Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy
The minimum number of semester credit
hours required for this degree is 120, including the
hours of the Core Curriculum requirements. Thirty-nine
of the total semester credit hours required for the
degree must be at the upper-division level.
All candidates seeking this degree must
fulfill the Core Curriculum requirements and the degree
requirements, which are listed below.
Core Curriculum requirements: Students seeking the Bachelor of Arts
degree in Philosophy must fulfill University Core
Curriculum requirements in the same manner as other
students. The courses listed in the table below satisfy
both degree requirements and Core Curriculum
requirements; however, if these courses are taken to
satisfy both requirements, then students will need to
take additional courses in order to meet the minimum
number of semester credit hours required for this
degree. For a complete listing of courses that satisfy
the Core
Curriculum requirements in this catalog.
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Core
Curriculum Requirements
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Courses
that Satisfy Core Curriculum and Degree
Requirements
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Rhetoric (6 semester credit hours)
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All students must take the following six hours to meet this core
requirement:
WRC
1013 Freshman Composition I
WRC
1023 Freshman Composition II
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Domain I: Mathematics and Science
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Mathematics(3
semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the
list of core courses will satisfy this core
requirement.
Science (6 semester
credit hours)
Three hours from Level One and three hours from
Level Two will satisfy this core requirement.
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Domain II: Society and Culture
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United States History and Diversity
(6
semester credit hours)
Any six hours listed under this section in the
list of core courses will satisfy this core
requirement.
Political Studies (6
semester credit hours)
POL
1013 plus 3 additional hours listed
under this section in the list of core courses
will satisfy this core requirement.
Social and Behavioral Sciences (3
semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the
list of core courses will satisfy this core
requirement.
Economics (3 semester
credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the
list of core courses will satisfy this core
requirement.
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Domain III: Literature and the Arts
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Literature (3
semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the
list of core courses will satisfy this core
requirement.
The Arts (3
Any three hours listed under this section in the
list of core courses will satisfy this core
requirement.
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Domain IV: World Society and Issues
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(3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the
list of core courses will satisfy this core
requirement. Note: If a language is used to
satisfy this three-hour requirement, students
will need to take an additional three hours in
the same language for the degree requirement.
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Degree Requirements
A. 30 semester credit hours:
PHI
2013 Basic Philosophical Problems
PHI
2023 Introduction to Ancient Philosophy
PHI
2033 Introduction to Modern Philosophy
PHI
2043 Introductory Logic
PHI
3213 Ethics
PHI
3223 Approaches to Knowledge and Reality
12 additional upper-division semester
credit hours of philosophy electives
B. 6 semester credit hours in a single
language other than English
C. 12 semester credit hours of approved
support work, at least 6 hours of which must be at the
upper-division level, in one of the following
categories:
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mathematics and natural sciences: computer
science (CS),
mathematics (MAT),
statistics (STA), chemistry (CHE),
geology (GEO),
physics (PHY),
astronomy (AST),
and biology (BIO)
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social and behavioral sciences: American
studies (AMS),
anthropology (ANT),
history (HIS),
psychology (PSY),
economics (ECO),
political science (POL),
and sociology (SOC)
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language, literature, and humanities: English (ENG),
humanities (HUM),
classical studies (CLA),
communication (COM),
comparative studies in the humanities (CSH),
linguistics (LNG),
and foreign languages
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history and theory of art and music: art
history and criticism (AHC)
and music (MUS)
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other subjects as may be individually
justified by the student and approved by the
undergraduate advisor.
D. 30 semester credit hours of electives
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