Recent SemestersFall 2026, Spring 2026, Winter 2026, Fall 2025Class Size7–20 studentsCredits3PrerequisiteAcceptance into the Honors Program Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2DescriptionPhilosophical ideas concerning knowledge, reality, and values. Topics will include the sources and limits of knowledge and the nature of reality. Other topics may include the nature of self, truth, ethics, religion, science, language, beauty and art, political theory, and mind. An honors course is designed to provide an enriched experience. Students may not receive credit for both PHIL 5 and PHIL 5H .Usually HeldTue 3:00pm–6:10pm