• Shaping your Philosophy Major
  • Senior Year for Majors
  • The Philosophy Minor






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    • Major and Minor Requirements
    A minimum of eight units in philosophy are required to complete the major.  A philosophy SIP carries two units that may be counted towards this eight.  Majors are required to take either Ethics or Theories of Knowledge (both may be counted towards the major).  Since the departmental Comprehensive Examination assumes that students have a working knowledge of Western Philosophy, majors are also required to take at least two courses covering historical movements or periods.  Majors must also take Logic and Reasoning, a course whose subject matter is also represented on the Comprehensive Examination.  The Senior Seminar is a required "Capstone" course.  We advise majors preparing for graduate studies to take at least one of the following 20th-century "field" courses: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Law, or Metaphysics and Mind.