Major Requirements

Students must pass a minimum of 11 classroom courses in philosophy, not more than five of which may be at the 100 or 200 level. No more than one D grade can be applied toward the major. Among these courses must be the following:

1. One semester of logic from among the following:

  01:730:201  Introduction to Logic (3)

  01:730:315  Applied Symbolic Logic (3)

  01:730:407  Intermediate Logic I (3)

  01:730:408  Intermediate Logic II (3)

2. One semester of ancient or medieval philosophy from among the following:

  01:190:322  Greek Political Philosophy (3)

  01:190:353  Aristotle (3)

  01:730:301  Socrates and Plato (3)

  01:730:302  Plato and Aristotle (3)

  01:730:304  The Origins of Medieval Philosophy (3)

  01:730:305  Philosophy in the High Middle Ages (3)

  01:730:306  Between Medieval and Modern Philosophy (3)

  01:730:352  Plato (3)

  01:730:401  Plato (3)

  01:730:402  Aristotle (3)

3. One semester of modern philosophy from among the following:

  01:730:307  Descartes, Locke, and the 17th Century (3)

  01:730:308  Hume, Kant, and the 18th Century (3)

  01:730:404  Spinoza (3)

  01:730:405  Kant (3)

  01:730:406  Nineteenth-Century Philosophy (3)

  01:730:416  Leibniz (3)

4. One semester of advanced ethics or political philosophy from among the following:

  01:730:330  Ethics of War and Conflict (3)

  01:730:341  Ethics through History (3)

  01:730:342  Social and Political Philosophy through History (3)

  01:730:380  Ethics and Practical Reason (3)

  01:730:441  Ethical Theory (3)

  01:730:442  Moral Responsibility (3)

  01:730:445  Topics in Social and Political Philosophy (3)

  01:730:450  Topics in Moral Philosophy (3)

  01:730:459  Advanced Seminar in Ethics (3)

  01:730:470  Ethics and Practical Reason (3)

5. Two courses from among the following, at least one of which must be at the 400 level:

  01:730:210  Philosophy of Language (3)

  01:730:215  Introduction to Metaphysics (3)

  01:730:220  Theory of Knowledge (3)

  01:730:225  Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (3)

  01:730:328  Philosophy of Psychology (3)

  01:730:360  Philosophical Aspects of Cognitive Science (3)

  01:730:410  History of Analytic Philosophy (3)

  01:730:412  Epistemology (3)

  01:730:413  Social Epistemology (3)

  01:730:415  Metaphysics (3)

  01:730:418  Philosophy of Mind (3)

  01:730:419  Philosophy of Perception (3)

  01:730:420  Philosophy of Language (3)

  01:730:421  Semantics of Language (3)

  01:730:425  Philosophy of Science (3)

  01:730:426  Philosophy of Physics (3)

  01:730:427  Philosophy of Social Sciences (3)

  01:730:428  Topics in the Philosophy of Psychology (3)

  01:730:429  Philosophy of Biology (3)

A student may petition the department to substitute other courses for those on this list to satisfy any of the above requirements.