Minor Requirements

The philosophy minor consists of a minimum 18 credits:

Logic (3 credits)

Complete one course from the following:

PHIL 146 – Critical Thinking (3)

PHIL 240 – Introduction to Argumentation and

Debate (3)

PHIL 248 – Introduction to Scientific Reasoning (3)

PHIL 346 – Deductive Logic (3)

PHIL 430 – Decision Theory (3)

PHIL 432 – Philosophy of Logic (3)

PHIL 474 – Possible Worlds (3)

PHIL 479 – Paradoxes (3)

History of Philosophy Survey (3 credits)

Complete one course from the following:

PHIL 230 – Introduction to East Asian Philosophy (3)

PHIL 321 – Ancient Greek Philosophy (3)

PHIL 322 – Early Modern European Philosophy (3)

Ethics (3 credits)

Complete one course from the following:

PHIL 150 – Contemporary Moral Issues (3)

PHIL 152 – Introduction to Ethics (3)

PHIL 251 – Ethical Issues in Science and

Engineering (3)

PHIL 350 – Ethical Theory (3)

PHIL 351 – Well-Being and Happiness (3)

PHIL 352 – Ethics and Technology (3)

PHIL 353 – Morality and Psychology (3)

PHIL 354 – Ethics, Animals, and the Environment (3)

PHIL 355 – Political Philosophy (3)

PHIL 356 – Philosophy of Law (3)

PHIL 357 – Philosophy and Human Rights (3)

PHIL 358 – Bioethics (3)

PHIL 450 – Metaethics (3)

PHIL 452 – Advanced Topics in Ethics (3)

PHIL 482 – Aristotle’s Ethics (3)

PHIL 486 – Kant’s Moral and Political Philosophy (3)

PHIL 487 – Hegel and Marx (3)

Metaphysics and Epistemology (3 credits)

Complete one course from the following:

PHIL 371 – Epistemology (3)

PHIL 372 – Philosophy of Science (3)

PHIL 373 – Metaphysics (3)

PHIL 375 – Philosophy of Medicine (3)

PHIL 380 – Philosophy of Mind (3)

PHIL 394 – Philosophy of Biology (3)

PHIL 395 – Philosophy of Physics (3)

Electives (6 credits)

Complete two courses from any area of philosophy.

Note:

A minimum of 4 courses for the minor must be upper-level. 

In fulfillment of the minor requirements in philosophy, all courses must be completed with a grade of ‘C’ or better.

Declaration of Minor Form