Courses Taught

Since 1996, I have taught around 230 face-to-face undergraduate courses of all levels in Philosophy, Religious Studies, and other areas of the Humanities.

Starting in 1999 with v1 of Blackboard, I have over 250 online and/or hybrid courses of all levels in these areas under my belt as well. In addition to Blackboard, I am proficient with Canvas, D2L, and Moodle.

I have a Quality Matters Online Teaching Certification too.

I love to teach, and, in many ways, I live to teach.

And, as those of us who spend plenty of time with students know, teaching informs research, and vice versa.

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Institutions where I have taught include:

  • Saint Louis University as a Grad Student (Adjunct Professor, 1996-2005)
    • Chair of Philosophy: Fr. Ted Vitali
  • Southwest Minnesota State University (Assistant Professor, 2005-2006)
    • Chair of Philosophy: Dr. Steve Kramer
  • Florida State University (Visiting Assistant Professor, 2006-2007)
    • Chair of Philosophy: Dr. Piers Rawling
  • University of Missouri – St. Louis (Adjunct Professor, 1999-2005)
    • Chair of Philosophy: Dr. Ronald Munson
  • Fontbonne College (now University, Adjunct Professor, 1999-2005)
    • Chair of Humanities: Dr. Daryl Wennemann
  • Harris-Stowe State College (now University, Adjunct Professor, 1996-2005)
    • Chair of Humanities: Mrs. Theodora Lodato
  • McKendree College (now University, Adjunct Professor, 1996-2005)
    • Chair of Humanities: Dr. Duane Olsen
  • Jefferson College (Adjunct Professor, 1996-2000)
    • Dean of Humanities: Dr. Carla Wilson
  • Maryville College (now University, Adjunct Professor, emergency fill in, 2000)
    • Chair of Humanities: Dr. Andrew Irvine
  • Lewis and Clark Community College (Adjunct Professor, 2000-2005)
    • Dean of Humanities: Dr. Nicholas Smith
  • Southern Illinois Univ. – Edwardsville (Adjunct Professor, emergency, 2002)
    • Chair of Philosophy: Dr. Robert Ware
  • Forest Park Community College (Adjunct Professor, 1996-2005)
    • Chair of Humanities: Dr. Bill Hartmann
  • Florissant Valley Community College (Adjunct Professor, 1999-2005)
    • Chair of Humanities: Dr. Carol Berger
  • St. Charles Community College (Adjunct Professor, 1999-2005)
    • Chair of Philosophy: Dr. Blanchard DeMerchant
  • Barton Community College (Adjunct Professor, emergency fill in, 2013)
    • Chair of Humanities: Ms. Latisha Washington
  • Maple Woods Community College (Adjunct Professor, 2011-2013)
    • Chair of Division: Mr. Douglas Fisher
  • Penn Valley Community College (Adjunct Professor, 2011-2013)
    • Chair of Division: Dr. Karen Fernandez
  • University of St. Mary in Leavenworth, KS (Adjunct Professor, 2011-2014)
    • Chair of Humanities: Dr. Brian Hughes
  • University of Missouri – Kansas City (Adjunct Professor, 2011-Present)
    • Chair of Program for Adult College Education: Dr. Reginald Bassa
  • Webster University – St. Louis (Adjunct Professor, 1999-Present)
    • Chair of Philosophy: Dr. Britt-Marie Schiller
  • Webster University – Kansas City (Adjunct Professor, 2011-Present)
    • Chair of Humanities: Mr. James Meadows
  • Johnson County Community College (Adjunct Professor, 2011-Present)
    • Chair of Philosophy: Dr. Dennis Arjo
  • Missouri Western State University (Adjunct Professor, 2015-Present)
    • Chair of Humanities: Dr. James Okapal

Undergraduate Courses

Email me at robertarp320 [at] gmail.com for a list of undergraduate courses in Philosophy, Religious Studies, and the Humanities that I have taught thus far.

Some courses I have taught once; however, most of them I have taught more than once, and several of them I have taught multiple times. For example, courses called PHIL 240: Leadership Ethics and HUM 200: Introduction to the Humanities: The Great Thinkers, I have taught only once so far; the courses PHILOS 480: Environmental Ethics and PH 410: Metaphysics a few times so far; but PHILOS 210: Introduction to Philosophy, PHL 230: Ethics, and PHIL 100: Critical Thinking, I have taught each upwards of 60 times and counting.

Here are the undergraduate courses I have developed from scratch and been fortunate enough to teach:

  • PHIL 4930: Teleology (Special Topics)

I developed this course while I was working on a dissertation topic at SLU.

  • PHILOS 480: Logic, Language, and Media Madness (Selected Topics)

I have taught this fascinating and fun course face-to-face and online.

  • PHL 486f: Mind and Modernity

I taught this course while I was Assistant Professor of Philosophy at SMSU.

  • PHL 486s: Descartes and Hobbes: Metaphysics, Mind, and Methodology

Another course I taught while I was Assistant Professor of Philosophy at SMSU.

Graduate Courses

  • MNGT 5990: Corporate Responsibility and Society (Online)

I co-developed this course with a Business Professor at Webster University.

  • NU 705: Health Care Policy and Ethics

I co-developed this course with a Nursing Professor at University of St. Mary.

  • PHI 5908r: Evolutionary Psychology & Creative Problem Solving

I developed and taught this as a reading course to two students in the fall of 2006, while I was a visiting professor of philosophy at FSU.

  • PHI 5908r: Induction and Probability

I developed and taught this as a reading course to one student in the fall of 2006, while I was a visiting professor of philosophy at FSU.

  • PHI 5908r: Realism and Antirealism

I developed and taught this as a reading course to three students in the spring of 2007, while I was a visiting professor of philosophy at FSU.

  • PHI 6455: Philosophy of Biology – Basic Topics

I taught this course while I was Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University (2006-2007). It was helpful in generating ideas for my own book with Alex Rosenberg, Philosophy of Biology: An Anthology.

Religion Courses, Paul VI High School (Fairfax, VA | 1993-1996)

  • The Existence of God (my own course, offered as an elective to seniors)
  • Morality (sophomores)
  • Catholic Social Teaching (juniors)
  • Old Testament (all freshmen in the school)
  • New Testament (all freshmen in the school)
  • The New Catechism of the Catholic Church (sophomores)

Tutoring and SAT & ACT Test Prep Instruction

  • New Testament Greek (1993, as a course in 2001)
  • Reading Aquinas’ Summa in Latin (2000)
  • Critical Thinking on the LSAT (2005, 2006, 2012, 2014)
  • Critical Thinking on the MCAT (2012, 2015)
  • Kaplan SAT & ACT Test Prep Instructor (2011-2012)