Bloomsburg University Academic Programs

Philosophy (B.A.)

Administered by Philosophy

Effective Fall, 2008

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