Students must pass a minimum of 11 classroom
courses of 3 or more credits each in philosophy to earn the major. No more than
five of these courses may be at the 100 or 200 level, and no more than three
courses from outside of the department can be transferred toward the major. Not more than one D grade can be applied towards
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)
01:730:424
Logic of Decision (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.