2014-2015 University Catalog

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Philosophy major leading to BA degree

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A major in philosophy leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree requires completion of at least 11 three- or four-credit courses in philosophy, as follows:

1. Ten courses in philosophy (not including Senior Capstone courses). These 10 courses must include at least 7 courses numbered 200 or above, one course in continental philosophy, and including the following:

a. PHIL 170

b. Two courses from each of the following three groups:

History of philosophy or major figures: PHIL 100, 110, 120, 130, 135, 214 (REL 214), 215, 221 (CLAS 221), 222, 230, 232, 235, 238, 239, 310, 315, 320, 322, and, when the topics are appropriate, 180, 195, 295, 296, 395, and 403

Ethics and value theory: PHIL 100, 140, 145, 150, 240, 241 (POV 241), 242, 244, 246, 248, 250, 252, 254, 256, 262, 264, 266, 335 (BUS 335) 340, 342, 344, 346, 348, 354, 357, 360, and, when the topics are appropriate, 180, 195, 295, 296, 395, and 403

Metaphysics and epistemology: PHIL 100, 212 (REL 212), 270, 272, 274, 278, 280, 282, 285, 288. 327, 372, 375, 378, 380, 382, 385, and, when the topics are appropriate, 180, 195, 295, 296, 395, and 403

c. Three additional courses in philosophy

d. Continental philosophy: One of the following, which may also satisfy b. or c. above: PHIL 215, 230, 232, 238, 239, 285, 315, 322, 357, and, when the topics are appropriate, 180, 195, 212, 295, 296, 395, 399, and 403

2. Senior Capstone: PHIL 399 or PHIL 473 or PHIL 493 (3-3)

Majors who are not pursuing Honors must take the PHIL 399: Seminar on Living Philosopher in their junior or senior year. Under exceptional circumstances, the department head may approve substituting PHIL 473: Senior Thesis for this seminar in the senior year.

Majors who are pursuing Honors must complete PHIL 493: Honors Thesis. Majors prepare their Honors Theses in the Fall and Winter terms of their senior year, and must present their theses for evaluation in the Winter Term of their senior year. Majors who are pursuing Honors may also chose to take PHIL 399 in place of one of their 10 courses in philosophy.

1. Ten courses in philosophy (not including Senior Capstone courses).

The 10 courses must include at least 7 courses numbered 200 or above, one course in continental philosophy, and including the following:

a. Required course:

PHIL 170 - Introduction to Logic 170

b. Two courses from each of the following three groups:

History of philosophy or major figures:

two courses chosen from:

PHIL 100 - Introduction to Philosophy 100
PHIL 110 - Ancient Philosophy 110
PHIL 120 - Modern Philosophy 120
PHIL 130 - Chinese Philosophy 130
PHIL 135 - Topics in 20th-Century Philosophy 135
PHIL 214 - Religion and Existentialism 214 (REL 214)
PHIL 215 - Philosophy of History 215
PHIL 221 - Plato 221 (CLAS 221)
PHIL 222 - Aristotle 222
PHIL 232 - Nietzsche 232
PHIL 235 - Beauvoir and The Second Sex 235
PHIL 238 - Existentialism: Meaning and Existence 238
PHIL 230 - Kierkegaard 230
PHIL 239 - Postmodernism: Power, Difference, and Disruption 239
PHIL 310 - Kant 310
PHIL 315 - Hegel 315
PHIL 320 - Wittgenstein 320
PHIL 322 - Heidegger 322
and, when the topics are appropriate,
PHIL 180 - FS: First-Year Seminar 180
PHIL 195 - Seminar in a Philosophical Topic 195
PHIL 295 - Seminar on Philosophical Topics 295
PHIL 296 - Spring-Term Seminar on Philosophical Topics 296
PHIL 395 - Advanced Seminar 395
PHIL 403 - Directed Individual Study 403

Ethics and value theory:

two courses chosen from:

