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Oct 04, 2024
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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog ARCHIVED CATALOG: CONTENT MAY NOT BE CURRENT. USE THE DROP DOWN ABOVE TO ACCESS THE CURRENT CATALOG.
Philosophy Major (BA)
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Philosophy Major- Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Please see the UNLV College of Liberal Arts, Interdisciplinary Degrees web page at www.unlv.edu/philosophy for information about department programs, faculty and facilities. Degree worksheets and 4/5 year plan for the major are available at https://www.unlv.edu/degree/ba-philosophy.
Please see advising information at the UNLV Wilson Advising Center at https://www.unlv.edu/liberalarts/wac.
Accreditation
Institution - Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities www.nwccu.org
Learning Outcomes
Goal I: To exhibit facility in the theory and practice of argumentation, reasoning, and critical thinking;
Students shall be able to:
- Master the practice of reasoning well including
- The ability to construct clear and concise summarizations and assessments of the reasoning in complex passages by
- Extracting their conclusions,
- Distilling the lines of reasoning in support of those conclusions, and
- Evaluating how well such reasoning supports those conclusions.
- The ability to construct cogent arguments for their own conclusions and to express their reasoning in a coherent and convincing manner.
- Demonstrate knowledge of, and competence with, the theory, of argumentation and logic through their abilities to:
- Describe different approaches to logical theory, and to articulate their aims and scope,
- Define and apply central concepts and techniques of logical theory,
- Describe major results of logical theory, and
- Sketch how to arrive at those results.
Goal II: To demonstrate an understanding of the classics of Western philosophy form antiquity to the present;
Students shall be able to:
- Identify major works or figures from at least three periods of the history of Western philosophy,
- Articulate and, when appropriate, compare or contrast, the overall philosophical positions taken by these works or figures,
- Summarize the major motivations or arguments for these positions,
- Present objections that have been raised or could be raised to these positions,
- Assess the relative merits of these arguments and objections.
Goal III: To demonstrate knowledge about central problems in major branches of contemporary philosophical theory, such as metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and the philosophy of science;
Students shall be able to:
- Identify central issues or debates in at least three core areas of contemporary philosophical theory,
- Articulate and, when appropriate, compare or contrast, different views that might be taken with respect to these issues,
- Summarize major motivations or arguments for these alternative positions,
- Assess the relative merits of these arguments and objections.
University Graduation Requirements
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Philosophy Degree Requirements - Total: 120 Credits
General Education Requirements - Subtotal: 36-38 Credits
First-Year Seminar - Credits: 2-3
English Composition - Credits: 6
Second-Year Seminar - Credits: 3
Constitutions - Credits: 4
Distribution Requirement - Credits: 18-19
Please see Distribution Requirements for more information.
- Humanities and Fine Arts: 9 Credits
- Two courses 3 credits each from two different humanities areas - 6 credits
- One course in fine arts- 3 credits
- Social Science
- Automatically satisfied by Major requirements
- Life and Physical Sciences and Analytical Thinking: 9-10 credits
- Two courses from life and physical sciences category; at least one must have a lab.
- Analytical Thinking - 3 credits
Multicultural and International
Multicultural, one 3 credit course required
International, one 3 credit course required
These courses may overlap with general education and major requirements. A single course may not meet the multicultural and international requirements simultaneously. For the list of approved multicultural and international courses, go to: http://facultysenate.unlv.edu/students Major Requirements - BA in Philosophy - Subtotal: 60 Credits
Foreign Language/Foreign Culture - Credits: 6
Humanities - Credits: 6
Fine Arts - Credits: 6 General Electives - Credits: 22-24
Philosophy Major: Law and Justice Concentration - Credits 12
Majors may choose their electives to fulfill the requirements for a legal studies centered concentration. |
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