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The major requires 24 credits in philosophy, including three courses in the history of philosophy (chosen from

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), one course in logic (

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 or 

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), and a capstone course, chosen from among the special topics courses (

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 and 

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), the senior seminar (

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A student who uses

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 to satisfy the philosophy requirement of the base curriculum may not also use that course toward the 24 credits required for the major.

A student who uses 

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 toward the base curriculum has fulfilled the logic requirement of the major but must complete the 24 credits required for the major in addition to 

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All courses in the Department of Philosophy listed below are 3 credits except 

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, which have variable credits.

Program Learning Goals

Upon completion of a major in Philosophy, students will be able to:

   Logical Reasoning

• Understand the notions of ‘truth’, ‘soundness’, and ‘validity.’
• Identify and understand various forms of logical fallacy.
• Identify, understand, and construct logically well-formed arguments.

   Philosophical Argumentation

• Understand what constitutes a philosophical (e.g., metaphysical, epistemic, ethical) position or argument.
• Distinguishes pre-philosophical from philosophical positions or arguments.
• Describe and evaluate, orally and in writing, philosophical positions and arguments.
• Express and develop, orally and in writing, philosophical positions and arguments.
• Exhibit dialectical complexity in their reasoning in support of or in countering philosophical positions or arguments.

   Key Philosophers and Key Positions

• Identify, understand, and express, orally and in writing, key philosophical positions in a variety of philosophical genres and traditions.
• Identify, attribute, understand, and express, orally and in writing, salient arguments of key philosophers (such as: Aquinas, Aristotle, Avicenna, Confucius, Darwin, Hume, Hypatia, Kant, Lao Tzu, Marx, Mill, Plato, Sartre, Socrates, Taylor-Mill, Wollstonecraft).
• Reflect critically and empathetically on matters such as their own and others’ personal, racial, gender, ethnic, and cultural identity.
• Reflect critically and empathetically on matters such as their own and others’ moral, political, and epistemic agency.

   Critical Thinking

• Reflect critically and empathetically on matters such as their own and others’ personal, racial, gender, ethnic, and cultural identity.
• Reflect critically and empathetically on matters such as their own and others’ moral, political, and epistemic agency.

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