Common Requirements for All Philosophy Minors
A minimum of 15 credits of Philosophy, at least 9 of which (including the required 400-level course) must be taken in residence.
No course will count toward the academic minor unless the student receives a grade of C- or better.
- Any 100- or 200- level course other than PHIL 180 (Introdcutory Logic), 183 (Critical Reasoning), 201 (Introduction to Logic), 288 (Ancient Philosophy), 289 (Descartes to Kant) or 296 (Honors Introduction to Logic).
- At least one course other than Formal Methods (413, 414) must be at the 400-level.
Requirements for Each Minor Concentration
General Philosophy
A. (1) Logic or Formal Methods Course:
- PHIL 180: Introductory Logic
- PHIL 183: Critical Reasoning
- PHIL 201: Introduction to Logic
- PHIL 296: Honors Introduction to Logic
- PHIL 303: Introduction to Symbolic Logic
- PHIL 305: Introduction to Formal Philosophical Methods
- PHIL 413: Formal Philosophical Methods
- PHIL 414: Mathematical Logic
B. (2) Courses from the Following:
- PHIL 288: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
- PHIL 289: Descartes to Kant
- PHIL 345: Language and Mind
- PHIL 361: Ethics
- PHIL 365: Problems of Religion
- PHIL 366: Introduction to Political Philosophy
- PHIL 367: 19th Century Social and Political Philosophy
- PHIL 381: Science and Objectivity
- PHIL 383: Knowledge and Reality
- PHIL 388: History of Philosophy: Ancient
- PHIL 389: History of Philosophy: Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
C. (1) 400-level course which must not include PHIL 401-02 (Undergrad Honors Seminar), 413 (Formal Methods), 414 (Mathematical Logic), or 455
Moral and Political Philosophy
A. (1) of the Following:
- PHIL 361: Ethics
- PHIL 366: Introduction to Political Philosophy
- PHIL 367: 19th Century Social and Political Philosophy
- PPE 300: Introduction to Political Economy
B. (3) of the Following:
- PHIL 353: The Rights and Wrongs of Business Practices
- PHIL 355: Contemporary Moral Problems
- PHIL 356: Issues in Bioethics
- PHIL 359: Law & Philosophy
- PHIL 361: Ethics
- PHIL 366: Introduction to Political Philosophy
- PHIL 367: Social and Political Philosophy
- PHIL 369: Philosohy of Law
- PHIL 384: Applied Epistemology
- PHIL 385: European Soc Thought from Hegel to Foucault
- PHIL 429: Ethical Analysis
- PHIL 430: Topics in Ethics
- PHIL 431: Normative Ethics
- PHIL 433: History of Ethics
- PHIL 441: Social Philosophy
- PHIL 442: Topics in Political Philosophy
- PHIL 443: Foundations of Rational Choice Theory
- PHIL 444: Groups and Choices
- PHIL 446: Social and Political Philosophy of Language
- PHIL 485: Philosophy of Action
- PPE 300: Introduction to Political Economy
