All Philosophy majors complete ten Philosophy courses (30 credit hours), including the following three required courses (9 credit hours):
Further requirements depend on whether students opt for a general Philosophy major (without a concentration) or a Philosophy major with a concentration.
Student who opt to major in Philosophy without a concentration take any seven Philosophy electives (21 credit hours) in addition to the three required courses listed above. With the approval of their Philosophy advisor, students may replace one Philosophy elective with an upper-level course outside Philosophy that is relevant to their philosophical interests.
This option provides maximum flexibility, allowing students to be guided by their interests.
in addition to the three required courses listed above, students who opt to major in Philosophy with a concentration take three Philosophy electives (9 credit hours) in their area of concentration plus any four further Philosophy electives (12 credit hours). With the approval of their Philosophy advisor, students may replace one Philosophy elective with an upper-level course outside Philosophy that is relevant to their philosophical interests.
This option allows students to pursue a Philosophy major as part of a career-directed program of study (e.g., pre-med, pre-law).
Ethics, Values, and Society
Choose three of the following seven options:
| OR |
Theory of Ethics OR Ethics and the Function of Reason |
| Philosophy of the Environment | |
| OR |
The Ethics of Intimacy OR Philosophy of Disability |
| PHIL 3470* | Philosophy of Technology* |
| Philosophy of Race | |
| Feminist Philosophy | |
| OR |
Contemporary Ethical Problems OR Biomedical Ethics |
*Pending approval
Philosophy and the Health Professions
Choose three of the following seven options:
| Theory of Ethics | |
| * OR * |
Introduction to Cognitive Science* OR Philosophy of Mind* |
| Philosophy of the Environment | |
| OR |
Epistemology OR Philosophy of Science |
| OR |
The Ethics of Intimacy OR Philosophy of Disability |
| Contemporary Ethical Problems | |
| Biomedical Ethics |
*Pending approval
Philosophy and the Legal Professions
Choose three of the following seven options:
| OR |
Theory of Ethics OR Contemporary Ethical Problems |
| OR |
Narrating Freedom: Gender, Race and Mass Incarceration OR Global Justice |
| Marx and Marxism | |
| OR |
Philosophy of Race OR Feminist Philosophy* |
| Philosophy and History of Crime and Punishment | |
| Political Philosophy | |
| PHIL 4750 (from Fall 25) | Philosophy of Law ( in Spring 25) |
*Pending approval
