Major
The major consists of 30 hours (ten 3-credit courses) in Philosophy, including PHIL 101, 201, and 301. PHIL 302, and six other courses to be determined in consultation with the department's undergraduate advisor. However, a student may request of the advisor that up to 6 hours (two 3-credit courses) of the required 18 hours in six 3-credit Philosophy electives be taken in another field or other fields. Such a request should be supported by considerations showing how the substitution(s) would strengthen the student's major in Philosophy. The advisor must approve the substitution(s) in advance.
Minor
The Philosophy department offers a range of possible minor programs, each of which must include PHIL 101 and four other courses in Philosophy at the 200- or 300-level (excluding PHIL 390, 398 and 399) chosen to meet the specific needs of students majoring in other fields. The undergraduate advisor will assist students in devising minor programs.
Sequences
All sequences must include PHIL 101, PHIL 302, and two other Philosophy courses at the 200 or 300 level as approved by the undergraduate advisor [except PHIL 390, and 399]. A typical sequence, for example, would consist of PHIL 101, 302, and two courses from one of the following groups:
- Logic and Scientific Methodology
- PHIL 201 - Introduction to Logic
- PHIL 203 - Natural Philosophy I
- PHIL 204 - Natural Philosophy II
- PHIL 303 - Topics in Philosophy of Science
- Logic, Formal Systems, and Philosophy of Mathematics
- PHIL 201 Introduction to Logic
- PHIL 306 Math Logic and Model Theory
- PHIL 313 Philosophy of Mathematics
- Value Theory
- PHIL 205 Contemporary Moral Problems
- PHIL 305 Ethics
- PHIL 334 Political and Social Philosophy
- PHIL 335 Philosophy of Law
- PHIL 375 Aesthetics
- Language, Mind and Cognition
- PHIL 201 Introduction to Logic
- PHIL 345 Epistemology and Metaphysics
- PHIL 365 Philosophy of Mind
- PHIL 385 Philosophy of Language
- Philosophy and Culture
- PHIL 301 Ancient Philosophy
- PHIL 345 Epistemology and Metaphysics
- PHIL 355 Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Philosophy
- PHIL 356 Comparative Philosophy
General Education Requirements
PHIL 201 may be used to satisfy the Mathematical Reasoning and Analysis requirement. PHIL 101, with any one of the following courses, 204, 205, 302, 305, 334, 345, and 370, may be used to satisfy the sequence requirement in History, Philosophy and Religion.
The Case Core
PHIL 101, 302 and two other philosophy courses excluding 395, 398 and 399 may be used to satisfy the sequence requirement in Humanities and Social Sciences.
Departmental Honors
The department offers an Honors Program for students enrolled in its major program which involves completing a substantial thesis, passing an oral examination on the thesis, and maintaining a B average in philosophy courses taken while in the program. An interested student should apply for admission to the program during the first semester of the junior year. To be eligible for admission, a student should have an overall grade point average of B or better, and a grade of B or better in each philosophy course already taken. A student normally should have taken at least four, and at most seven, philosophy courses at the time of application for admission. An honors student should register for PHIL 399, Directed Study (3), to do honors work.
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