Philosophy programs
Your philosophy course options will include creative classes like Philosophy and Science Fiction or Mind and Machines. You’ll get to know your professors and peers through lively discussion as you explore ethics, logic, morality, reality, the mind, and what it means to know and be.
Philosophy Major
| Requirements | | Philosophy electives 12 | | PHI 202 - Logic An introduction to formal logic. The aim is to enable the student to become skilled in the examination of everyday language for validity, soundness, and cogency, to acquire a basic knowledge of classical sentential and categorical logic, and to master proof techniques in propositional logic and the first-order predicate calculus.Prerequisite: C- or better in MAT090, an ACT math score of 20 or above (SAT 480 or above), or a passing score on the MAT090 placement exam.(4 credits, alternate years, consult department) | | PHI 333 - Philosophy and Christianity An exploration of some set of topics that lie at the intersection of philosophy and the Christian faith.Prerequisite: at least one philosophy course.(4 credits, alternate years, consult department) | | PHI 450 - Senior Thesis Students will write a senior thesis in philosophy under the direction of one of the philosophy faculty.Prerequisites: philosophy major or minor, senior class standing.(2 credits, non- yearly, consult department) | | Choose one course: 4 | | PHI 200 - Introduction to Ethics An investigation of some of the main philosophical questions about ethics, such as the following: Does morality depend on religion? Is morality relative to culture? Why should I be moral? How do we go about answering moral questions? Is there a "theory" of morality? If so, what does that theory look like?(4 credits, alternate years, consult department) | | PHI 214 - Contemporary Moral Issues A philosophical exploration of contemporary moral issues. Possible topics include abortion, euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, cloning and stem-cell research, war and terrorism, capital punishment, famine relief, factory farming and experimenting on animals, and so on.(4 credits) | | Choose two courses: 8 | | PHI 225 - Ancient Greek Philosophy An introduction to the ancient Greek philosophical tradition, ranging from the Presocratics to the Hellenists but focusing on Plato and Aristotle.(4 credits, alternate years, consult department) | | PHI 226 - Medieval Philosophy An introduction to medieval philosophy, beginning with Neoplatonists and Patristics and focusing on figures such as Augustine, Boethius, Anselm and Aquinas.(4 credits, alternate years, consult department) | | PHI 227 - Modern Philosophy An introduction to the central figures in the philosophical milieu of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, focusing on thinkers such as Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Kant, Mill, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche.(4 credits, alternate years, consult department) | | PHI 229 - Twentieth-Century Philosophy An introduction to some of the dominant philosophers and philosophical movements of the 20th century. (4 credits; non-yearly, consult department) | | Total credits required: 34 |
Note: Majors are required to take at least 8 credits of 300-level (and above) in elective courses.
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