Philosophy, B.A.

Complete One 100-Level Philosophy Cornerstone Course

• PHL 100/113 - What Does It All Mean? (Core/First-Year Seminar)
• PHL 100/114 - Our Bodies, Ourselves (Core/First-Year Seminar)
• PHL 100/115 - Friendship, Love, and Sex (Core/First-Year Seminar)
• PHL 100/116 - What You Thought You Knew (Core/First-Year Seminar)
• PHL 100/117 - Mind, Body, Self, and Science (Core/First-Year Seminar)
• PHL 100/118 - Questions of Culture and Value (Core/First-Year Seminar)
• PHL 100/119 - The Examined Life (Core/First-Year Seminar)
• PHL 100/120 - Philosophical Conversations (Core/First-Year Seminar)
• PHL 100/121 - Philosophy as a Way of Life (Core/First-Year Seminar)
• PHL 100/122 - Questions without Answers? (Core/First-Year Seminar)

Complete One Ancient to Medieval Philosophy Course

• PHL 341 - Plato
• PHL 342 - Aristotle
• PHL 353 - Medieval Philosophy

Complete One Modern to Contemporary Philosophy Course

• PHL 361 - Descartes to Hume (WID)
• PHL 371 - Existentialism
• PHL 372 - Heidegger and His Influence

Complete Elementary Logic

• PHL 241 - Elementary Logic

Complete One Philosophy Moral Inquiry Course

• PHL 220 - Topics in Ethics (Moral Inquiry)
• PHL 221 - Ethics and the Good Life (Moral Inquiry)
• PHL 222 - Freedom and the Just Society (Moral Inquiry)
• PHL 224 - Contemporary Moral Issues (Moral Inquiry)
• PHL 235 - Biomedical Ethics (Moral Inquiry)
• PHL 236 - Ethics and the Arts (Moral Inquiry)

Complete One of the Following Writing-in-the-Disciplines Courses

• PHL 243 - This is What Feminism Looks Like (WID)
• PHL 255 - African Philosophy (WID)
• PHL 267 - Race and Racism (WID)
• PHL 285 - Philosophy of Science (WID)
• PHL 286 - Genetics and Human Nature: Born that Way or Becoming Who We Are? (WID)
• PHL 307 - Philosophy of Religion (WID)
• PHL 361 - Descartes to Hume (WID)

Complete Five Philosophy Elective Courses

No more than two courses numbered PHL 201 - 236 may count towards the major.

• PHL 210 - God, Darwin and America’s Struggle with Creation
• PHL 211 - Cosmology and the Problem of Creation
• PHL 220 - Topics in Ethics (Moral Inquiry)
• PHL 221 - Ethics and the Good Life (Moral Inquiry)
• PHL 222 - Freedom and the Just Society (Moral Inquiry)
• PHL 235 - Biomedical Ethics (Moral Inquiry)
• PHL 236 - Ethics and the Arts (Moral Inquiry)
• PHL 243 - This is What Feminism Looks Like (WID)
• PHL 251 - Political Philosophy
• PHL 252 - Minds, Brains and Technology
• PHL 253 - Asian Philosophies
• PHL 262 - Philosophy of Film
• PHL 265 - Readings in Contemporary Thought
• PHL 266 - Topics in Philosophy
• PHL 270 - Freedom, Self, and Responsibility
• PHL 283 - Aesthetics
• PHL 285 - Philosophy of Science (WID)
• PHL 286 - Genetics and Human Nature: Born that Way or Becoming Who We Are? (WID)
• PHL 307 - Philosophy of Religion (WID)
• PHL 351 - Contemporary Social and Political Philosophy
• PHL 366 - Advanced Topics in Philosophy
• PHL 475 - Internship in Philosophy
• PHL 490 - Directed Study - Philosophy
• LC 342 - Learning Community: Yoga, Mindfulness and Indian Philosophy (Moral Inquiry)
• Can take additional Ancient to Medieval courses from the list above.
• Can take additional Modern to Contemporary courses from the list above.
• Can take an additional Writing-in-the-Disciplines course from the list above.

Complete the Philosophy Capstone Seminar

• PHL 422 - Philosophy Seminar