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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Philosophy, B.A.

Minimum number of credits required to graduate:  124

Minimum cumulative GPA required to graduate:  2.0

Minimum number of credits to complete the major:  36

 

School: School of Arts and Sciences

Department of Humanities  

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Philosophy courses strengthen your abilities to think, speak, and write critically, analytically, and creatively. By strengthening these skills, a major in Philosophy can prepare you for many career paths, including positions in law, politics, business, journalism, bioethics, environmental policy, the tech industry, education and more. Philosophy majors and minors often excel in advanced standardized tests such as the GRE, LSAT and GMAT, which improves the chance of getting into top graduate programs and law schools.

The major in Philosophy requires a minimum of nine courses (36 credits).

Major Requirements

The major in Practical Philosophy requires a minimum of nine courses (36 credits).

  • Any 1000 level PHL course

  • Two PHL courses in Ethics*

  • One course in History of Philosophy*

  • One PHL course in Knowledge or Reality*

  • IDS 4200 Interdisciplinary Senior Seminar 

  • Three electives: One elective may be taken in another department or program, but should include philosophical content. See the list of Courses Outside Philosophy below.

Courses Outside Philosophy

As noted in each track above, one elective course can be taken from outside of the Philosophy program and can be chosen from the following: