Department of Philosophy

Majors and Degrees Offered

• International Human Rights (BA)
• Philosophy (BA)
• Philosophy (BA) with an emphasis in Ethics and Society

Minors Offered

• Philosophy
• International Human Rights

Course Listings

• International Human Rights (HRTS)
• Philosophy (PHIL)

Objectives

The Philosophy Department's purpose is to teach students to cultivate the habit of examining their lives in meaningful, creative, and productive ways.

Philosophy asks the big questions: Who am I? Why am I here? How should I live? What makes a society good? What is justice? Philosophy students learn to think critically and creatively about questions such as these.

More specifically, our educational goals are to teach students to:

• Understand philosophical concepts, ideas, and arguments;
• Acquire the skills to analyze philosophical arguments and assumptions critically as well as provide evidence for claims; and
• Examine and apply abstract ideas to concrete situations and to individual and social problems.