A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.
Program
- Award
- Philosophy
- Total credits (published)
- 10
- Catalog edition
- 2026-2027 Catalog
- Checklist type
- degree-program
- Description
- The aim of the Philosophy Department is to engage students in disciplined and imaginative thinking about philosophical issues. Philosophical questions fall primarily into four groups: questions about the nature of reality (metaphysics), about reasoning and inference (logic), about knowledge (epistemology), and about values and society, including moral values (ethics) and aesthetic values. These questions, which arise naturally in the course of a liberal education, are not only fascinating in their own right, they also touch on issues central to understanding and improving human life in our own society and in the world. Because they involve complex and controversial issues, there are no easy answers. Yet it matters greatly which answers are accepted, and it is therefore important to engage in discussion with others who face these questions and to seek to learn from the philosophers of the past and present.
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 174844
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_174844_39aca735_1
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 61
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Requirements for the Regular Major
major core · 2 items
- 1.00
- Three level III seminar courses 1,2Not resolved to a course3.00
Four Level II distribution requirements (one in each category)
24 items
- I. Metaphysics & EpistemologyNot resolved to a course1.00
- II. Value TheoryNot resolved to a course1.00
- III. History of Western PhilosophyNot resolved to a course1.00
- IV. Expanding Perspectives (satisfied by level II or level III) 3Not resolved to a course1.00
- Elective course 4Not resolved to a course1.00
Requirements for the Integrative Major
major core · 1 item
- Seven courses in philosophy, including: 1Not resolved to a course7.00
Either of the following:
2 items
Two level III seminar courses in philosophy 2,3
1 item
- Three level II or III courses in another department and/or program chosen to complement the work in philosophy 4Not resolved to a course3.00
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