BACHELORS
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PHILOSOPHY MAJOR (33
credits)
I. Required Core Courses (12 credits
total)
1. Phil 110 Classical Ethics
2. Phil 151 Metaphysics OR
Phil 150 Epistemology
3. Phil 175 Symbolic Logic
4. Phil 179 History of Africana Philosophy
II. History of Philosophy Courses (3
credits total)
3 credits from any of the following:
Phil 149: Philosophy
of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Phil 160: Pre-Socratic Philosophy
Phil 161: Introduction to Plato
Phil 163: Medieval Philosophy
Phil 165: German Idealism
Phil 168: Seminar on Heidegger
Phil 169: Seminar on Nietzche
Phil 170: Ancient Greek Philosophy
Phil 171: Ancient Egyptian Philosophy
Phil 182: Seminar on Plato
Phil 183: Seminar on Aristotle
Phil 184: Modern Philosophy: 17th and 18th Centuries
Phil 185: Rationalism and Empiricism
Phil 186: Philosophy of Kant
Phil 187: Philosophy of Hegel
Phil 188: Philosophy of Kierkegaard
Phil 189: 19th Century Philosophy
Phil 190: Contemporary Philosophy
Phil 197: Philosophy of William James
III. Senior Courses (3 credits total)
PHIL 200: Senior Seminar OR PHIL 196
: Senior Colloquium
IV.
Elective Courses (15 credits total)
15 additional
credits in any classes numbered PHIL
100-PHIL 200
REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE PHILOSOPHY MINOR (18 credits)
I. Core Courses (6 credits)
Any
6 credits from the following courses:
Phil
110: Classical Ethics
Phil 150: Epistemology
Phil 151: Metaphysics
Phil 175: Symbolic Logic
Phil 179: History of Africana Philosophy
II. Elective
Courses (12 credits)
Any
12 additional credits from courses numbered from
Phil 100 to
Phil 200
REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE SENIOR COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
All students in the College of Arts
and Sciences must pass a comprehensive exam in
their major. To pass the comprehensive exam in
philosophy, students must write and orally defend
a senior paper. This paper need not be a senior
thesis (although it can be), but it must be a substantial
paper of approximately twenty pages that demonstrates
engagement with the leading edge of research on
its topic. Students will work closely with their
senior paper advisors on a topic of their choosing.
Students typically write the paper in an independent
study in the fall of their senior year and orally
defend it in the spring.
Schedule for completion and defense
of the senior paper:
By April 15 of the junior year: Decide
on a topic for your senior paper and choose a senior
paper
advisor. You must meet with your advisor to make
sure he or she will be able to work with you
on
the paper.
Fall semester of the senior year: Register for Phil 130: Independent Study with your
senior
paper
advisor. You and your advisor will draw up a
schedule for your work on the paper during the
semester.
Your senior paper is due no later than the last
day of final exams.
Spring semester of the senior
year:
By February 15: Select a senior paper
committee. Your committee will include your advisor
plus one
or two other members of the department’s
faculty. If your topic warrants it, your committee
may include one COAS faculty member outside the
philosophy department.
By February 28: Defend your senior
paper before your committee. Your committee may
request that
you repeat the defense or revise the paper to
get a passing grade on the senior comprehensive
exam.
By March 30: Complete any requested
revisions or repeat your defense if necessary.
|
