Philosophy B.A. - Environmental Philosophy
Bachelor of Arts - Philosophy; Concentration in Environmental Philosophy
College of Humanities & Sciences
Catalog Year: 2022-23
General Education Requirements
Information regarding these requirements can be found in the General Education Section of the catalog.
Summary
Code | Title | Hours |
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Lower-Division Core | 12 | |
Upper-Division Core | 9 | |
Environmental Philosophy Core | 9 | |
Electives | 6 | |
Upper-Division Seminar Requirement | ||
Advanced Writing Course | 1 | |
Total Hours | 37 |
Degree Specific Credits: 37
Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0
Lower-Division Core
Note: The following courses also satisfy general education requirements:
- PHL 210E fulfills the "Intermediate Writing" and "Ethics and Human Values" requirements.
- PHL 261Y and PHL 262Y both fulfill the "Democracy and Citizenship" requirement.
Code | Title | Hours |
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Complete all of the following courses: | ||
PHL 210E | Moral Philosophy | 3 |
PHL 233 | Intro to Logic: Deduction | 3 |
PHL 261Y | History of Ancient Philosophy | 3 |
PHL 262Y | History of Modern Philosophy | 3 |
Total Hours | 12 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Upper-Division Core
Rule: Complete three courses (9 credits) with one course (3 credits) in each of the following three content areas. 9 total credits required.
I. History
Note: Special Topics courses taught at the 300- or 400-level (PHL 391 and PHL 491) may count as upper-division area courses provided that they have a suitable content (consult the department advisor).
Code | Title | Hours |
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Complete one of the following courses: | 3 | |
Early Wittgenstein | ||
Later Wittgenstein | ||
History of Moral and Political Philosophy | ||
Early Modern Philosophy | ||
Kant | ||
Plato | ||
Aristotle | ||
19th Century Continental Philosophy | ||
20th Century Continental Philosophy | ||
Rousseau | ||
Hegel | ||
Thoreau | ||
Total Hours | 3 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
II. Value
Note: Special Topics courses taught at the 300- or 400-level (PHL 391 and PHL 491) may count as upper-division area courses provided that they have a suitable content (consult the department advisor).
Code | Title | Hours |
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Complete one of the following courses: | 3 | |
Environmental Philosophy | ||
Topics in Philosophy of Art | ||
Philosophy and Literature | ||
History of Moral and Political Philosophy | ||
Contemporary Moral/Political Theory | ||
Rousseau | ||
Hegel | ||
Thoreau | ||
Total Hours | 3 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
III. Metaphysics and Epistemology
Note: Special Topics courses taught at the 300- or 400-level (PHL 391 and PHL 491) may count as upper-division area courses provided that they have a suitable content (consult the department advisor).
Code | Title | Hours |
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Complete one of the following courses: | 3 | |
Early Wittgenstein | ||
Later Wittgenstein | ||
Epistemology | ||
Science and the Environment | ||
Central Issues in Philosophy of Science | ||
Total Hours | 3 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Environmental Philosophy Core
Code | Title | Hours |
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Complete three of the following courses: | 9 | |
Intro Ethics and Environment | ||
Ethics of Climate Change | ||
Environmental Philosophy | ||
Science and the Environment | ||
Thoreau | ||
Total Hours | 9 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Electives
Rule: Complete two courses (6 credits); at least one of the two courses must be at the 300-level or higher (3 credits; 3 of these 6 credits must be in courses other than 398 or 498). 6 total credits required.
Note: Any course taken to fulfill an Upper-Division Core area requirement cannot also count as an Upper-Division Elective.
Code | Title | Hours |
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Complete two of the following courses: | 6 | |
Introduction to Philosophy | ||
Introduction to Existentialism | ||
Introduction to Ethics | ||
Intro Ethics and Environment | ||
Intro to Political Ethics | ||
Special Topics | ||
Hist & Philosophy of Science | ||
Special Topics | ||
Independent Study | ||
The Art of Living | ||
Historical Figures in Phil | ||
Law and Morality | ||
Law and Discrimination | ||
Philosophy & Biomedical Ethics | ||
Ethics of Climate Change | ||
Aesthetics and the Arts | ||
Research | ||
Special Topics | ||
Independent Study | ||
Seminar | ||
Early Wittgenstein | ||
Later Wittgenstein | ||
Epistemology | ||
Environmental Philosophy | ||
Science and the Environment | ||
Topics in Philosophy of Art | ||
Philosophy and Literature | ||
Central Issues in Philosophy of Science | ||
History of Moral and Political Philosophy | ||
Contemporary Moral/Political Theory | ||
Early Modern Philosophy | ||
Kant | ||
Plato | ||
Aristotle | ||
19th Century Continental Philosophy | ||
20th Century Continental Philosophy | ||
Rousseau | ||
Hegel | ||
Thoreau | ||
Research | ||
Special Topics | ||
Independent Study | ||
Seminar | ||
Internship | ||
Nietzsche | ||
Total Hours | 6 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Upper-Division Seminar Requirement
Note: Of the upper-division requirements (upper-division core and upper-division electives), 9 of the required 18 credits must be at the 400-level.
Code | Title | Hours |
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Complete three courses (9 credits) at the 400-level (excluding PHL 498). 9 total credits required. | 9 | |
Total Hours | 9 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Advanced Writing Course
Code | Title | Hours |
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Complete the following course: | ||
PHL 400 | Advanced Writing in Philosophy | 1 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-