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Aug 25, 2025

2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Philosophy (BA)

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Philosophy Major and Learning Outcomes

Philosophy (BA) Sample Plan

Required Courses

Foundational

PL - 109 Philosophical Thinking Credits: 3
PL - 225 Logic Credits: 3
TH - 109 Catholic Theology Credits: 3

Any Three of the following PL courses:

PL - 209 Virtue Ethics Credits: 3
PL - 245 The Philosophy of Human Nature Credits: 3
PL - 340 Existentialism Credits: 3
PL - 345 The Confessions of St. Augustine Credits: 3
PL - 350 The Republic of Plato Credits: 3
PL - 355 The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle Credits: 3
PL - 360 The Summa Theologiae of Thomas Aquinas Credits: 3
PL - 370 Moral Philosophy Credits: 3
PL - 375 The Age of Reason Credits: 3
PL - 380 Philosophy of Religion Credits: 3
PL - 390 Seminar in Creativity & Beauty Credits: 3
PL - 395 Special Topics in Philosophy Credits: 3
PL - 400 Epistemology: The Human Knower Credits: 3
PL - 410 Metaphysics: the Search for Synthesis Credits: 3
PL - 438 Applied Ethics Credits: 3
PL - 475 Friendship, Love and Sexuality Credits: 3
PL - 476 Happiness Credits: 3
PL - 477 Faith and Tolerance Credits: 3
PL - 478 Philosophy of Work and Leisure Credits: 3
PL - 479 The Ethics of Personal Success Credits: 3
PL - 499 Independent Study in Philosophy Credits: 3

Advanced Study in Philosophy

TH - 451 Integrating Seminar in Theology Credits: 3

Controlled Electives

Three courses, in philosophy or related fields, are chosen by the student, with the prior approval of the philosophy faculty

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