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	2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG] 																	 
	    Philosophy, B.A.
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				Minimum number of credits required to graduate:  124 
Minimum Cumulative GPA required to graduate:  2.0 
Minimum number of credits to complete the major:  34 
  
The major in Philosophy requires a minimum of 34 credits taken over a minimum of nine courses that includes: 
			 
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		General Track in Philosophy
  - Any 1000 level PHL course
  - Two PHL courses in Ethics*
  - One course in History of Philosophy*
  - One PHL course in Knowledge or Reality*
  - PHL 4200  
  - Three electives. One elective may be taken in another department.  The course should include philosophical content.  See list of cognate courses.
   Ethics & Political Track in Philosophy
  - Any 1000 level Philosophy course
  - Two courses in Political Philosophy:  
  - Two additional PHL courses in Ethics *
  - One PHL course in the History of Philosophy *
  - PHL 4200  
  - Two electives.  One may be taken in another department.  The course should include philosophical content. See list of cognate courses.
    *See list of courses for area requirements on the Philosophy Department’s webpage:  https://www.merrimack.edu/live/files/3533-area-requirements-for-philosophy Cognate Electives
 One elective may be taken from this list:  													 | 
												 
											 
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