University of Montana Catalog 2023-2024

Philosophy B.A.

Bachelor of Arts - Philosophy

General Education Requirements

Information regarding these requirements can be found in the General Education Section of the catalog. 

Summary

Lower-Division Core12
Upper-Division Core9
Electives15
Upper-Division Seminar Requirement
Advanced Writing Course1
Total Hours37

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.  
Complete all of the following courses:
PHL 210EMoral Philosophy3
PHL 233Intro to Logic: Deduction3
PHL 261YHistory of Ancient Philosophy3
PHL 262YHistory of Modern Philosophy3
Total Hours12

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).

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 Hours3

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).

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
Justice
Rousseau
Hegel
Thoreau
Total Hours3

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).

Complete one of the following courses:3
Early Wittgenstein
Later Wittgenstein
Epistemology
Science and the Environment
Central Issues in Philosophy of Science
Philosophy and Animals
Total Hours3

Minimum Required Grade: C-


Electives

Rule: Complete five courses (15 credits); at least three of the five courses must be at the 300-level or higher (9 credits; 6 of these 9 credits must be in courses other than 398 or 498). 15 total credits required.

Note: Any course taken to fulfill an Upper-Division Core area requirement cannot also count as an Upper-Division Elective. 

Complete five of the following courses:15
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 Hours15

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.

Complete three courses (9 credits) at the 400-level (excluding PHL 498). 9 total credits required.9
Total Hours9

Minimum Required Grade: C-


Advanced Writing Course

Complete the following course:
PHL 400Advanced Writing in Philosophy1

Minimum Required Grade: C-