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Program checklist · Philosophy, BS Major in

Philosophy, BS Major in

Hofstra University · Hempstead, NY

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Program
Award
Philosophy, BS Major in
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
Catalog edition
2026-2027 Undergraduate Bulletin
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
This program exposes the student to central concepts and values in the philosophical tradition and provides specialization in an area of philosophy that complements the student’s core competence in a professional, technical or scientific area.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
191649
CourseShelf checklist
CK_191649_fa1a848e
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Major Requirements - Semester Hours: 48

2 items
  1. A minimum of 30 s.h. in philosophy as follows: 18 s.h. philosophy core requirements and 12 s.h. in a specialized area of philosophy that complements B (see below).
    Not resolved to a course
  2. A minimum of 18 s.h. in a professional, scientific or technical core competence area. This can be a minor in an area outside of philosophy, an individually designed area (in consultation with philosophy advisor), or a second major outside of philosophy, 18 s.h. of which may count toward this competence area for the B.S. in philosophy.
    Not resolved to a course

Philosophy Core Requirements - Semester Hours: 18

0 items

    Philosophy Area of Specialization - Semester Hours: 12

    0 items

      Requirements

      18 items
      1. PHI 014
        (HP) Ethics Semester Hours: 3-4
        Not resolved to a course
      2. PHI 015
        (HP) Law, Philosophy, and Public Life Semester Hours: 3-4
        Not resolved to a course
      3. PHI 090
        (HP) Contemporary Ethical Issues Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      4. PHI 091
        Technology and Human Values Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      5. PHI 092
        (HP) Global Ethics Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      6. PHI 093
        (HP) Philosophy and Ethics of Food Semester Hours: 3-4
        Not resolved to a course
      7. PHI 101
        (HP) Ecology and Environmentalism Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      8. PHI 110
        The Meaning of the Meaning of Life Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      9. PHI 130
        (HP) Bioethics: Medicine and Morality Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      10. PHI 131
        (HP) Ethics and Animals Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      11. PHI 133
        (HP) Ethics and the Natural Environment Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      12. PHI 136
        Professional Ethics Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      13. PHI 137
        (HP) Leadership and Values Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      14. PHI 138
        (HP) Ethics and Sustainability: Personal, Social and Corporate Responsibility Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      15. PHI 170
        (HP) Ethical Theory: Values, Relativism and Pluralism Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      16. PHI 171
        Neurophilosophy and Neuroethics Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      17. PHI 011
        (HP) Introduction to Reasoning and Critical Thinking Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      18. PHI 150
        (HP) Critical Reasoning Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course

      Requirements

      9 items
      1. PHI 015
        (HP) Law, Philosophy, and Public Life Semester Hours: 3-4
        Not resolved to a course
      2. PHI 120
        (HP) Philosophy of Law Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      3. PHI 011
        (HP) Introduction to Reasoning and Critical Thinking Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      4. PHI 150
        (HP) Critical Reasoning Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      5. PHI 090
        (HP) Contemporary Ethical Issues Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      6. PHI 121
        (HP) Crime and Punishment Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      7. PHI 122
        Morality and the Law Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      8. PHI 166
        Contemporary Social and Political Philosophy Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      9. PHI 185
        Topics in Philosophy and Law Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course

      Requirements

      13 items
      1. CGS 010
        (IS) Introduction to Cognitive Science Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      2. PHI 164
        Philosophy of Mind Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      3. PHI 010C
        (HP) Theories of Human Nature Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      4. PHI 010D
        (HP) Free Will and Responsibility Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      5. PHI 091
        Technology and Human Values Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      6. PHI 152
        Scientific Reasoning Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      7. PHI 156
        Advanced Symbolic Logic Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      8. PHI 161
        (HP) Philosophy of Science Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      9. PHI 162
        (HP) Philosophy of Biology Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      10. PHI 165
        Philosophy of Language Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      11. PHI 168
        Philosophy of Mathematics Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      12. PHI 169
        Philosophy of Medicine Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      13. PHI 171
        Neurophilosophy and Neuroethics Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course

