University of Richmond

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