Catalog Navigator : Major Requirements

Students must pass a minimum of 11 classroom courses of 3 or more credits each in philosophy to earn the major. At least six of these courses may be at the 300 or 400 level. 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 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)

� 01:730:424� 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.