Major & Minor Requirements
Note: All 200-level courses are open to first-year students. All 300-level courses presume some previous exposure to philosophy or a related area of study.
The Philosophy Major
Note: No more than one grade below C (2.0) will be counted toward the major.
9 units, including
- PHIL 251 Symbolic Logic
- PHIL 271 Ancient Greek Philosophy
- PHIL 272 Modern Western Philosophy
- PHIL 343 or 344 Twentieth-Century Analytic or Continental Philosophy
- PHIL 353 Philosophical Methods: Majors'/ Minors' Seminar
- One 300-level course in value theory and its applications, such as PHIL 360 Ethics or Philosophy, 364 Philosophy of Law, or another specific course such as may be approved by the department from year to year;
- Three units of electives, including one unit at the 300 level
The Philosophy Minor
Note: A grade of not less than C- (1.7) is required in each course comprising the minor.
5 units, including
- PHIL 271 Ancient Greek Philosophy
- PHIL 272 Modern Western Philosophy
- Three units of electives, including one unit at the 300 level