Undergraduate Programme in Philosophy

To earn a Philosophy Major, students must complete at least 12 courses (48 credits) in Philosophy. The 12 courses are:

• PHI-1000: Introduction to Philosophy
• PHI-1060: Symbolic Logic
• Two courses in the Indian & Non-Western Philosophy category
• Two courses in the History of Western Philosophy category
• Three courses from the Contemporary Core category
• Three Elective courses (any Philosophy course)

Information ​​​​​​​about course categories can be found at this webpage and at the sites listing present and future courses and past courses.

​​​​​​​Note: No more than 2 cross-listed courses that are offered by non-Philosophy faculty members can count toward the major. There is no cap on the number of cross-listed courses offered by Philosophy faculty members that can count towards the major.

Sample 1: Philosophy Major

Semester 1	Semester 2	Semester 3	Semester 4	Semester 5	Semester 6
Foundation Course 1	Foundation Course 5	Foundation Course 7	Foundation Course 9	Philosophy Course 7	Philosophy Course 10
Foundation Course 2	Foundation Course 6	Foundation Course 8	Philosophy Course 4	Philosophy Course 8	Philosophy Course 11
Foundation Course 3	Philosophy Course 1: Introduction to Philosophy	Philosophy Course 2: Symbolic Logic	Philosophy Course 5	Philosophy Course 9	Philosophy Course 12
Foundation Course 4		Philosophy Course 3	Philosophy Course 6

 

Sample 2: Philosophy Major and Computer Science Minor

Semester 1	Semester 2	Semester 3	Semester 4	Semester 5	Semester 6
Foundation Course 1	Foundation Course 5	Foundation Course 7	Foundation Course 9	Philosophy Course 7	Philosophy Course 10
Foundation Course 2	Foundation Course 6	Foundation Course 8	Philosophy Course 5	Philosophy Course 8	Philosophy Course 11
Foundation Course 3	Philosophy Course 1: Introduction to Philosophy	Philosophy Course 3: Symbolic Logic	Philosophy Course 6	Philosophy Course 9	Philosophy Course 12
Foundation Course 4	Philosophy Course 2	Philosophy Course 4	Computer Science Course 3	Computer Science Course 5	Computer Science Course 6
	Computer Science Course 1: Introduction to Programming	Computer Science Course 2	Computer Science Course 4

To earn a Minor in Philosophy, students must complete at least 6 courses (24 credits) in Philosophy.

• UG23 and earlier:
  • PHI-1000: Introduction to Philosophy
  • PHI-1060: Symbolic Logic
• UG24 and later:
  • PHI-1000 Intro to Philosophy​​​​​​​
  • One Elective course (any Philosophy course)
• Everybody:
  • One course from the Indian & Non-Western Philosophy category
  • One course from from the History of Western Philosophy category
  • One course from the Contemporary Core category
  • One Elective (any Philosophy course)

Information ​​​​​​​about course categories can be found at this webpage and at the sites listing present and future courses and past courses.

​​​​​​​Note: No more than 2 cross-listed courses that are offered by non-Philosophy faculty members can count toward the minor. There is no cap on the number of cross-listed courses offered by Philosophy faculty members that can count towards the minor.

To earn a Concentration in Philosophy students must complete at least four courses (16 credits) in Philosophy.

• UG23 and earlier:
  • PHI-1000: Introduction to Philosophy
  • PHI-1060: Symbolic Logic
  • Two further courses in two different categories from among the three categories:
    • Indian & Non-Western Philosophy
    • History of Western Philosophy
    • Contemporary Core
• UG24 and later:
  • PHI-1000: Introduction to Philosophy
  • Three further courses in at least two different categories from among the three categories:
    • Indian & Non-Western Philosophy
    • History of Western Philosophy
    • Contemporary Core

Information ​​​​​​​about course categories can be found at this webpage and at the sites listing present and future courses and past courses.

All courses in a Philosophy concentration must be taught by Philosophy faculty.

Psychology and Philosophy (PSYPHI) is an interdisciplinary major combining Psychology and Philosophy.

To major in PSYPHI students must complete the following 16 courses:

• PHI-1000: Introduction to Philosophy
• PSY-1001: Introduction to Psychology OR PSY-1003: Thinking Like a Psychologist
• PSY-2001: Statistics and Research Methods I
• PSY-2002: Statistics and Research Methods II
• Any three out of the following:
  • PSY-2011: Biological Psychology
  • PSY-2021: Cognitive Psychology
  • PSY-2031: Developmental Psychology
  • PSY-2041: Clinical Psychology
  • PSY-2051: Social Psychology
• Five more courses from Philosophy
• Four more courses from Philosophy or Psychology or both

Philosophy and Computer Science (PHICS) is an interdisciplinary major combining Philosophy and Computer Science.

To major in PHICS students must complete the following 17 courses:

• PHI-1000: Introduction to Philosophy
• PHI-1060: Symbolic Logic
• CS-1101: Introduction to Computer Programming
• CS-1104: Discrete Mathematics
• CS-1216: Computer Organization and Systems
• CS-1205: Algorithm Design and Analysis
• CS-1309: Introduction to Machine Learning
• CS-1340: Computer Networks
• CS-1319: Programming Language, Design and Implementation
• CS-2349/PHI-2070 :Theory of Computation or Introduction to Computability Theory
• One course from between PHI-X600 and PHI-X829 (Ethics)
• One course from between PHI-X240 and PHI-PHI-X359 (Philosophy of Science, Math, or Language)
• Any three Philosophy courses
• Any two Computer Science courses

Information about the Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (PPE) Interdisciplinary Major can be found at this webpage.