The Department of 哲学 offers a major program that serves two different goals:

• For students who desire to achieve a general liberal arts education and who do not plan to do graduate work in philosophy, courses are selected to enable the student to become a cultured, 有一个人.
• For students who plan to do graduate work in philosophy, the department has designated a faculty adviser for preprofessional philosophy. This adviser carefully selects a series of courses and seminars in order to give the students a firm grounding in the discipline and prepare them for acceptance into graduate school.

哲学 addresses one's life as well as one’s career.

The aim of philosophy courses is to help the undergraduate student examine the ultimate nature of people, 宇宙, 神, the basic principles of moral evaluation as they apply to personal questions and 社会 and political policies.

Since these concepts underlie most human endeavors, 哲学研究, together with the practice of its methods of analysis and argumentation, prepares students to responsibly address basic problems later encountered, 个人是否, 社会, 或专业.

在全国范围内, 哲学 majors rank second of all (nearly 100 tested) majors in verbal and analytical aptitudes.

哲学 assists the student in reasoning well and writing effectively. 因此, a 哲学 major serves as an excellent preparation for the professions, 包括法律, 业务, and government service as well as for graduate study and the teaching of philosophy.

哲学法律预科的

The department offers a 哲学法律预科的 program for those students interested in philosophy or a general arts education, and in pursuing a legal career. It is generally acknowledged that a concentration in philosophy and the other arts provides an appropriate basis for the study of law. Students in the Prelaw program complete the requirements of the 哲学, 法律与政治方向, which are presented on the catalog's 哲学学士 页面.

Learn more about the Prelaw track by contacting Dr. Alex Gillham, assistant professor of 哲学, by 电子邮件.

The Department of 哲学 offers a B.A. in 哲学 and five minors in 哲学.

Bachelor of 艺术 in 哲学

From matters of law and politics to ethics and medicine, from justice and society to art and literature, the major in 哲学 enables students to thoughtfully understand and critically assess the essential dimensions of these pressing issues. 在这个过程中, the major helps students to develop crucial cognitive skills in logical thinking, interpretive comprehension, 关键的评价, 还有议论文写作.

The student tailors the program of study to their specific interests by selecting one of four possible tracks: 1. 哲学, Law and Politics; 2. 哲学 and Social Justice; 3. 哲学、艺术 & Literature; and 4. 哲学, Ethics and Medicine.

Degree requirements and a four-year plan for the 哲学 major

哲学的未成年人

对于非专业学生, the philosophy minors enable students to pursue course work that will supplement their major field of study.

Students may choose between the general philosophy minor and a philosophy minor with one of four possible tracks: 1. philosophy, law and politics; 2. philosophy and 社会 justice; 3. 哲学、艺术 & literature; and 4. philosophy, ethics and medicine.

Requirements for the philosophy minors