOGA AS PHILOS AND PRACTICE | 3.09 | 16.8% | 179 | Fall 2019 |
| PHL 356CContemporary Christian Philosophy | 3.62 | 66.7% | 39 | Spring 2024 |
| PHL 356DHistory of Christian Philosophy | 3.59 | 69.6% | 46 | Spring 2024 |
| PHL 358Philosophical Logic | 3.50 | 31.7% | 41 | Fall 2020 |
| PHL 361KPhilosophy in Literature | 3.46 | 49.1% | 108 | Spring 2026 |
| PHL 363LTopics in Philosophy of Science | 3.44 | 37.3% | 228 | Spring 2026 |
| PHL 365Topics in Selected Problems in Philosophy | 3.50 | 53.7% | 588 | Spring 2026 |
| PHL 365NThe Nature of Visual Consciousness | 3.23 | 43.8% | 16 | Spring 2026 |
| PHL 366KExistentialism | 3.57 | 60.9% | 836 | Spring 2026 |
| PHL 375MTopics in Major Seminar | 3.36 | 34.7% | 550 | Spring 2026 |
| PHL 610QAPROBS OF KNOWLEDGE & VALUATION | 3.74 | 60.3% | 2,202 | Fall 2025 |
| PHL 610QBPROBS OF KNOWLEDGE & VALUATION | 3.75 | 61.8% | 1,918 | Spring 2026 |
How this department is summarized
The Philosophy hub includes 74 undergraduate courses with reported letter-grade data. Its 3.37 average combines 49,581 letter grades, weighting each grade equally. A large course therefore contributes more than a small seminar.
The A share is 41.2%, counting A separately from A−. Course-level pages show the available semesters and syllabus sources. Historical grades do not establish workload or teaching quality.