Guidebooks

A resource for Arts & Sciences students, the guidebook focuses on policies, the majors, experiential education, the core curriculum and major requirements. Copies are available in the dean's office, or as PDFs, below.

Philosophy
Department's Web site

Philosophy is a basic field of inquiry. Its range encompasses ideas and issues in every domain of human experience; and its methods apply to problems of an unlimited variety. The major in philosophy can develop not only philosophical skill and sophistication but also critical thinking and writing abilities that are readily applicable to pursuits in other academic areas, useful in careers far removed from philosophy, and valuable in everyday social and personal life. The study of philosophy can profoundly affect both the thinking one does and the kind of person one is.

We offer three approaches to the philosophy and religion major:

(1) the General Philosophy Major offers students a maximum number of electives so they may choose in accordance with their own backgrounds and interests;

(2) the Concentration in Religious Studies uses the electives to explore a variety of both religious expressions and methods of inquiry.

(3) the concentration in Law and Ethics focuses elective course work in the areas of law, social and political philosophy and applied ethics and is appropriate for students considering a career in either philosophy or law.