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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Philosophy B.A.
Sub-plan: Ethics and Civic Life
Sample Plan: Ethics and Civic Life
Total Credits: 120.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 17.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US) :3.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
CLA 1001: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 17.0 cr
PHIL 1001 - Introduction to Logic : 4.0 cr : MATH
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Environment) :3.0 cr
CLA 1002: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
PHIL 1004W - Introduction to Political Philosophy : 4.0 cr : AH, CIV, WI
PHIL 3001W - General History of Western Philosophy: Ancient Period : 4.0 cr : AH, WI
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Global Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
PHIL 3601W - Scientific Thought : 4.0 cr : WI
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
PHIL 3311W - Introduction to Ethical Theory : 4.0 cr : WI
PHIL 3307 - Social Justice and Community Service : 4.0 cr : AH, CIV
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
PHIL 3302W - Moral Problems of Contemporary Society : 4.0 cr : CIV, WI
PHIL 4331 - Contemporary Moral Theories : 3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 13.0 cr
Community service : 0.0 cr
PHIL 4326 - Lives Worth Living: Questions of Self, Vocation, and Community : 4.0 cr : CIV, AH
PHIL 4510 - Philosophy of the Individual Arts : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
PHIL 4893 - Capstone: Directed Studies : 1.0 cr
PHIL 5010 - Ancient Philosophers : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr