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Philosophy Core
: 15 hours

PHI 1900G Logical and Critical Reasoning
PHI 2000 Ancient Philosophy
PHI 3260 Modern Philosophy
PHI 3900 Symbolic Logic
PHI 4480 Philosophy Seminar


One General Education course in Philosophy:  3 hours
PHI 1000G Introduction to Philosophy
PHI 2500G Introduction to Ethics
PHI 3050G Social and Political Philosophy
PHI/ENG 3100G Cultural Foundations I
PHI/ENG 3110G Cultural Foundations II
PHI 3700G Language and Human Nature

Value Component: 3 hours
PHI 3020 Ethics
PHI 3030 Science and Human Values
PHI 3040 Philosophy of Art
PHI 3050G Social and Political Philosophy
PHI 3070 Philosophy of Law

Eastern Philosophy Component: 3 hours
PHI 2010 Eastern Philosophy
PHI 3310 Chinese Philosophy
PHI 3320 Indian Philosophy
PHI 3680 Buddhism

Metaphysics Component: 3 hours
PHI 3500 Metaphysics
PHI 3540 Philosophy of Mind
PHI 3520 Necessity, Possibility and Existence

Theory of Knowledge Component: 3 hours
PHI 3700G Language and Human Nature
PHI 3720 Theory of Knowledge
PHI 3780 Philosophy of Science

Philosophy Electives:  9 hours


Total: 39 Semester Hours


Note: Philosophy 3980 (Special Topics) and 4400 (Independent Study) may count in satisfaction of any of the above components with permission of the department chair and may be repeated once.