Philosophy B.A.

Program Features

30 Credits

Required courses:

PHIL 251	GN: Ancient Philosophy	3 credits

PHIL 355	Rationalism & Empiricism	3 credits
OR
PHIL 356	Rationalists of the 17th and 18th Centuries	3 credits
OR
PHIL 357	Empiricists of the 17th and 18th Centuries	3 credits

PHIL 457	Kant & German Idealism	3 credits
PHIL ___	Two other 300 or 400 level PHIL courses	6 credits
PHIL ___	15 additional Philosophy credits	15 credits

Additional Requirements:

No more than one 100-level course in Philosophy (or transferred course equivalent to a 100-level course) may count toward the major.
No more than 15 transferred credits may count toward the major.
Completion of the Foreign Language Competency.

PHIL 110, PHIL 221, PHIL 231, and PHIL 251 are taught every year.

All other courses are offered on a two-year rotation.

Therefore, the order of years 3 and 4 in the Program Curriculum may be switched, depending on the year of entry. The students may start taking 200-level elective courses with prerequisites once PHIL 110 has been completed. 300- and 400-level courses should not be taken at least until the second year.

4 Year Curriculum Program Plan

(Subject to change by the university without notice)

Freshman Year

Fall

PHIL 110	GN: Introduction to Philosophy	3 credits
MLXX ____	Foreign Language I	3 credits
ENGL 103	English Composition	3 credits
GN:____	General Education Elective - Natural Sciences	3 credits
GN:____	General Education Elective - Social Science	3 credits
	Total Credit Hours:	15

Spring

PHIL ___	PHIL 200-level course	3 credits
MLXX ____	Foreign Language II	3 credits
GN:____	General Education Elective - Arts & Letters	3 credits
GN:____	General Education Elective - Natural Sciences	3 credits
GN:____	General Education Elective - Social Science	3 credits
	Total Credit Hours:	15

Sophomore Year

Fall

PHIL 251	GN: Ancient Philosophy	3 credits
XXXX ___	Elective	3 credits
GN:____	General Education Elective - Arts & Letters	3 credits
GN:____	General Education Elective - Natural Sciences	3 credits
GN:____	General Education Elective - Social Science	3 credits
	Total Credit Hours:	15

Spring

PHIL ___	PHIL 200-level or 300-level course	3 credits
XXXX ___	Elective	3 credits
XXXX ___	Elective	3 credits
GN:____	General Education Elective - Natural Sciences	3 credits
GN:____	General Education Elective - Social Science	3 credits
	Total Credit Hours:	15

Junior Year

Fall

PHIL ___	300- or 400-level Philosophy course	3 credits
PHIL ___	300- or 400-level Philosophy course	3 credits
	Fitness Electives	2 credits
GN:____	General Education Elective - Natural Sciences	3 credits
GN:____	General Education Elective - Social Science	3 credits
XXXX ___	Elective	1 credit
	Total Credit Hours:	15

Spring

PHIL ___	300- or 400-level Philosophy course	3 credits
XXXX ___	Elective	3 credits
XXXX ___	Elective	3 credits
XXXX ___	Elective	3 credits
XXXX ___	Elective	3 credits
	Total Credit Hours:	15

Senior Year

Fall

PHIL 356	Rationalists of the 17th and 18th Centuries	3 credits
PHIL 357	Empiricists of the 17th and 18th Centuries	3 credits
XXXX ___	Elective	3 credits
XXXX ___	Elective	3 credits
XXXX ___	Elective	3 credits
	Total Credit Hours:	15

Spring

PHIL 457	Kant & German Idealism	3 credits
XXXX ___	Elective	3 credits
XXXX ___	Elective	3 credits
XXXX ___	Elective	3 credits
XXXX ___	Elective	3 credits
	Total Credit Hours:	15

Total Credit Hours: 120

For more information, contact the department at 570-422-3601. esu.edu/phil