Philosophy (Minor)

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Learning Outcomes

Title

History and Value of Philosophy

Learning Outcome

1. Identify major philosophical figures and texts their historical context their philosophical interrelations and their importance. 2. Identify the major areas movements and issues in the history of Western philosophy. Assessed 2015

Title

Critical and Effective Reading

Learning Outcome

Writing and Communicating 1. Write clear cogent logically sound and well-researched essays. 2. Master and apply principles of informal logic critical thinking and critical reading. 3. Master university-level written and oral communication skills. Assessed 2015

Title

Logic and Metalogic

Learning Outcome

1. Construct symbolize and evaluate proofs in syllogistic logic truth-functional logic first-order (quantificational) logic set-theory and Peano arithmetic. 2. Understand the development of logic including metalogical results. Assessed 2015

Program Requirements

Requirement 1 — Complete 3 Courses

course - History of Philosophy 1 3.0

course - History of Philosophy 2 3.0

course - Intro to Logic/Crit Thinking 3.0

Requirement 2 — Complete 1 of 5 Courses

course - Intro to Medical Ethics - You may take once 3.0

course - Introduction to Ethics 3.0

course - Intro to the Philosophy of Art 3.0

course - Intro Philosophy of Religion 3.0

course - Contemp Political Philosophy - You may take once 3.0

Requirement 3 — Complete 3 hours

course - Philosophical Writing 3.0

course - Intermediate Formal Logic 3.0

course - History of Ethics - You may take once 3.0

course - Studies in Ancient Philosophy - You may take once 3.0

course - Studies in Medieval Philosophy - You may take once 3.0

course - Studies in Modern Philosophy - You may take once 3.0

course - Studies in Contemporary Phil - You may take once 3.0

course - Non-Western Philosophy - You may take once 3.0

course - Women and Philosophy - You may take once 3.0

course - Internship - You may take once 3.0

course - Advanced Logic and Metalogic 3.0

course - Topics in Ethics - You may take once 3.0

course - Philosophy of Art - You may take once 3.0

course - Philosophy of Religion 3.0

course - Philosophy of Law 3.0

course - Philosophy of Language 3.0

course - Metaphysics 3.0

course - Epistemology 3.0

course - History&Philosophy of Science - You may take once 3.0

course - Philosophy of Mind 3.0

Requirement 4 — Complete 3 hours

Phil 110 may fulfill this requirement IF it is the first philosophy class a student completes. See the advisement center for assistance.

course - History of Philosophy 1 3.0

course - History of Philosophy 2 3.0

course - Intro to Logic/Crit Thinking 3.0

course - Science & Civilization 1 3.0

course - Science & Civilization 2 3.0

course - Intro to Applied Ethics - You may take once 3.0

course - Introduction to Ethics 3.0

course - Intro to the Philosophy of Art 3.0

course - Intro Philosophy of Religion 3.0

course - Social & Political Philosophy - You may take once 3.0

course - Philosophical Lecture Series - You may take once 1.0

course - Philosophical Writing 3.0

course - Intermediate Formal Logic 3.0

course - History of Ethics - You may take once 3.0

course - Studies in Ancient Philosophy - You may take once 3.0

course - Studies in Medieval Philosophy - You may take once 3.0

course - Studies in Modern Philosophy - You may take once 3.0

course - Studies in Contemporary Phil - You may take once 3.0

course - Non-Western Philosophy - You may take once 3.0

course - Women and Philosophy - You may take once 3.0

course - Internship - You may take once 3.0

course - Advanced Logic and Metalogic 3.0

course - Topics in Ethics - You may take once 3.0

course - Philosophy of Art - You may take once 3.0

course - Philosophy of Religion 3.0

course - Philosophy of Law 3.0

course - Philosophy of Language 3.0

course - Metaphysics 3.0

course - Epistemology 3.0

course - History&Philosophy of Science - You may take once 3.0

course - Philosophy of Mind 3.0

course - Directed Readings - You may take once 1.0v

course - Graduate Seminar - You may take once 0.5v

Note: Philosophy majors are prohibited from adding the Philosophy minor (although they may earn the Logic minor or the Theoretical and Applied Ethics minor).