This page discusses the Prometheus Workshop, which is only open to Johns Hopkins students. If you are not a student at JHU and are interested in getting involved with Prometheus, consider submitting your research to the journal.
Prometheus is Johns Hopkins’ undergraduate philosophical society. The society organizes a conference and publishes a journal each year and more generally provides a community for philosophically-minded students.
The Prometheus workshop facilitates this through open philosophical discussion; interaction with faculty, graduate students, and other members of the Philosophy Department; and other activities.
One credit in the philosophy department may also be earned for participation in Prometheus. In the fall, the workshop consists of short lectures and discussion sections on a variety of philosophical subjects. Class members themselves can lead classes on subject interests, but the workshop primarily features guest speakers from the philosophy department including both graduate students and faculty. The class may be taken for multiple semesters, but does not fulfill an elective requirement for the major on its own without either two additional semesters or two other philosophy credits. As of spring 2025, the class satisfies the AS foundational abilities requirements for Ethics and Foundations (FA5) and Projects and Methods (FA6).
The class is hosted in the philosophy seminar room and led by a graduate student advisor and the club president on Tuesdays from 7-8 pm. To get credit for the class, please register on SIS. The class’ number is AS.150.300.
Prerequisite: MUST have taken one philosophy course