Requirements

1. Complete University General Education requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree.

(51 units minimum)  Click here to view General Education requirements. [1] 

2. Complete the following prerequisites to the major:

(9 units)

• PHIL 2100 [2] - Logic
• PHIL 2200 [2] - Ancient Philosophy
• PHIL 2230 [3] - Modern Philosophy

3. Complete the major of at least 24 upper-division units (including no more than two GE/F2 courses)

The Major

Track 1, General  (24 units, not more than two GE/F2 courses)

1. Complete the following required courses:

(9 units)

• PHIL 3000 [4] - Philosophical Reading and Analysis
• PHIL 3400 [5] - Ethics (WP)
• PHIL 4200 [6] - Advanced Studies in the History of Philosophy (WP)

2. Complete one €œHistory of Philosophy€ course from the following list:

(3 units)

• PHIL 3010 [7] - Advanced Introduction to Philosophy
• PHIL 3050 [8] - Existentialism (GE/F2)
• PHIL 3100 [9] - Introduction to Continental Philosophy
• PHIL 4200 [6] - Advanced Studies in the History of Philosophy (WP) (second section) 

3. Complete two "€œValue Theory"€ courses from the following list:

(6 units)

• PHIL 4000 [10] - Philosophy through Literature
• PHIL 4050 [11] - Environmental Ethics (GE/F2)
• PHIL 4430 [12] - Bioethics (GE/F2)
• PHIL 4450 [13] - Eastern Philosophy: Concepts, Methods, and Context (GE/F2)
• PHIL 4500 [14] - Philosophy of Art (WP)
• PHIL 4600 [15] - Philosophy and Feminism
• PHIL 4800 [16] - Nature Revisited: Environmental Issues in Philosophical Perspective

4. Complete two €"Philosophical Issues"€ courses from the following list:

(6 units)

• PHIL 3300 [17] - Belief and Knowledge
• PHIL 3500 [18] - Philosophy of Mind (WP)
• PHIL 4150 [19] - Cognitive Phenomenology
• PHIL 4300 [20] - Philosophy of Language
• PHIL 4700 [21] - Contemporary Latin American Political Philosophy
• PHIL 4960 [22] - Senior Seminar

Track 2, Graduate School

(30 units, no more than one GE/F2 course)

Complete the above requirements (but with no more than one GE/F2 course), along with the following two courses (6 units).

• PHIL 4200 [6] - Advanced Studies in the History of Philosophy (WP)

• Any other upper-division non-GE course from the above list, 3 units

4. Senior Paper Requirement:

In addition to completing course requirements for the BA degree, each student must submit a capstone paper that conforms to established department criteria. Guidelines and criteria are available from the department chair.

5. Honors in the Major:

(+3 units)

Senior Thesis satisfies Senior Paper requirement

• PHIL 4990 [23] - Senior Thesis

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