Philosophy A.B.

A Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Philosophy requires the completion of the Elon Core Curriculum as well as the Major Requirements listed below.

Major Requirements

Required courses: 24 sh

PHL 1100WHAT CAN WE KNOW?

4 sh

PHL 1120HOW SHOULD WE LIVE?

4 sh

PHL 2300METHODS OF PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY

4 sh

PHL 3310ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY

4 sh

PHL 3330MODERN PHILOSOPHY

4 sh

PHL 4970SENIOR SEMINAR

4 sh

Select four PHL courses: 16 sh

At least three courses must be at the 3000 level or higher. 

Total Credit Hours: 40

Program Outcomes

Students will be able to engage with familiar and unfamiliar ideas and phenomena in a critical and creative manner.

Students will be able to read philosophical texts productively.

Students will be able to connect philosophical ideas and skills to contemporary questions and challenges.

Students will be able to recognize structural inequality and its effects on the production of philosophical ideas and the discipline of philosophy.

Students will be able to use the writing process to learn, rather than merely defend their prior views.

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