PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION DEPARTMENT
Concentration in Philosophy
(30 hours)
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Philosophical Foundations (9 hours)
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PAR 101: Western Philosophical Traditions –or –
PAR 102: Western Moral Traditions
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PAR 230: Legal, Scientific and Critical Reasoning –and –
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PAR 295: Self, Society and the Good Life
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History of Philosophy (9 hours)
Required:
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PAR 304: Justice, Power and Human Nature in the Ancient Greek Polis –and –
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PAR 306: Science, Reason and Autonomy in the Enlightenment
One of the following:
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PAR 307: From Existentialism to Feminism
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PAR 308: From Pragmatism to Postmodernism
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PAR 365: Medieval and Reformation Theology: Divine Foreknowledge, Free Will, and Justification
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PAR 404: Ancient Cynics, Stoics and Skeptics
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Philosophy and Culture (6 hours)
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IV.
PAR 201: Philosophy of Sex and Love
PAR 309: Philosophy in and of Film
PAR 310: Philosophy of Art
PAR 311: Philosophy of Science
PAR 312: Philosophy of Religion
PAR 313: Philosophy of Law
PAR 315: Philosophy of Mind
PAR 320: Philosophical and Religious Classics
PAR 330: America’s Wilderness Ethics and Aesthetics
PAR 332: Biomedical Ethics and Social Justice
PAR 333: Environmental Ethics
PAR 334: Biotechnology and Society
PAR 354: Religion, Suffering and the Moral Imagination
PAR 380: Independent Study
PAR 392: Global Justice, Liberty, and Human Rights
PAR 393: Topics in Philosophy and Religion
Seminar Hours (6 hours)
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PAR 392: Global Justice, Liberty, and Human Rights
PAR 393: Topics in Philosophy and Religion
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PAR 495: Seminar in Philosophy and Religion
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NOTE: Courses (such as PAR 392) may be used in two sections if taken twice.
Also Required: Modern Foreign Languages 231-232 or 240: 6 hours
Personal Statement (on Meaning) in 100-level course, 295 and 495.
Only grades of C (2.0) or higher satisfy requirements for the major.
October 2013