Major Requirements (Note: Students graduating in 2010 may choose to fulfill the old major requirements listed in the 2006-2007 Catalog Pass/Fail Grading Option Pass/fail grading may not be elected for courses applied toward the major.
Minor The minor in philosophy consists of six courses. A coherent program for each student's minor is designed in accordance with program guidelines and in consultation with a member of the philosophy faculty who is chosen or appointed as the student's departmental advisor for the minor. Among the six courses there should be at least four courses related in a coherent group. Examples might include a group of courses relevant to philosophical reflections about the student's major field, or a group of courses on ethical and political questions, or a group of courses on a specific historical period. This group of courses should be designated, in consultation with the departmental advisor, before registration for the third course in the group. The minor may include up to two Short Term courses in philosophy.
Pass/Fail Grading Option Pass/fail grading may be elected for only one course applied toward the minor.
General Education Information for the Class of 2010 Any one philosophy Short Term course may serve as an option for the fifth humanities course.
