24 credit hours
Required Courses: 12 credit hours
Required Philosophy of Religion Course: 3 credit hours
Choose one Philosophy of Religion course.
Required Philosophical Ethics Course: 3 credit hours
Choose one Philosophical Ethics course.
Additional Required Elective Courses: 6 credit hours
For the elective courses, one must be numbered PHIL 297 or higher.
| PHIL | Elective courses (2 courses) | 6 |
Philosophy Sample Plan of Study
Following is one possible way to complete the major.
Students should fill in gaps with coursework required for the core curriculum and other majors/minors to take an average of 14 credit hours each fall and spring, and 3-4 credit hours each Interim. Total credit hours needs to be 124 for degree completion.
First Year
Fall Semester
| FYS 110 | First Year Seminar I (FS) | 4 |
| | Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course | 3-4 |
| | Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course | 3-4 |
Interim
| | Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course | 3-4 |
Spring Semester
| FYS 111 | First Year Seminar II (FS) | 4 |
| | Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course | 3-4 |
| | Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course | 3-4 |
| | Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course | 3-4 |
Second Year
Fall Semester
| PHIL 220/CLAS 220 | Our Philosophical Heritage I (WT) | 3 |
| | Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course | 3-4 |
| | Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course | 3-4 |
| | Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course | 3-4 |
Interim
| | Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course | 3-4 |
Spring Semester
| PHIL 230 | Our Philosophical Heritage II (WT) | 3 |
| | Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course | 3-4 |
| | Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course | 3-4 |
| | Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course | 3-4 |
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
| | Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course | 3-4 |
| | Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course | 3-4 |
| | Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course | 3-4 |
Interim
| | Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course | 3-4 |
Spring Semester
| PHIL 332 | Seminar | 3 |
| | Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course | 3-4 |
| | Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course | 3-4 |
| | Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course | 3-4 |
Third Year
One of the PHIL Elective courses taken during the third or fourth year needs to be an Ethics course (PHIL 210, 260 or 282).
Fall Semester
| PHIL 200/RELI 200 | Reason, Faith and the Search for Meaning (RT) | 3 |
| | OR | |
| PHIL 241/RELI 241 | Theology and Philosophy in Dialog (RT) | 3 |
| PHIL | Elective course | 3 |
| | Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course | 3-4 |
| | Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course | 3-4 |
Interim
Spring Semester
| PHIL | Elective course | 3 |
| | Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course | 3-4 |
| | Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course | 3-4 |
| | Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course | 3-4 |