2015 - 2016
A Guide to the Philosophy Major at UC Irvine
All courses for the major must be taken for letter grades
Residency Requirement in the major: At least five upper-division courses required for the major must be completed successfully at UCI.
One course from:
Philosophy 1 - Introduction to Philosophy
Philosophy 2 - Puzzles and Paradoxes
Philosophy 4 - Introduction to Ethics
Philosophy 5 - Contemporary Moral Problems
1)
Philosophy 30 - Introduction to Symbolic Logic
or
Philosophy 104 - Introduction to Logic
1)
Note that many Philosophy classes are offered only once per year.
History of Philosophy
Two courses from:
Philosophy 10 - History of Ancient Philosophy
Philosophy 11 - History of Medieval Philosophy
Philosophy 12 - History of Modern Philosophy
Philosophy 13 - History of Contemporary Philosophy
1)
2)
Philosophy 101 - Introduction to Metaphysics
1)
Philosophy 102 or 102W - Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge
2)
Philosophy 103 - Introduction to Moral Philosophy
3)
1)
Five additional quarter courses from Philosophy 100, 105-199.
Students planning to go on to graduate school are strongly advised to take Philosophy
105A and 105B
Philosophy 199 may only count here if an Independent Study Proposal is approved and
submitted to HIB 143.
2)
3)
4)
5)
————————————————————————————————————————————————————4+1 Graduate Program in Philosophy, Political Science and Economics (PPE)
Philosophy majors wishing to apply for the 4+1 program must complete:
 Math 2A and Math 2B (Single Variable Calculus)
 Three lower-division introductory courses in Economics and Political Science (3 total courses)
 Three upper-division courses in Political Science
 Three upper-division courses in Economics
Additional information can be found in the UCI Catalogue: http://catalogue.uci.edu
Updated May 2015
This set of requirements was first effective in Fall 2012
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University Requirements
2015 - 2016
Entry Level Writing
Minimum 180 quarter units completed
American History
Minimum 2.0 GPA overall, 2.0 in major courses & 2.0 in upper-division courses in the major
American Institutions
Senior Residency: At least 36 of the final 45 units must be earned at the UC Irvine campus
General Education Requirements
I. Writing
1)
IV. Arts & Humanities
1)
2)
2)
Upper-division writing 3)
3)
II. Science & Technology
V. Quantitative, Symbolic &
Computational Reasoning
1)
2)
including one course each from:
Va. Quantitative Literacy
Vb. Formal Reasoning
3)
III. Social & Behavioral
Sciences
Va)
Vb)
Va or Vb)
1)
VI. Language other than English 1)
2)
VII. Multicultural Studies
1)
3)
VIII. International/Global Issues
1)
OR
IGETC/Reciprocity
Full or Partial Certification:
Upper-division writing 1)
School Requirements
All School Requirements must be taken for letter grades
Humanities Core or Humanities Core Alternative
Humanities Core
LECTURE 1A ______ 1B ______ 1C______
WRITING 1A ______ 1B ______ 1C ______
OR
Humanities Core Alternative:
- 6 quarters or 4 semesters of approved
lower-division work
- No overlap with the major permitted
Composition
View the list of approved courses for the
Humanities Core Alternative online at:
http://www.humanities.uci.edu/undergrad/
academics/core.php
Philosophy
Literature
History
Extra Courses
Language other than English
2C or equivalent (must be completed with a grade of C or better)
2nd year Greek/Latin consists of upper-division coursework:
(100 & 103 & 103) or (100 & 104 & 104) or (100 & 103 & 104)
NOTE: Students are responsible for completing required prerequisites for 2C level language
courses or Latin or Greek 103 or 104.
3/2016
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