PHIL 100 - Introduction to Philosophy 100
PHIL 140 - Introduction to Ethics 140
PHIL 145 - Contemporary Moral Problems 145
PHIL 150 - Ethics and the Environment 150
PHIL 240 - Contemporary Ethics 240
PHIL 241 - Poverty, Ethics, and Religion 241 (POV 241)
PHIL 242 - Social Inequality and Fair Opportunity 242
PHIL 244 - Feminist Social and Political Philosophy 244
PHIL 246 - Philosophy of Sex 246
PHIL 248 - Ethics of War 248
PHIL 250 - Philosophies of Life 250
PHIL 252 - Philosophy of Law 252
PHIL 254 - Philosophy of the Family: Beyond Tradition 254
PHIL 256 - Free Will and Moral Responsibility 256
PHIL 262 - Art, Imagination, and Ethics 262
PHIL 264 - Aesthetics 264
PHIL 266 - Philosophy and Literature 266
PHIL 335 - Ethics of Globalization 335 (BUS 335)
PHIL 340 - History of Ethics 340
PHIL 342 - Metaethics 342
PHIL 344 - Virtue Ethics 344
PHIL 346 - Medical Ethics 346
PHIL 348 - Legal Ethics 348
PHIL 354 - Distributive Justice 354
PHIL 357 - Self and Social World 357
PHIL 360 - Roe v. Wade and the Abortion Question 360
and, when the topics are appropriate,
PHIL 180 - FS: First-Year Seminar 180
PHIL 195 - Seminar in a Philosophical Topic 195
PHIL 295 - Seminar on Philosophical Topics 295
PHIL 296 - Spring-Term Seminar on Philosophical Topics 296
PHIL 395 - Advanced Seminar 395
PHIL 403 - Directed Individual Study 403

Metaphysics and epistemology:

two courses chosen from:

PHIL 100 - Introduction to Philosophy 100
PHIL 212 - Philosophy and Religion 212 (REL 212)
PHIL 270 - Intermediate Logic 270
PHIL 272 - Philosophy and Science Fiction 272
PHIL 274 - Metaphysics: Existence and Reality 274
PHIL 278 - Epistemology: Knowledge and Doubt 278
PHIL 280 - Philosophy of Nature 280
PHIL 282 - Philosophy of Biology 282
PHIL 285 - The Unruly Body: Philosophy, Science, and Culture 285
PHIL 288 - American Pragmatism 288
PHIL 327 - Perception and Human Experience: Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology 327
PHIL 372 - Philosophy of Language 372
PHIL 375 - Philosophy of Mind 375
PHIL 378 - Philosophy of Science 378
PHIL 380 - Philosophy of Mathematics 380
PHIL 382 - Human Enhancement and Transhumanism 382
PHIL 385 - Philosophy of Time Travel 385
and, when the topics are appropriate,
PHIL 180 - FS: First-Year Seminar 180
PHIL 195 - Seminar in a Philosophical Topic 195
PHIL 295 - Seminar on Philosophical Topics 295
PHIL 296 - Spring-Term Seminar on Philosophical Topics 296
PHIL 395 - Advanced Seminar 395
PHIL 403 - Directed Individual Study 403

c. Three additional courses in philosophy

d. Continental philosophy:

One of the follwing, which may also satisfy b. or c. above:

PHIL 215 - Philosophy of History 215
PHIL 230 - Kierkegaard 230
PHIL 232 - Nietzsche 232
PHIL 238 - Existentialism: Meaning and Existence 238
PHIL 285 - The Unruly Body: Philosophy, Science, and Culture 285
PHIL 315 - Hegel 315
PHIL 322 - Heidegger 322
PHIL 357 - Self and Social World 357
And, when the topics are appropriate,
PHIL 180 - FS: First-Year Seminar 180
PHIL 195 - Seminar in a Philosophical Topic 195
PHIL 212 - Philosophy and Religion 212
PHIL 239 - Postmodernism: Power, Difference, and Disruption 239
PHIL 295 - Seminar on Philosophical Topics 295
PHIL 296 - Spring-Term Seminar on Philosophical Topics 296
PHIL 395 - Advanced Seminar 395
PHIL 399 - Seminar on A Living Philosopher 399
PHIL 403 - Directed Individual Study 403

2. Senior Capstone:

Majors who are not pursuing Honors must take the PHIL 399: Seminar on Living Philosopher in their junior or senior year. Under exceptional circumstances, the department head may approve substituting PHIL 473: Senior Thesis for this seminar in the senior year.

Majors who are pursuing Honors must complete PHIL 493: Honors Thesis. Majors prepare their Honors Theses in the Fall and Winter terms of their senior year, and must present their theses for evaluation in the Winter Term of their senior year. Majors who are pursuing Honors may also chose to take PHIL 399 in place of one of their 10 courses in philosophy.

PHIL 399 - Seminar on A Living Philosopher 399 (3)
or
PHIL 473 - Senior Thesis 473 (3)
or
PHIL 493 - Honors Thesis 493 (3-3)