Philosophy Major
Major Requirements:
Consists of 32 credits to include one upper-division course in non-Western philosophy or religion, an independent study or honors project in philosophy in which a major paper is produced and presented in philosophy seminar senior year, and the following required courses:
- Satisfactorily completing the first year of foreign language study at the college level (or passing a first-year equivalency test)
- PHI-214 Introduction to Logic (3 cr)
- PHI-310 Ancient Philosophy (3 cr)
- PHI-311 Modern Philosophy (3 cr)
- PHI-331 Ethics (3 cr)
- PHI-498 Philosophy Seminar (1-4 cr)
Students considering graduate work in philosophy are strongly advised to take PHI-413, Analytic Philosophy.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Read and write critically, particularly in the sense of being able to understand the argument of a text and respond to that argument in a critically informed manner
- Understand the breadth of philosophical topics or understand historically diverse approaches to the same topic
- Develop their own positions on philosophical questions in a thoughtful and carefully defended manner
- Be conversant with the history of philosophy, logic, ethical theory, and at least one area of non-Western philosophy
- Be conversant with diverse perspectives, both within and outside the Western tradition
- Do research in philosophy
- To read, write and discuss philosophical material without close supervision from professor
- To succeed in graduate programs in philosophy and related disciplines