Philosophy provides an excellent field of study for students planning to seek advanced degrees in law, philosophy, theology, politics, and other areas. The critical thinking and communications skills stressed in philosophy are a valuable complement to most any career or field of study. Philosophy is also an excellent complementary second major (only 30 credits) or minor (18 credits).  Students pursue a Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree. The latter, requiring 12 hours of a non-English modern or classical language, is preferable for those interested in more advanced degrees.

In addition to the departmental degree requirements, a minimum of 50 hours in the University Core Curriculum must be met.

 

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Philosophy Major

30 semester hours

Required courses ~ 15 hours

• PHIL 205-Intro. to Logic, 3 hrs. /OR/
  PHIL 305-Intro to Symbolic Logic, 3 hrs.

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• PHIL 344-Contemporary Philosophy, 3 hrs. /OR/
  PHIL 418-Metaphysics, 3hrs. /OR/
  PHIL 420-Epistemology, 3 hrs. /OR/
  PHIL 435-Philosophy of Science, 3 hrs.

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• PHIL 301-Theoretical Ethics, 3hrs. /OR/
  PHIL 363-Bioethics, 3 hrs. /OR/
  PHIL 366-Environmental Ethics, 3 hrs. /OR/
  PHIL 441-Political and Legal Philosophy, 3 hrs.

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• PHIL 350-History of Philosophy I, 3 hrs.
• PHIL 351-History of Philosophy II, 3 hrs.

Elective courses ~ 15 hours

• Fifteen hours selected from philosophy course offerings as directed by advisor. (No more than six hours of 200-level courses may be counted.) (Specific political science courses may be counted as philosophy electives.)

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Philosophy Minor

18 semester hours

Required courses ~ 9 hours

• PHIL 205-Intro. to Logic, 3 hrs. /OR/
  PHIL 305-Intro. to Symbolic Logic, 3 hrs.

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• PHIL 350-History of Philosophy I, 3 hrs.
• PHIL 351-History of Philosophy II, 3 hrs.

Elective courses ~ 9 hours

• Nine hours selected from philosophy course offerings as directed by advisor. (No more than six hours of 200-level courses may be counted.) (Specific political science courses may be counted as philosophy electives.)

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Cognitive Science Minor

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18 semester hours

Cognitive Science is the interdisciplinary science of the human mind and cognition which includes study of neuroscience, perception, learning, robotics/artificial intelligence, linguistics, and neural networks.