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Philosophy - General Option (120 Credits)
No course with a grade of D+ or less and no course taken pass/fail will be counted toward the major. The overall GPA for courses in the major must be at least a 2.00.
First Year | |
First Term | Credits |
Arts [ARTS] | 3 |
HISTORY 105 [ROOT] | 3 |
PHIL 101 [HUM] or 103 [HUM] | 3 |
Electives | 6 |
Second Term | Credits |
Communication [COMM] or Written Communication [WRTG] | 3 |
ENGLISH 101 [WRTG] | 3 |
PHIL 201 [QUAN] | 3 |
Social Sciences [SSCI] | 3 |
Electives | 3 |
Second Year | |
First Term | Credits |
Arts [ARTS], Humanities [HUM], or Social Sciences [SSCI] | 3 |
Biological Sciences [BSCI] with lab or SCIENCE 101 [SCI]1 | 4 |
Foreign Language, if necessary, or Elective | 4 |
PHIL 207, 280, 314 [M], 315 [M], or 4072 | 3 |
Electives | 2 |
Second Term | Credits |
Foreign Language, if necessary, or Elective | 4 |
PHIL 200 or 401 | 3 |
Physical Sciences [PSCI] with lab or SCIENCE 102 [SCI]1 | 4 |
Electives | 3 |
Complete Writing Portfolio | |
Third Year | |
First Term | Credits |
Diversity [DIVR] | 3 |
PHIL 320, 321, 322 or 421 (Select two - must include 320 and /or 321) | 6 |
PHIL 360, 365, 370, 460 [M], or 462 [M]2 | 3 |
Electives | 3 |
Second Term | Credits |
Integrative Capstone [CAPS] | 3 |
PHIL 350, 442 [M] or 443, 446, or 447 (Select two)2 | 6 |
Electives | 6 |
Fourth Year | |
First Term | Credits |
PHIL 420, 425, 470, or 472 [M]2 | 3 |
PHIL Electives2 | 3 |
300-400-level Electives | 3 |
Electives | 6 |
Second Term | Credits |
PHIL Electives2 | 3 |
300-400-level Electives | 12 |
Footnotes
1 | To meet University and College of Arts and Sciences requirements, students must take a [BSCI] course with lab and [PSCI] course with lab or SCIENCE 101 [SCI] and SCIENCE 102 [SCI]. SCIENCE 101 [SCI] is offered Fall semester and is a prerequisite for SCIENCE 102 [SCI]. SCIENCE 102 [SCI] is offered Spring semester. |
2 | PHIL electives may need to include 300-400-level courses and [M] courses to fulfill University requirements. |
- Politics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs
Courses
- Philosophy
- Political Science
Schedules of Studies
- Philosophy - General Option
- Philosophy - Pre-Law Option
- Political Science - General Option
- Political Science - Global Politics Option
- Political Science - Pre-Law Option
- Public Affairs (Vancouver only)
Minors
- Ethics
- Philosophy
- Political Science