Rico Vitz, PhD

Director and Professor, Honors College

Phone: (626) 387-5813

Email: rvitz@apu.edu

Office Location: West Campus, Mary Hill 129

Rico Vitz is a professor of philosophy and director of the Honors College at Azusa Pacific University. He is also a Research Fellow at the St. Nicholas Cabasilas Institute for Orthodoxy and Liberty. He specializes in topics at the intersections of the history of philosophy, ethics, and philosophy of religion.

Education

• PhD, Philosophy, University of California, Riverside
• MS, Philosophy, University of Utah
• BA, Philosophy, California State University, Dominguez Hills

Academic Area

• Honors College

Expertise

• History of Early Modern Philosophy
• Ethics
• Philosophy of Religion

Courses Taught

• HON 101 – Leadership
• HON 240 – Core I
• HON 260 – Core II
• HON 280 – Core III
• HON 300 – Core IV
• HON 380 – Wisdom
• HON 440 – Oxbridge Tutorial I
• HON 460 – Oxbridge Tutorial II
• PHIL 320 – History of Early Modern Philosophy
• PHIL 330 – Ethics