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
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.