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This recommended four-year plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees within four years. These plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Major Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree. This plan assumes that no developmental courses are required. If developmental courses are needed, students may have additional requirements to fulfill which are not listed in the plan and degree completion may take longer.
NOTE: This recommended Four-Year Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2023-2024 academic year.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- School Core: Language I* (HRS 4)
- Major (required) and Gen Ed: - QUANTITATIVE REASONING – PHIL 106 - INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC+ (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH HG1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR HUMANITIES & GLOBAL STUDIES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Gen Ed: - SOCIAL SCIENCE INQUIRY (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - STUDIES IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES formerly known as - STUDIES IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES AIID 201 - STUDIES IN THE ARTS & HUMANITIES (HRS 4)
- School Core: Language II* (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- Major (required) and Gen Ed: - GLOBAL AWARENESS – PHIL 201 - WORLD WISDOM TRADITIONS+ WI (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - SCIENTIFIC REASONING (HRS 4)
- School Core: Language III* (HRS 4)
- Major: PHIL 143 - LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP IN PHILOSOPHY (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH HG2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR HUMANITIES & GLOBAL STUDIES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Gen Ed: Distribution Category (choose 1): - CULTURE AND CREATIVITY; - SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY, or - VALUES AND ETHICS (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: Distribution Category (choose 1): - CULTURE AND CREATIVITY; - SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY, or - VALUES AND ETHICS (Must be outside of HGS) (HRS 4)
- Major: PHIL 321 - PHILOSOPHY OF ART AND BEAUTY (HRS 4)
- Major: PHIL 233 - ETHICS (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH HG3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR HUMANITIES & GLOBAL STUDIES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Major: PHIL 210 - EXISTENTIALISM (HRS 4)
- Major: PHIL 205 - THE ETHICAL SELF (HRS 4)
- Elective (HRS 4)
- Elective (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Study Abroad Elective** (HRS 4)
- Study Abroad Elective (HRS 4)
- Study Abroad Elective (HRS 4)
- Study Abroad Elective (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- Major: PHIL 328 - BIOETHICS (HRS 4)
- Major: 200/300 level PHIL◊ course (HRS 4)
- Elective (HRS 4)
- Elective (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major (required): PHIL 310 - REALITY AND KNOWLEDGE WI (HRS 4)
- Major (required): CAPSTONE (PHIL 400 Independent Study in Philosophy) WI (HRS 4)
- Elective (HRS 4)
- Elective (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Total Credits Required: 128 credits GPA: 2.0
Note: 5 writing intensive (WI) courses required: Critical Reading and Writing II and Studies in Arts and Humanities; the other three courses are taken in the major.
* Entering Language courses at the 300 Level indicates fulfillment of the school core language requirement.
+ Two courses may double count in General Education and Major
**The Philosophy major strongly recommends a Study Abroad but does not require one.
◊ Up to 3 courses from outside PHIL can count into the major, including any of these courses: Africana Studies (AFST 208); Anthropology (ANTH 235); Environmental Studies (ENST 209); History (HIST 277 and 289); Law and Society (LAWS 210); Literature (LITR 268 and 306); Political Science (POLI 206); Psychology (PSYC 220).
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