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The Major and Minor:
| The major begins by introducing students to
significant philosophical issues, in Great Philosophical Questions, and to the art of
thinking critically about them, in Logic. |
| The Sophomore and Junior years continue an
in-depth study of philosophical ideas and key figures in the Ancient, Medieval, and Modern
periods, culminating in a semester dedicated to the seminal figure of Immanuel Kant. At
the same time, students continue an in-depth study of fundamental subjects of philosophy
(e.g. the Human Person and Metaphysics or Epistemology). A special section of Ethics for
majors amd minors is taken in the Senior year. |
| The major is designed to give considerable
flexibility to students, so that they may pursue their own interests; it includes 4
electives, 2 of which must be non-GEC courses. Most of the elective offerings are in
contemporary (i;e. 20th c.) philosophy: for example, phenomenology, analytic philosophy,
feminism, critics of modernity, post-modern critics, contemporary thomism, American
pragmatism, philosophy of history, philosophy of action, or philosophy of emotion.
Students may also study Asian Philosophy, offered regularly. |
Major in Philosophy:
The Major requires completion of thirty-nine (39) units in philosophy,
as follows:
 | PHIL 110, Great Philosophical Questions (except SII students) |
| 4 History-Figures Courses:
PHIL 210, Ancient Philosophy: Plato & Aristotle
PHIL 211, Medieval Philosophy: Augustine & Aquinas
PHIL 312, Modern Philosophy: Descartes, Locke, & Hume
PHIL 328 Kant |
| 4 Subject Courses
PHIL 100, Logic; or PHIL 310, Symbolic Logic
PHIL 301 Philosophy of the Human Person
PHIL 315, Metaphysics; or PHIL 316, Epistemology
PHIL 401 Ethics |
| 4 Electives, at least two of which must be non-GEC courses |
The chart below shows one way the Major might be fulfilled
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Freshman |
Sophomore |
Junior |
Senior |
Fall |
Great
Philosophical
Questions |
Ancient
Human Person |
Modern
Metaphysics or
Epistemology |
Elective |
Spring |
Logic |
Medieval
Elective |
Kant
Elective |
Ethics
401
Elective |
Minor in Philosophy:
| This program requires the completion of twenty-one (21) units in
Philosophy, nine of which are part of a student’s regular GEC requirements, as
follows: |
| PHIL 110, one Topics in Philosophy, e.g., PHIL 301- 308, and 401 (9 units) |
| Four Philosophy electives, two of which must be upper-division (12 units) |
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| In collaboration with a Philosophy department advisor, students are
encouraged to choose courses that form a coherent study of one area of Philosophy. |
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