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Philosophy (Minor)

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College of Arts & Sciences

Degree Type
Minor

Program Type
Minor

Program Delivery
On Campus

The Philosophy minor challenges you to question assumptions, explore big ideas, and make sense of the complex world around you. Through the study of ethics, logic, knowledge, meaning, and human experience, you’ll learn to examine problems from multiple perspectives and develop your own thoughtful point of view.

Build skills in critical thinking, reasoning, analysis, and communication that complement any major.

Upon completion of the Philosophy minor, students will be able to:

  1. AAn understanding of the perennial problems that form Western philosophical thinking
  2. An understanding of the question, “why is there something rather than nothing?”
  3. An understanding of the theories of meaning and use of language in creating meaning in personal and social contexts
  4. An understanding of the major similarities and differences in approaches and content of classical and contemporary ethical theories
  5. An understanding of justice, its relationship to peace and its context in Catholic Social Teaching and how this tradition compares with other theories of justice and peace
  6. An understanding of various concepts of meaning that challenge the nihilism suggested by the limits of human life, including the Catholic response that we do something because we have been loved into existence

Pre-Minor Requirements

  • Any 100-level Philosophy course

Minor Requirements

  • 15 semester hours of 300 or above level courses in Philosophy (selected in consultation with the program advisor) including PH 490 Senior Seminar course
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