Philosophy (B.A.)
Administered by Philosophy
Effective Fall, 2008
As per PRP3604: All students earning a first baccalaureate degree will take at least 30 of their last 45 credits at Bloomsburg University, no more credits are required than the 30 credits. All first baccalaureate students will take at least 50% of credits required for the Major from a PASSHE university. Bloomsburg University may require up to a maximum of 50% of the Major credits. Program exceptions to the policy are to be approved by the Office of the Chancellor.
In addition to 53 semester hours of general education requirements, a total of 30 semester hours is required for a major in philosophy. The balance of the university's 120-hour requirement for a bachelor's degree comes from free elective courses. The following courses are required:
Logic requirement
PHIL.270 Logic
Historical requirement
PHIL.321 Plato and Aristotle
PHIL.324 Descartes to Kant
Choose one of the following two courses:
PHIL.328 Existentialism
PHIL.329 20th Century Philosophy
Six courses in philosophy must also be selected in addition to the required courses for this degree program. Two courses must be from the 300 or above level sequence:
- PHIL.110 Critical Thinking
- PHIL.111 Introduction to Philosophy
- PHIL.290 Medical Ethics
- PHIL.292 Contemporary Moral Problems
- PHIL.295 Business Ethics
- PHIL.297 Ethics
- PHIL.403 Philosophy of Science
- PHIL.404 Philosophy of the Social Sciences
- PHIL.405 Philosophy of Law
- PHIL.406 Philosophy of Religion
- PHIL.407 Contemporary Political Philosophy
- PHIL.408 Feminist Philosophy
- PHIL.418 Contemporary Philosophy of Mind
- PHIL.419 Theory of Knowledge
- PHIL.420 Metaphysics
- PHIL.477 Philosophy of Ecology