Undergraduate Minor - Philosophy

Not open to students pursuing a major in Philosophy.

Minor Objectives

Upon successful completion of this minor, the student will be able to:

• Reflect upon the love of wisdom, what inclines people to seek it, and to analyze what it is the philosopher does in the pursuit of truth.
• Analyze a variety of traditional and non-traditional ethical theories.
• Gain basic competence in the following forms of reasoning: informal logic, syllogistic logic, propositional logic, predicate logic, and inductive logic.
• Define key trends in the development of western thought.
• Interpret how Western philosophers and their ideas have shaped the development of political, social and economic systems.
• Relate current Western views of the world to their underpinnings in early writings and philosophies.
• Differentiate between the influences of ancient Judaism, Greece, Rome, and Christian thinking on Western thought.
• Analyze the differing philosophies in terms of how they conflict or complement one another.