Course Requirements
Philosophy Major
The philosophy major requires 9 courses (36 credit hours) distributed as follows:
| Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
| PHL 201 |
Logic |
4.0 |
| At least two of the following three 200-level courses |
| PHL 215 |
Ancient Philosophy: Plato and Aristotle |
4.0 |
| PHL 225 |
Modern Philosophy: Descartes to Kant |
4.0 |
| PHL 203 |
Contemporary Philosophy |
4.0 |
| 24 additional credit hours of philosophy electives (i.e. six additional 4-credit courses). At least 16 credit hours (i.e. four 4-credit courses) of these philosophy electives must be at the 300-level or 400-level. |
See a sample philosophy four-year degree plan.
Philosophy Minor
The philosophy minor requires 5 courses (20 credit hours) distributed as follows:
| Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
| PHL 200 |
Introduction to Philosophy |
4.0 |
| PHL 201 |
Logic |
4.0 |
| 12 additional credit hours of philosophy electives (i.e. three additional 4-credit courses). At least 4 credit hours (i.e. one 4-credit course) of these philosophy electives must be at the 300-level or above. |
Learn more about the minor in philosophy.