Philosophy/Religious Studies

Program Competencies

Students will develop:

An understanding of the significance of basic assumptions and presuppositions and skill at identifying and evaluating them.
An understanding of the major ideas of prominent philosophers — Eastern and Western, past and present — in the areas of epistemology, metaphysics, ethics and aesthetics.
The ability and disposition to think critically and to understand, evaluate and construct arguments in the context of cultural diversity.
An understanding and appreciation of diverse values and perspectives on life and the competence to begin to construct one's own life philosophy.