Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Advisor Name:_______________________ Catalog: 2025-26 Catalog Program: Philosophy

Philosophy

(Philosophy major requirements are listed below. Follow this link for the Philosophy Minor requirements.)

Students must complete all of the following requirements to graduate with a bachelor of arts in this program. Some courses may apply toward multiple requirements.

College Requirements:

Degree Requirements 

Students are required to complete all standard college requirements.

Major Requirements:

Total major units: 10

Seven Units in Philosophy, Including:

  • Two units at the 200 level
  • Two units at the 400 level (excluding 470)
  • Three additional units at the 300 level or higher (excluding PHIL 370 and PHIL 470)

Six Units of Area Courses, a Maximum of Two at the 200 level:

One Unit in Epistemology:
Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
PHIL 204 - Introduction to Epistemology
PHIL 311 - Epistemology

Prerequisite(s): PHIL 201 and one other 200-level PHIL course

PHIL 316 - Philosophy of Science

Prerequisite(s): PHIL 201 and one other 200-level PHIL course

PHIL 412 - Advanced Topics in Epistemology

Prerequisite(s): Two 300-level PHIL courses

One Unit in Ethics:
Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
PHIL 203 - Introduction to Ethics
PHIL 207 - Persons and Their Lives
PHIL 208 - Introduction to Environmental Ethics
PHIL 306 - History of Modern Social and Political Philosophy

Prerequisite(s): Two 200-level PHIL courses

PHIL 312 - Ethical Theories

Prerequisite(s): PHIL 201 and one other 200-level PHIL course

PHIL 413 - Advanced Topics in Ethics

Prerequisite(s): Morality and Partiality - One 300-level PHIL course.

Morality at the Margin: What We Owe to Animals, A.I., and Future Generations - Two PHIL courses at the 300 level or higher

One Unit in Logic:
Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
PHIL 201 - Logic
PHIL 320 - Topics in Logic

Prerequisite(s): PHIL 201 

PHIL 321 - Modal Logic and Metaphysics

Prerequisite(s): PHIL 201 and one additional 200-level Philosophy course

One Unit in Metaphysics:
Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
PHIL 209 - Minds, Computers, Worlds
PHIL 310 - Metaphysics

Prerequisite(s): PHIL 201 and one other 200-level PHIL course

PHIL 317 - Philosophy of Mind

Prerequisite(s): PHIL 201, and one other 200-level Philosophy course.

PHIL 321 - Modal Logic and Metaphysics

Prerequisite(s): PHIL 201 and one additional 200-level Philosophy course

PHIL 411 - Advanced Topics in Metaphysics

Prerequisite(s): One 300-level PHIL course

One Unit in Ancient or Modern Philosophy:
Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
PHIL 210 - Introduction to Ancient Philosophy
PHIL 311 - Epistemology

Prerequisite(s): PHIL 201 and one other 200-level PHIL course

One Unit in History of Philosophy
Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
PHIL 302 - Modern Philosophy

Prerequisite(s): PHIL 201 and one additional 200-level PHIL course.

PHIL 306 - History of Modern Social and Political Philosophy

Prerequisite(s): Two 200-level PHIL courses

PHIL 311 - Epistemology

Prerequisite(s): PHIL 201 and one other 200-level PHIL course

PHIL 411 - Advanced Topics in Metaphysics -only when offered as “Ancient Greek Science”

Prerequisite(s): One 300-level PHIL course

PHIL 415 - Major Figures in Philosophy

Prerequisite(s): Descartes: Two 300-level PHIL courses

David Hume: PHIL 201 and one 300-level PHIL course

One Unit of Junior Year Requirements:

Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
PHIL 370 - Junior Seminar (Philosophy)

Prerequisite(s): Junior standing and two 300-level PHIL courses

  • Junior qualifying exam
  • Two units of Thesis

    Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
    PHIL 470 - Thesis
    Notes: