"If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things."
-Descartes |
The Philosophy Minor
The Department offers a minor in
Applied Ethics
and a minor in the History
of Philosophy. To sign up for
a minor, you should obtain a "Divisional
Transfer and/or Change of Major, Minor,
Thematic
Sequence" form from the
Arts and Science Advising Office (146
Upham Hall) or from our main office
(212 Hall
Auditorium ), obtain the signature
of our chief
departmental undergraduate adviser
, and return the completed form
to the Arts and Science Advising Office.
MINOR
IN ETHICS
Required Courses:
- PHL 131 - Problems of Moral and
Social Values
- PHL 311 - Ethical Theory
and any three (3) of the following:
- PHL 312 - Contemporary Moral Problems
- PHL 331 - Political Philosophy
- PHL 335 - Philosophy of Law
- PHL 355 - Feminist Theory
- PHL 360.A - Confronting Death
- PHL 375 - Moral Issues in Health Care
- PHL 376 - Environmental Philosophy
- PHL 475 - Justice in Health Care
MINOR IN THE
HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
One (1) of the following:
- PHL 103 - Society and the Individual (3)
- PHL 104 - Purpose or Chance in the Universe (3)
- PHL 105 - Theories of Human Nature (3)
both of the following:
- PHL 301 - Ancient Philosophy
- PHL 302 - Modern Philosophy
and any two (2) of the following:
- PHL 390 - Existentialism
- PHL 402 - Nineteenth Century Philosophy
- PHL 430 - Seminar in Ancient or Medieval Philosophy
- PHL 440 - Seminar in Modern Philosophy
- PHL 460 - Seminar in Marxism
Additionally, the Department occasionally
offers special topics courses, and
honors
courses, in areas appropriate
to both of these minors. These may
be used in fulfillment of the "any
three of the following" requirement
by petition to the Department.
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