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

Philosophy Minor

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

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

Minor Requirements:

Total minor units: 5

Five units of Philosophy

  • Two units at the 200 level
  • Three units at either the 300 or 400 level (excluding 470)

Two Units of Area Courses, A Minimum of One Unit from Two of the Following Areas:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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