BA PHILOSOPHY -- 2000-01 Catalog
Philosophy Department
Faculty Office Bldg. (47), Room 37-B
805 756-2041

60 units upper division | 2.0 GPA | GWR | USCP 
* = Satisfies General Education requirement

MAJOR COURSES

PHIL 225 Symbolic Logic 

PHIL 230 Philosophical Classics (C1)* 

PHIL 231 Philosophical Classics (Area C)* 

PHIL 311 Greek Philosophy 

PHIL 313 Continental Philosophy: Montaigne to Leibnitz 

PHIL 314 British Philosophy: Bacon to Mill 

PHIL 315 German Philosophy: Kant to Nietzsche 

PHIL 321 Philosophy of Science 

PHIL 331 Ethics 

PHIL 411 Metaphysics 

PHIL 412 Epistemology 

PHIL 460 Senior Project 

PHIL 461 Senior Project 

Concentration (see below) or 300–400 level PHIL electives 

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GENERAL EDUCATION (GE)

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72 GE units required; 6 of these units are specified in Major.

 

See page 79 for complete GE course listing.

 

Minimum of 3 GE courses required at the 300-400 level.

 

Area A Communication (minimum 11 units)

 

Take one course from A1, A2, A3:

 

A1 Expository Writing

 

A2 Critical Thinking

 

A3 Speech

 

If less than 11 units, take one additional course in:

 

A4 Argumentative Writing

 

Area B Science and Mathematics (minimum 15 units)

 

Take one course from B1a and one from B1b; one with lab:

 

B1a Physical Sciences elective

 

B1b Life Sciences elective

 

Take two courses from B2:

 

B2 Mathematics and/or Statistics

 

Area C Arts and Humanities (minimum 9)

 

6 GE units are specified in Major.

 

Take one course from each Area C category:

 

C1a Literature elective

 

C1b Philosophy *see Major

 

C2 Fine/Performing Arts

 

C3 Lit/Phil/Arts (300-400 level) elective

 

Area C *see Major

 

Area D Social, Political, Economic Inst. (min. 15 units)

 

No more than one course in any Area D category.

 

Take one course from D1a and one from D1b

 

D1a HIST 202 (USCP) or HIST 204 or LS 211

 

D1b POLS 110 or LS 212

 

Take three courses from D2, D3, D4a, D4b

 

D2 History (300-400 level)

 

D3 Economics 

 

D4a Social Institutions

D4b Social Institutions (300-400 level)

 

Area E Life Understanding (minimum 3 units)

 

No more than one course in any Area E category.

 

Take one course from E1 or E2

 

E1 PSY 201/PSY 202 

 

E2 Self Development 

 

Area F Technology (minimum 2 units)

 

Take one course from F1 or F2

 

F1 Computer Literacy 

 

F2 Technology elective 

 

Additional GE Courses (minimum 11 units)

 

Additional units to complete 72-unit and/or Area requirements. No more than one additional course from Areas A, B, D, E.

 


ELECTIVES


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     Units reduced effective Winter 2004

186  180 

CONCENTRATION OR ELECTIVES

Select either the following concentration or 18 units of
300–400 level PHIL electives.

Ethics and Society Concentration

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Select six of the following courses:
PHIL 332 History of Ethics (3)

 

PHIL 333 Political Philosophy (3)

 

PHIL 334 Jurisprudence (3)

 

PHIL 335 Social Ethics (3) (C3) (USCP)

 

PHIL 336 Ethics, Gender and Society (3) (C3) (USCP)

 

PHIL 337 Business Ethics (3)

 

PHIL 339 Biomedical Ethics (3)

 

PHIL 340 Environmental Ethics (3)

 

 

Philosophy Electives
300–400 level PHIL elective

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