      Requirements

      13 items
      1. CGS 010
        (IS) Introduction to Cognitive Science Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      2. PHI 091
        Technology and Human Values Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      3. PHI 101
        (HP) Ecology and Environmentalism Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      4. PHI 138
        (HP) Ethics and Sustainability: Personal, Social and Corporate Responsibility Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      5. PHI 150
        (HP) Critical Reasoning Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      6. PHI 152
        Scientific Reasoning Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      7. PHI 156
        Advanced Symbolic Logic Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      8. PHI 161
        (HP) Philosophy of Science Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      9. PHI 162
        (HP) Philosophy of Biology Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      10. PHI 164
        Philosophy of Mind Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      11. PHI 168
        Philosophy of Mathematics Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      12. PHI 169
        Philosophy of Medicine Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      13. PHI 171
        Neurophilosophy and Neuroethics Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course

      Requirements

      16 items
      1. PHI 015
        (HP) Law, Philosophy, and Public Life Semester Hours: 3-4
        Not resolved to a course
      2. PHI 020
        (HP) Self, Society, and Politics Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      3. PHI 090
        (HP) Contemporary Ethical Issues Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      4. PHI 091
        Technology and Human Values Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      5. PHI 092
        (HP) Global Ethics Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      6. PHI 093
        (HP) Philosophy and Ethics of Food Semester Hours: 3-4
        Not resolved to a course
      7. PHI 101
        (HP) Ecology and Environmentalism Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      8. PHI 111
        Philosophy and the Holocaust Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      9. PHI 113
        The Marxist Philosophers Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      10. PHI 122
        Morality and the Law Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      11. PHI 137
        (HP) Leadership and Values Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      12. PHI 138
        (HP) Ethics and Sustainability: Personal, Social and Corporate Responsibility Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      13. PHI 166
        Contemporary Social and Political Philosophy Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      14. PHI 167
        Philosophy of Feminism Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      15. PHI 170
        (HP) Ethical Theory: Values, Relativism and Pluralism Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      16. PHI 185
        Topics in Philosophy and Law Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course

      Requirements

      13 items
      1. CGS 010
        (IS) Introduction to Cognitive Science Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      2. PHI 091
        Technology and Human Values Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      3. PHI 101
        (HP) Ecology and Environmentalism Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      4. PHI 138
        (HP) Ethics and Sustainability: Personal, Social and Corporate Responsibility Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      5. PHI 150
        (HP) Critical Reasoning Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      6. PHI 152
        Scientific Reasoning Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      7. PHI 156
        Advanced Symbolic Logic Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      8. PHI 161
        (HP) Philosophy of Science Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      9. PHI 162
        (HP) Philosophy of Biology Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      10. PHI 164
        Philosophy of Mind Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      11. PHI 168
        Philosophy of Mathematics Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      12. PHI 169
        Philosophy of Medicine Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      13. PHI 171
        Neurophilosophy and Neuroethics Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course

      Requirements

      23 items
      1. PHI 017
        (CC) Introduction to Eastern Philosophy Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      2. PHI 110
        The Meaning of the Meaning of Life Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      3. PHI 114
        Existentialism and Phenomenology Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      4. PHI 115
        Philosophy and Literature Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      5. PHI 145
        19th-Century Philosophy Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      6. PHI 146
        Modernity and Post-Modernity Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      7. PHI 147
        Contemporary Philosophical Movements Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      8. PHI 148
        Philosophy in America Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      9. PHI 149
        (HP) French Philosophical Traditions Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      10. PHI 160
        (HP) Philosophy of the Arts Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      11. PHI 161
        (HP) Philosophy of Science Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      12. PHI 162
        (HP) Philosophy of Biology Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      13. PHI 163
        (HP) Philosophy of Religion Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      14. PHI 164
        Philosophy of Mind Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      15. PHI 165
        Philosophy of Language Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      16. PHI 166
        Contemporary Social and Political Philosophy Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      17. PHI 167
        Philosophy of Feminism Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      18. PHI 168
        Philosophy of Mathematics Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      19. PHI 169
        Philosophy of Medicine Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      20. PHI 170
        (HP) Ethical Theory: Values, Relativism and Pluralism Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      21. PHI 180A
        Epistemology Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      22. PHI 180B
        Metaphysics Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      23. PHI 180
        Theories of Knowledge and Being Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course

      Professional, Scientific or Technical Core Competence - Semester Hours: 18

      3 items
      1. A minor in an area outside of philosophy.
        Not resolved to a course
      2. An individually designed professional, scientific or technical core, subject to the approval of the student’s philosophy adviser who will consult with the appropriate other department(s). Examples of an individually designed core might be pre-medical studies, pre-law studies, or other professional areas.
        Not resolved to a course
      3. A second major outside of philosophy, 18 semester hours of which will count toward the BS in philosophy.
        Not resolved to a course

      Departmental Honors

      0 items

        Complete BS Requirements

        0 items
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