Requirements for the Major

Course Requirements

4.5 units of philosophy, including the following courses:

• PHIL 105 Introduction to Logic or PHIL 120 Symbolic Logic
• PHIL 200 Ancient Philosophy
• PHIL 210 Modern Philosophy
• One course from each of the three core areas (see "Core Area Courses" below) of which one course must be one of the following seminars 400, 405, or 410.

Senior Exercise

All students must successfully complete the Senior Exercise.

Friendly Advice

Here are some tips on course planning. PHIL 100 is normally the first course. PHIL 105 or PHIL 120, PHIL 200, and PHIL 210 should normally be taken as early as possible. PHIL 400, PHIL 405, and PHIL 410 should normally begin no earlier than the second semester of the junior year.

Students who expect to do graduate work in philosophy should take PHIL 120.

Core Area Courses

There are three core areas: ethics, epistemology, and metaphysics. The courses that may be selected to satisfy the core area requirements are listed below under the core area they satisfy. Additional courses may be announced.

Ethics
PHIL 110 Introduction to Ethics
PHIL 235 Philosophy of Law
PHIL 270 Political Philosophy
PHIL 275 Moral Psychology
PHIL 400 Ethics Seminar

Epistemology
PHIL 220 Pragmatism
PHIL 245 Philosophy of Natural Science
PHIL 262 Philosophy of Perception
PHIL 340 Sartre & Merleau-Ponty
PHIL 405 Epistemology Seminar
PHIL 491 Philosophy of Mathematics (Spring)

Metaphysics
PHIL 205 Medieval Philosophy
PHIL 215 Nineteenth-Century Philosophy
PHIL 240 Philosophy of Religion
PHIL 255 Philosophy of Language
PHIL 260 Philosophy of Mind
PHIL 291 Metaphysics of the Person
PHIL 310 Heidegger's Ontology
PHIL 410 Metaphysics Seminar
PHIL 491 Metaphysics of Free Will (Fall)