Philosophy Major

24 credit hours

Required Courses: 6 credit hours

PHIL 220/CLAS 220	Our Philosophical Heritage I (E) (WT)	3
PHIL 315	Logic and Argumentation	3

PHIL 230 or 236: 3 credit hours

PHIL 230	Our Philosophical Heritage II (WT)	3
PHIL 236	History and Philosophy of Science (WT) (W)	3

Required Philosophical Ethics Course: 3 credit hours

Choose one Philosophical Ethics course.

PHIL 210/RELI 210	Ethical Perspectives (E) (RT)	3
PHIL 260	Global Ethics (E) (PW)	3
PHIL 282	Ethics in America (E) (US)	3

Required Philosophy of Religion Course: 3 credit hours

Choose one Philosophy of Religion course.

PHIL 200/RELI 200	Reason, Faith and the Search for Meaning (RT)	3
PHIL 241/RELI 241	Theology and Philosophy in Dialog (RT)	3
PHIL 264/RELI 264	Religion and the Environment (RT)(E)	3

Additional Required Elective Courses: 9 credit hours

For the three elective courses, two must be numbered PHIL 297 or higher.

PHIL

Elective courses (3 courses)

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

	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 (E) (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

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

PHIL 315

Logic and Argumentation

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

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