Philosophy and the Miami Plan for Liberal Education

Three hours of the Fine Arts, Humanities section (specifically, the Humanities subsection) of the Miami Plan Foundation Course requirement can be fulfilled by Philosophy 101: Knowledge of World, God, and Morality, Philosophy 103: Society and the Individual, Philosophy 104: Purpose or Chance in the Universe, or Philosophy 105: Theories of Human Nature.

PHL 106: Thought and Culture of India (4 credits) can be used to fulfill the World Cultures requirement of the Miami Plan.

The three hour Foundation Course requirement in the Mathematics, Formal Reasoning, Technology section of the Miami Plan can be fulfilled by taking Philosophy 273: Formal Logic.

Additionally, the Philosophy Department offers various Thematic Sequences which may be taken in fulfillment of the Miami Plan Thematic Sequence requirement. Thematic Sequences are comprised of three courses. Currently available sequences are: Reasoning, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Ethics in Health Care, Applied Ethics, Ethical Theory and the Experience of Values, and Formal Logic (which has courses from two other departments).

Philosophy and the College of Arts and Science Requirement

The College of Arts and Science CAS-B requirement is fulfilled in part by any philosophy course except PHL 273 (Formal Logic) and PHL 373 (Symbolic Logic). The CAS-F requirement is fulfilled by either of those two logic courses.