A total of forty-four (44) credits as follows:
I. Core Requirements (3 courses, 12 credits):
- PHIL 200: Critical Reasoning (F6)
- PHIL 222: Ethics (F1)
- PHIL 486: Senior Seminar
- Note: PHIL 200 and PHIL 222 must be completed at least one semester before PHIL 486 and should ideally be taken by the end of the sophomore year.
II. Distribution Requirements (3 courses, 12 credits):
At least one course from each of the following categories:
- Knowledge and Reasoning:
- PHIL 210: Logic (F6)
- PHIL 319: Epistemology
- Social and Political Philosophy:
- PHIL 220: Philosophy of Race and Racism (F8, F9)
- PHIL 225: Justice, Equality, and Liberty
- PHIL 355: Feminist Philosophy
- History of Philosophy:
- PHIL 201: Ancient Philosophy (F1)
- PHIL 345: Modern Political Philosophy
III. Electives (5 courses, 20 credits):
Five additional Philosophy courses, with the following constraints:
- No more than two may be at the 100-level
- At least two must be at the 300–400 level
- Humanities 201 (Philosophy track) may count as one elective
- Note: While not required, Introduction to Philosophy (PHIL 105) is recommended for first-year students.
Sample Philosophy Electives Include:
- PHIL 105: Black Mirror and Philosophy (F2i) or The Big Questions (F2i)
- PHIL 110: Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (F2i, F8)
- PHIL 201: Ancient Philosophy (F1)
- PHIL 203: Modern Philosophy
- PHIL 210: Logic (F6)
- PHIL 216: Philosophy of Law
- PHIL 219: Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
- PHIL 220: Philosophy of Race and Racism (F8, F9)
- PHIL 221: Markets and Morals
- PHIL 222: Ethics (F1)
- PHIL 225: Justice, Equality, and Liberty
- PHIL 228: Ethics in Action (2 credits, F11 eligible with one semester of PHIL229)
- PHIL 229: Ethics Bowl Practicum (2 credits, F11 eligible with two semesters)
- PHIL 230: Environmental Ethics
- PHIL 250: Topics in Philosophy
- PHIL 301: Philosophy, Power, and Politics
- PHIL 303: Issues in Clinical Bioethics
- PHIL 311: Philosophy of Language
- PHIL 312: Philosophy of the Cognitive Sciences
- PHIL 315: Philosophy of Science
- PHIL 318: Metaphysics
- PHIL 319: Epistemology
- PHIL 320: The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (F8)
- PHIL 321: Philosophy and Religion
- PHIL 322: Medical Ethics (F1)
- PHIL 326: Sexual Ethics
- PHIL 328: Philosophy of Mind and Consciousness
- PHIL 332: Animal Ethics (F8)
- PHIL 333: God, Death, and Meaning (F1)
- PHIL 345: Modern Political Philosophy
- PHIL 347: Children and the State (F8)
- PHIL 355: Feminist Philosophy
See "Courses of Instruction" for a complete list of Philosophy courses and descriptions.