Philosophy Major

First-Year Seminar - Total Credits: 2-3

English Composition - Total Credits: 6

• ENG 101 - Composition I
• ENG 102 - Composition II

Second-Year Seminar - Total Credits: 3

Constitutions - Total Credits: 4

Mathematics - Total Credits: 3

Distribution Requirement Humanities and Fine Arts

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• Life and Physical Sciences and Analytical Thinking - Total Credits: 9-10

• PHIL 102 - Critical Thinking and Reasoning

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  and two courses from life and physical sciences category; at least one must be a lab.

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• Social Science - Total Credits: 9

Multicultural and International

(see notes below)

Additional Degree Requirements

Foreign Language/Foreign Culture - Total Credits: 6

Humanities - Total Credits: 6

Fine Arts - Total Credits: 6

• Philosophy Major Requirements - Total Credits: 42

• PHIL 101 - Introduction to Philosophy

• and one other lower division course (excluding PHIL 102)

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• Any two of the following upper-level courses on the history of philosophy, one of which must be either: PHIL 401 or PHIL 403:

• PHIL 310 - Great Philosophers
• PHIL 401 - Ancient Philosophy
• PHIL 402 - Medieval Philosophy
• PHIL 403 - Early Modern Philosophy
• PHIL 404 - Nineteenth-Century Philosophy
• PHIL 405 - Contemporary Philosophy
• PHIL 406 - American Philosophy
• PHIL 410 - Plato
• PHIL 411 - Aristotle
• PHIL 431 - History of Scientific Thought

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• Any two of the following upper-level courses on contemporary philosophical topics (excluding value theory):

• PHIL 330 - Computers and Culture
• PHIL 342 - Phenomenology
• PHIL 356 - Theories of Culture
• PHIL 425 - Philosophy of Language
• PHIL 430 - Philosophy of Science
• PHIL 432 - Philosophy of the Social Sciences
• PHIL 433 - Philosophical Psychology
• PHIL 434 - Philosophy of Cognitive Science
• PHIL 435 - Philosophy of Mind
• PHIL 440 - Theory of Knowledge
• PHIL 441 - Metaphysics
• PHIL 459 - Philosophy of Religion
• PHIL 472 - Selected Topics in Religion

• or any other relevant upper-level courses approved by the department chair.

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• One of the following upper-level courses on Value Theory:

• PHIL 311 - Professional Ethics
• PHIL 320 - Philosophy of Law
• PHIL 345 - Health Care Ethics
• PHIL 446 - Social and Political Philosophy
• PHIL 450 - Ethical Theory
• PHIL 452 - Aesthetics

• or any other relevant upper-level courses approved by the department chair.

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• One of the following courses in Logic:

• PHIL 302 - Intermediate Critical Thinking and Reasoning
• PHIL 322 - Inductive Logic and Probability
• PHIL 420 - Logical Theory
• PHIL 422 - Advanced Logic

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• Six electives within philosophy, five of which must be at the 300-400 level.  

Electives - Total Credits: 22-23