PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

The Major
Students must take a minimum of eleven classroom courses in philosophy, not more than five of which may be at the 100 to 200 level. Among these courses must be the following:
  1. One term of logic from among the following:
    01:730:201 Introduction to Logic (3)
    01:730:315 Applied Symbolic Logic (3)
    01:730:407 Intermediate Logic I (3)
    01:730:408 Intermediate Logic II (3)
  2. One term of ancient or medieval philosophy from among the following:
    01:730:301 Socrates and Plato (3)
    01:730:302 Plato and Aristotle (3)
    01:730:304 The Origins of Medieval Philosophy (3)
    01:730:305 Philosophy in the High Middle Ages (3)
    01:730:306 Between Medieval and Modern Philosophy (3)
    01:730:401 Plato (3)
    01:730:402 Aristotle (3)
  3. One term of modern philosophy from among the following:
    01:730:307 Descartes, Locke, and the Seventeenth Century (3)
    01:730:308 Hume, Kant, and the Eighteenth Century (3)
    01:730:404 Spinoza (3)
    01:730:405 Kant (3)
    01:730:406 Nineteenth Century Philosophy (3)
    01:730:416 Leibniz (3)
  4. One term of advanced ethics or political philosophy from among the following:
    01:730:341 Ethics through History (3)
    01:730:342 Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Social and Political Philosophy (3)
    01:730:380 Ethics and Practical Reasoning (3)
    01:730:441 Ethical Theory (3)
    01:730:442 Moral Responsibility (3)
    01:730:445 Social and Political Philosophy (3)
    01:730:450 Topics in Moral and Political Philosophy (3)
    01:730:459 Advanced Seminar in Ethics (3)
  5. Two courses from among the following, at least one of which must be at the 400 level:
    01:730:210 Introduction to Philosophy of Language
    01:730:215 Introduction to Metaphysics
    01:730:220 Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge (3)
    01:730:225 Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (3)
    01:730:328 Philosophy of Psychology (3)
    01:730:360 Philosophical Aspects of Cognitive Science (3)
    01:730:410 History of Analytic Philosophy
    01:730:412 Epistemology (3)
    01:730:413 Social Epistemology
    01:730:415 Metaphysics (3)
    01:730:418 Philosophy of Mind (3)
    01:730:419 Philosophy of Perception (3)
    01:730:420 Philosophy of Language (3)
    01:730:421 Semantics of Language (3)
    01:730:424 The Logic of Decision (3)
    01:730:425 Philosophy of Science (3)
    01:730:426 Philosophy of Physics (3)
    01:730:427 Philosophy of the Social Sciences (3)
    01:730:428 Topics in the Philosophy of Psychology (3)
    01:730:429 Philosophy of Biology
A student may petition the department to substitute other courses for those on this list to satisfy any of the above requirements.

The Minor
A minor in philosophy consists of six Philosophy 730 classroom courses of 3 or more credits each. At least three of the courses must be at the 300 or 400 level


Last Update: 06-04-08