Philosophy Dual Admission Program with LaGuardia Community College (AA/BA)
As part of the CUNY Justice Academy (CJA), the Philosophy AA/BA Dual Admission program allows students to complete an AA in Liberal Arts at LaGuardia Community College and continue in the BA degree program in Philosophy at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Philosophy involves a critical examination of our most fundamental beliefs about truth and reality, right and wrong. In this major, students study the traditional answers to the basic questions in Western philosophy and also the important critiques of that dominant tradition. They will explore ethical and justice issues which are crucial to contemporary legal, political, and public policy debates. Philosophy majors learn sophisticated forms of reasoning and textual analysis, and deepen their understanding of basic human problems and possibilities.
Learning outcomes. Students will:
- Explain a section from a philosophical text, a philosophical theory, a philosophical issue, or a philosophical argument.
- Identify arguments and distinguish premises and conclusions.
- Formulate an argument in support of or in opposition to a claim.
- Demonstrate familiarity with a basic problem or a major theory in a main area of philosophical inquiry.
- Demonstrate familiarity with a primary claim or critical response to a primary claim in the history of western philosophy.
Credits Required.
Liberal Arts A.A. - LaGuardia CC
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60 |
General Education at John Jay
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3-6 |
| Major Courses at John Jay |
27-39
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| Electives |
15-30
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Total Credits Required for B.A. Degree
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120 |
Coordinator. Professor Amie Macdonald, Department of Philosophy (212.237.8345, amacdonald@jjay.cuny.edu)
Advising resources. Philosophy Major Advising Resources. Major Checklist.
Requirements. Students who are part of the CUNY Justice Academy programs need to complete only 40% of their major courses at John Jay in order to graduate, instead of the usual 50% in residency for non-CJA students. All other graduation requirements remain the same.
Note. To maximize transfer of courses to the Philosophy Major, LGCC students may be advised to enroll in: HUP 101, HUP 102, HUP 104, HUP 105 and HUP 106
Part One: Core Courses
Required
HUP 102 (at LGCC)
| Critical Thinking | 3 |
| OR | |
| PHI 105 | Critical Thinking and Informal Logic | 3 |
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HUP 104 (at LGCC)
| Ethics and Moral Issues | 3 |
| OR | |
| PHI 210 | Ethical Theory | 3 |
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HUP 101 (at LGCC)
| Introduction to Ethics | 3 |
| OR | |
| PHI 231 | Big Questions: Introduction to Philosophy | 3 |
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| PHI 310/LAW 310 | Ethics and Law | 3 |
| PHI 330 | Philosophical Modernity | 3 |
Critiques of Philosophical Modernity
Select One
Capstone Courses
Select one
| PHI 400 | Senior Seminar in Ethics | 3 |
| PHI 401 | Senior Seminar in the History of Philosophy | 3 |
| PHI 402 | Senior Seminar in Metaphysics and Epistemology | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 21
Part Two: Ethics and Value Theory
Select one
HUP 106 (at LGCC)
| Social and Political Philosophy: Making a World Difference | 3 |
| OR ONE OF: | |
| PHI 201 | Philosophy of Art | 3 |
| PHI 203 | Political Philosophy | 3 |
| PHI 214 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
| PHI 216 | Ethics and Information Technology | 3 |
| PHI 238 | Philosophy of Comedy | 3 |
| PHI 302 | The Philosophy of Rights | 3 |
| PHI 315 | Philosophy of the Rule of Law: Theory and Practice | 3 |
| PHI 317 | Philosophy of Law in Global Perspective | 3 |
| PHI 322/CRJ 322 | Judicial and Correctional Ethics | 3 |
| PHI 333/GEN 333 | Theories of Gender and Sexuality | 3 |
| PHI 423/POL 423 | Selected Topics in Justice | 3 |
| PHI 340 | Utopian Thought | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 3
Part Three: History of Philosophy
Select one
| PHI 202 | Philosophical Visions of American Pluralism | 3 |
| PHI 326 | Topics in the History of Modern Thought | 3 |
| PHI 327 | 19th-century European and American Philosophy | 3 |
| PHI 343 | Existentialism | 3 |
| PHI 351 | Classical Chinese Philosophy | 3 |
| PHI 354/AFR 354 | Africana Philosophy | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 3
Part Four: Metaphysics and Epistemology
Select one
HUP 105 (at LGCC)
| Philosophy of Religion | 3 |
| OR ONE OF: | |
| PHI 104 | Philosophy of Human Nature | 3 |
| PHI 204 | Symbolic Logic | 3 |
| PHI 205 | Philosophy of Religion | 3 |
| PHI 235 | Philosophy of Science | 3 |
| PHI 304 | Philosophy of the Mind | 3 |
| PHI 374 | Epistemology | 3 |
| PHI 377 | Reality, Truth and Being: Metaphysics | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 3
Part Five: Electives
All students select three additional philosophy courses at the 300–level or above in consultation with an advisor.
Please note: No course may fill multiple requirements in the major
Total Credit Hours: 9
Total Credit Hours: 39