Philosophy, B.A.

Argumentation and Writing Requirement (3 units)

• PHIL 315 - Philosophical Argument and Writing (3)

Required Courses in the History of Philosophy Before 1900 (9 units)

• PHIL 290 - History of Philosophy: Greek Philosophy (3)
• PHIL 300 - History of Philosophy: Rationalism and Empiricism (3)
• PHIL 301 - History of Philosophy: Kant and the 19th Century (3)

Additional History of Philosophy Requirement (6 units)

• PHIL 291 - History of Philosophy: Medieval Philosophy (3)
• PHIL 323 - Existentialism (3)
• PHIL 350 - Asian Philosophy (3)
• PHIL 379 - American Philosophy (3)
• PHIL 380 - Analytic Philosophy: 1900 to 1950 (3)
• PHIL 382 - Marx and Marxism (3)
• PHIL 383 - Postmodernism (3)

Other Course Requirements (9 units)

Seminar Requirement (3 units)

• PHIL 447T - Seminar in Selected Problems (3)
• PHIL 455 - Seminar in Values (3)
• PHIL 460
• PHIL 470 - Seminar in Metaphysics and Epistemology (3)
• PHIL 480 - Seminar in the History of Philosophy (3)
• PHIL 490 - Seminar in Contemporary Philosophy (3)

Electives (9 units)

Choose nine units of philosophy courses, no more than six units of lower-division, which have not been used to fulfill other requirements.

Recommended Coursework for Philosophy Majors

Students are advised to supplement their studies in philosophy with coursework offered in fields closely related to their philosophical interests.

Total (120 units)