Major
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The major consists of 10 semester courses.
Required courses
Phil 125 Logic
Phil 203 Ancient Philosophy
Phil 207 Modern Philosophy: Descartes to Kant
Phil 401 Advanced Seminar in Philosophy
(in the senior year)
Special areas
At least one course is required from each of two special areas:
Value theory
Phil 236 Aesthetics
Phil 265 Philosophy of Law
Phil 311 Ethical Theory
Phil 321 Contemporary Social and Political Philosophy
Metaphysics and Epistemology
Phil 224 Minds and Machines
Phil 245 Philosophy of Science
Phil 325 Metaphysics
At least two courses (in addition to Phil 401) are required at the 300 level or above. Not more than two courses at the 100 level, other than logic, may count toward the major. Students may be invited by the department to become honors candidates or to elect other independent work.
Guidelines have been established for interdepartmental major programs combining Philosophy with Religion, Political Science or History.