T H E P H I L O S O P H Y M A J O R W O R K S H E E T

(Requirements for students entering the College in Fall 2015 or after)

Majors must complete no fewer than eleven courses in the department, to include:

1. Logic Requirement: PHIL 0180 (to be taken by the end of the sophomore year)
2. History Requirement (to be taken by the end of the junior year):
a. PHIL 0201 or CLAS/PHIL 0275 and
b. PHIL 0250
3. Distribution Requirement:
a. one course in Ethics and Social & Political Philosophy (ESP); and
b. one course in Epistemology, Language, Metaphysics, Mind and Science (ELMMS).
4. Upper-level Course Requirement: Three courses at the 0300 or 0400 level, at least one
of which must be a 0400-level course. (0400-level courses will not normally satisfy the
distribution requirement. Courses taken while abroad will not generally be allowed to
substitute for the required 0400-level course.)
5. Senior Independent Research Requirement
6. At least two other philosophy courses, in order to fulfill the eleven-course requirement.

Notes: Cognate courses may be substituted for no more than two departmental electives,
but will not satisfy the departmental distribution requirement; such substitutions
require the prior approval of a major's departmental adviser, and must be at the
0200-level or above.

Logic, PHIL 0180

Ancient philosophy
PHIL 0201 or CLAS/PHIL 0275
Early Modern Philosophy, PHIL 0250

ESP: ethics and social & political philosophy

ELMMS: epistemology, language, metaphysics, mind
and science
PHIL 0300-level or PHIL 0400-level

PHIL 0300-level or PHIL 0400-level

PHIL 0400-level

PHIL 0710

Elective

Elective

September 17, 2015