Philosophy B.A.

Bachelor of Arts - Philosophy

College of Humanities & Sciences

Degree Specific Credits: 37

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0

Catalog Year: 2021-22

General Education Requirements

Information regarding these requirements can be found in the General Education Section of the catalog.

Summary

Lower-Division Core		12
Upper-Division Core		9
History
Value
Metaphysics and Epistemology
Electives		15
Upper-Division Seminar Requirement
Advanced Writing Course		1
Total Hours		37

Lower-Division Core

Rule: Complete four courses (12 credits). 12 total credits required.

Note: The following courses also satisfy general education requirements:

PHL 210E fulfills the "Intermediate Writing" and "Ethics and Human Values" requirements.
PHL 261Y and PHL 262Y both fulfill the "Democracy and Citizenship" requirement.

Code	Title	Hours
Complete all of the following courses:
PHL 210E	Moral Philosophy	3
PHL 233	Intro to Logic: Deduction	3
PHL 261Y	History of Ancient Philosophy	3
PHL 262Y	History of Modern Philosophy	3
Total Hours		12

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Upper-Division Core

Rule: Complete three courses (9 credits) with one course (3 credits) in each of the following three content areas. 9 total credits required.

I. History

Note: Special Topics courses taught at the 300- or 400-level (PHL 391 and PHL 491) may count as upper-division area courses provided that they have a suitable content (consult the department advisor).

Code	Title	Hours
Complete one of the following courses:		3
PHL 403	Early Wittgenstein
PHL 404	Later Wittgenstein
PHL 449	History of Moral and Political Philosophy
PHL 462	Early Modern Philosophy
PHL 464	Kant
PHL 465	Plato
PHL 466	Aristotle
PHL 467	19th Century Continental Philosophy
PHL 468	20th Century Continental Philosophy
PHL 469	Rousseau
PHL 470	Hegel
PHL 472	Thoreau
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

II. Value

Code	Title	Hours
Complete one of the following courses:		3
PHL 412	Ethics and Public Affairs
PHL 422	Environmental Philosophy
PHL 427	Topics in Philosophy of Art
PHL 429	Philosophy and Literature
PHL 449	History of Moral and Political Philosophy
PHL 450	Contemporary Moral/Political Theory
PHL 455	Philosophy of Society and Culture
PHL 469	Rousseau
PHL 470	Hegel
PHL 472	Thoreau
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

III. Metaphysics and Epistemology

Code	Title	Hours
Complete one of the following courses:		3
PHL 403	Early Wittgenstein
PHL 404	Later Wittgenstein
PHL 407	Epistemology
PHL 408	Philosophy of Mind
PHL 423	Science and the Environment
PHL 445	Central Issues in Philosophy of Science
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Electives

Rule: Complete five courses (15 credits); at least three of the five courses must be at the 300-level or higher (9 credits; 6 of these 9 credits must be in courses other than 398 or 498). 15 total credits required.

Note: Any course taken to fulfill part of the upper-division core cannot also count as an upper-division elective.

Code	Title	Hours
Complete five of the following courses:		15
PHL 101L	Introduction to Philosophy
PHL 102L	Introduction to Existentialism
PHL 110E	Introduction to Ethics
PHL 112E	Introduction to Ethics and Environment
PHL 114E	Introduction to Political Ethics
PHL 191	Special Topics
PHL 241N	History & Philosophy of Science
PHL 291	Special Topics
PHL 292	Independent Study
PHL 301	Knowledge and Reality
PHL 309E	The Art of Living
PHL 311	The Good, Right, Beautiful
PHL 316	Historical Figures in Philosophy
PHL 317E	Law and Morality
PHL 319E	Law and Discrimination
PHL 321E	Philosophy & Biomedical Ethics
PHL 323	Ethics of Climate Change
PHL 327L	Aesthetics and the Arts
PHL 351	Philosophy and Feminism
PHL 390	Research
PHL 391	Special Topics
PHL 392	Independent Study
PHL 394	Seminar
PHL 403	Early Wittgenstein
PHL 404	Later Wittgenstein
PHL 407	Epistemology
PHL 408	Philosophy of Mind
PHL 412	Ethics and Public Affairs
PHL 422	Environmental Philosophy
PHL 423	Science and the Environment
PHL 427	Topics in Philosophy of Art
PHL 429	Philosophy and Literature
PHL 445	Central Issues in Philosophy of Science
PHL 449	History of Moral and Political Philosophy
PHL 450	Contemporary Moral/Political Theory
PHL 455	Philosophy of Society and Culture
PHL 462	Early Modern Philosophy
PHL 464	Kant
PHL 465	Plato
PHL 466	Aristotle
PHL 467	19th Century Continental Philosophy
PHL 468	20th Century Continental Philosophy
PHL 469	Rousseau
PHL 470	Hegel
PHL 472	Thoreau
PHL 490	Research
PHL 491	Special Topics
PHL 492	Independent Study
PHL 494	Seminar
Total Hours		15

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Upper-Division Seminar Requirement

Rule: Complete three courses (9 credits) at the 400-level (excluding PHL 498). 9 total credits required.

Note: Of the following upper-division requirements (upper-division core and upper-division electives), 9 of the required 18 credits must be at the 400-level.

Advanced Writing Course

Rule: Complete one course (1 credit). 1 total credit required.

Note: PHL 400 fulfills the Advanced College Writing requirement.

Code	Title	Hours
Complete the following course:
PHL 400	Advanced Writing in Philosophy	1
Total Hours		1

Minimum Required Grade: C-