Philosophy: Pre-law Option
At least 40 of a student's 120 hours must be in upper-division courses. No course with a grade of D+ or lower and no course taken pass/fail will be counted toward the major. The overall GPA for courses in the major must be at least 2.0.
Required Courses — 39 credits
| Advanced Writing — choose 1 | UCORE | GER |
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|---|---|---|---|
| PHIL 200: Writing and Reasoning | [WRTG] | [W] | |
| ENGLISH 301: Writing and Rhetorical Conventions | [WRTG] | [W] | |
| Logic | |||
| PHIL 201: Elementary Logic | [H] | ||
| Ethics | |||
| PHIL 103: Introduction to Ethics | [H] | ||
| American Constitution | |||
| POL S 300: The American Constitution (prereq. Pol S 101) | |||
| Applied Ethics — choose 1 | |||
| PHIL 360: Business Ethics | [H] | ||
| PHIL 365: Biomedical Ethics | [H] | ||
| PHIL 370: Environmental Ethics | [H] | ||
| Seminar — choose 1 | |||
| PHIL 460: Ethical Theory | [M] | [M] | |
| PHIL 470: Philosophy of Law | |||
| PHIL 472: Social and Political Philosophy | [M] | [M] | |
| Philosophy Capstone | |||
| Any 400-level PHIL [M] course | [M] | [M] | |
| Philosophy Electives — 18 credits (6 courses) | |||
| Senior Portfolio | |||
| Three papers total, each from a different 400-level PHIL course. See the philosophy advisor for details. | |||
Writing in the Major [M] Requirement
At least two courses designated [M] must be taken to satisfy the Writing in the Major requirement, which pertains to all majors within the University. The following meet the [M] requirement in philosophy: PHIL 314, 315, 442, 460, 462, and 472.