Philosophy Department Overview
ACC’s Philosophy department
is a large and vigorous department, serving nearly 6,000 students a year from Round Rock to
Fredericksburg. ACC is one of the few community colleges in the nation to offer an associate’s
degree in philosophy, and we currently have about fifty philosophy majors enrolled in the college.
In addition, the department offers courses in humanities and religion. The department hosts a variety
of events for students and faculty, including occasional lectures on various topics in philosophy and
current faculty research. The department sponsors a number of major projects, including a lecture series
on frontiers in knowledge and the Ethics Resource Center Lectures. This year, Ethics Resource Center
joins with its community partners to host a series of lectures concerning ethical issues in immigration policy.
Please visit the department’s web site
for more information, including course descriptions, degree plans, faculty and student information.
Department Information
Department Chair
Matthew Daude–Laurents
Office: PSO 2–I
Email: mdaude@austincc.edu
Sr. Administrative Assistant
Kathryn Benson
Office: PSO 2–I
Email: kbenson@austincc.edu
Austin Community College
Department of Philosophy, Religion & Humanities
1212 Rio Grande
Austin, TX 78701
Phone: 512.223.3012 Fax: 512.223.3369
