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Philosophy B.A.
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Checkpoint Chart
Available icon  Potential term for fulfilling the requirement
Recommended icon  Recommended term for fulfilling the requirement		 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4
 
Checkpoint requirements 		 
Requirement definitions 		Year 1 - Fall Year 1 - Spring Year 2 - Fall Year 2 - Spring Year 3 - Fall Year 3 - Spring Year 4 - Fall Year 4 - Spring
• General requirement checkpoints (complete all)                
Freshman Composition Complete the freshman composition requirement. Earliest Latest            
Foreign Language Complete 4 semesters of a foreign language. Earliest Latest Latest Latest        
• Program requirement checkpoints (complete all)                
Core Courses > Core Courses [Take exactly 4 course(s) totaling 14 - 16 credit(s): (Take exactly 1 course(s) totaling 4 or more credit(s): PHIL 3001W, PHIL 3005W ) , (Take exactly 1 course(s) totaling 4 or more credit(s): PHIL 1001, PHIL 5201 ) , (Take exactly 1 course(s) totaling 3 - 4 credit(s): PHIL 3234, PHIL 3601W, PHIL 4101, PHIL 4105W, PHIL 4231, PHIL 4607 , (PHIL 4605 or PHIL 5605 ) ) , (Take exactly 1 course(s) totaling 3 - 4 credit(s): PHIL 3311W, PHIL 3502W {Inactive}, PHIL 4311W, PHIL 4320, PHIL 4321W, PHIL 4331, PHIL 4414 ) ] first term last term last term recommended last term last term last term last term last term
Philosophy Electives > Aesthetics (Take 0 or more course(s): PHIL 3502W {Inactive}, PHIL 4501 {Inactive} , (PHIL 4510 or PHIL 5510 ) ) first term last term last term last term last term last term last term last term
Philosophy Electives > Practical/Applied Ethics (Take 0 or more course(s): PHIL 3301, PHIL 3304, PHIL 3305 , (PHIL 3302W or PHIL 3322W ) ) first term last term last term last term last term last term last term last term
Philosophy Electives > Ethics and Moral Philosophy (Take 0 or more course(s): PHIL 1003W, PHIL 3311W, PHIL 4311W, PHIL 4320, PHIL 4331 , (PHIL 3302W or PHIL 3322W ) ) first term last term last term last term last term last term last term last term
Philosophy Electives > ELM (Epistemology, Language, Metaphysics, Mind) (Take 0 or more course(s): PHIL 3231 {Inactive}, PHIL 3234, PHIL 3607, PHIL 4101, PHIL 4105W, PHIL 4231, PHIL 4615 {Inactive} , (PHIL 4085 or PHIL 5085 {Inactive} ) ) first term last term last term last term last term last term last term last term
Philosophy Electives > History of Philosophy (Take 0 or more course(s): PHIL 3001W, PHIL 3005W, PHIL 4055, PHIL 5601 , (PHIL 4010 or PHIL 5010 ) ) first term last term last term last term last term last term last term last term
Philosophy Electives > Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics (Take 0 or more course(s): PHIL 1001, PHIL 5201, PHIL 5202, PHIL 5211, PHIL 5221, PHIL 5222 ) first term last term last term last term last term last term last term last term
Philosophy Electives > Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Law (Take 0 or more course(s): PHIL 1004W, PHIL 3304, PHIL 4321W, PHIL 4414, PHIL 5415 ) first term last term last term last term last term last term last term last term
Philosophy Electives > Philosophy of Science (Take 0 or more course(s): PHIL 3601W, PHIL 3600 {Inactive}, PHIL 4605, PHIL 4607, PHIL 5601, PHIL 5602 {Inactive}, PHIL 5603, PHIL 5605, PHIL 5606 , (PHIL 1005 or PHIL 1005H {Inactive} ) ) first term last term last term last term last term last term last term last term
Philosophy Electives > Additional Options (Take 0 or more course(s): PHIL 4326 ) first term last term last term last term last term last term last term last term
Capstone > Capstone [Take 1 - 2 course(s) totaling 1 or more credit(s): No Course(s) or Subgroup(s) exist ) , ( (PHIL 4893 ) or (PHIL 4893 ) ) , ( (PHIL 4893 and PHIL 5993 ) or (PHIL 4893 and PHIL 4xxx that is cross-listed with a PHIL 8xxx-level graduate workshop ) ) , (PHIL 4893 ) , (PHIL 4995H {Inactive} ) ]           first term last term recommended last term
• Sub-plan 'Ethics and Civic Life' requirement checkpoints (complete all)                
Ethics and Civic Life Concentration Courses > Ethics and Civic Life Concentration Courses [Take 3 or more course(s): PHIL 1004W, PHIL 1006W, PHIL 3301, PHIL 3304, PHIL 3305, PHIL 3307 {Inactive}, PHIL 3600 {Inactive}, PHIL 4326, PHIL 4414 , (PHIL 3302W or PHIL 3322W ) ]     first term last term last term last term last term last term
Community Service Community service     first term last term last term last term last term recommended last term