Philosophy, DeSales Institute of Philosophy and Religion, Bangalore, India (BA)

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BA in philosophy at the DeSales Institute of Philosophy and Religion

In cooperation with the DeSales Institute of Philosophy and Religion in Bangalore, India, DeSales University offers a BA in philosophy for students enrolled at that institution. Students may not cross register between the program offered in the United States and that in India, since each is adapted to the culture of the individual institutions.

First Year - (30 credits)

SPH - 01 Introduction to Philosophy Credits: 2
WPH - 01 History of Ancient Western Philosophy Credits: 2
REL - 01 Introduction to Bible Credits: 2
HSS - 01 General Psychology Credits: 2
HSS - 04 Applied Biology Credits: 2
LAN - 10 Special English Credits: 3
IPH - 01 Survey of Ancient Indian Thought Credits: 2
HSS - 10 Public Speaking Credits: 1
WPH - 02 History of Medieval Western Philosophy Credits: 2
SPH - 11 Methodology Credits: 2
IPH - 10 Darsanas Credits: 2
SPH - 02 Logic Credits: 3
WPH - 03 History of Modern Western Philosophy Credits: 3
REL - 05 Catechetics Credits: 1
REL - 02 Introduction to Christian Worship Credits: 1

Second Year - (28 credits)

Required Courses (18 credits)

SPH - 04 Metaphysics Credits: 3
SPH - 03 Epistemology Credits: 3
HHS - 02 Theories of Personality Credits: 2
IPH - 04 Jainism and Buddhism Credits: 2
IPH - 02 Vedanta Credits: 2
WPH - 04 History of Contemporary Western Philosophy Credits: 3
SPH - 06 General and Special Ethics Credits: 3

Electives (10 credits)

Third Year - (19 credits)

Required Courses (12 credits)

SPH - 05 Philosophical Anthropology Credits: 2
WPH - 06 Marxian Philosophy Credits: 1
WPH - 23 Postmodernism Credits: 1
IPH - 07 Contemporary Indian Thought Credits: 2
IPH - 06 Avatara and Bhakti Movement Credits: 1
SPH - 07 Philosophical Theology Credits: 2
SPH - 10 Theism and the Problem of Evil Credits: 1
SPH - 13 Cosmology and Philosophy of Science Credits: 2