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Thinking of joining the lawyers, doctors, economists, directors,
artists, theologians, and scientists who majored in Philosophy
or Religion? You're in the right place.
Do you already have a major you combine with a healthy diet
of critical thinking? The Philosophy major requires fewer
hours than almost any other major at WCU, so picking up a
second major with us is easy. We also offer
some great minors.
Major in Philosophy, B. A. Degree
Philosophy Concentration
Liberal Studies, 42 hours.
The major in Philosophy with a Philosophy concentration requires
MFL 231-232 or 240, (6 hours) and 30 hours as follows:
I.
Foundations of Humanities (6 hours)
- PAR 102: Western Moral
Traditions (3 hours)
- PAR 230: Legal, Scientific, and Critical Reasoning (3
hours)
II.
History of Philosophy (9 hours)
- PAR 304* : Justice, Power, & Human
Nature in the Ancient Greek Polis
- PAR 305: Medieval & Reformation
Theology: Divine Foreknowledge, Free Will, & Justification
by Faith,
- PAR 306* : Science, Reason, & Autonomy
in the Enlightenment
- PAR 307: From Existentialism to Feminism,
- PAR 308: From
Pragmatism to Postmodernism
* denotes required courses in the History of Philosophy
sequence.
III.
Philosophy and Culture (9
hours) Electives selected from:
- PAR 310: Philosophy of Art
- PAR 311: Religion and Science
- PAR 312: Philosophy of Religion
- PAR 314: Religion, Suffering, and the Moral Imagination
- PAR 313: Philosophy of Law
- PAR 316: Philosophy In and Of Film
- PAR 330: American Wilderness Ethics & Aesthetics
- PAR 332: Biomedical Ethics & Social Justice
- PAR 333: Environmental Ethics & Public Policy
- PAR 350: Philosophical and Religious Classics
IV.
Senior Seminar and Topics
(6 hours)
- PAR 393: Topics in Philosophy or PAR 350: Philosophical
and Religious Classics
- PAR 495: Seminar in Philosophy and Religion
University Requirements: To complete the Bachelor of Arts
program in the Arts & Sciences
College, a total of 50 hours is required, which includes
at least 12 hours of general (free) electives. At least 32
hours of the courses taken at Western must be at the junior-senior
level to meet one of the University's degree requirements.
Only grades of C (2.0) or higher satisfy requirements for the
major.
Download the Eight-Semester Plan (Word)
Major in Philosophy, B. A. Degree
Religion Concentration
Liberal Studies, 42 hours.
The major in Philosophy with a Religion concentration requires MFL 231-232
or 240, (6 hours) and 30 hours as follows:
I.
Foundations of the Study of Religion (9 hours)
- PAR 105: Eastern Religious Traditions
- PAR 106: Western
Religious Traditions
- PAR 202: What is Religion
- PAR 312: Philosophy of Religion
II.
History of Religious Thought (6 hours)
- PAR 210: Origins of Early Christian
Traditions,
- PAR
211: Understanding Islamic Traditions,
- PAR 305: Medieval & Reformation
Theology: Divine Foreknowledge, Free Will, & Justification
by Faith,
- PAR 307: From Existentialism to Feminism,
- PAR 308: From
Pragmatism to Postmodernism
- PAR 350 Philosophical and
Religious Classics
III.
Religion and Culture (9 hours)
- PAR 220: Women and Religion
- PAR 314: Religion, Suffering, &the
Moral Imagination
- PAR 324: Contemporary Religious Classics
- PAR 325: Religion
in Film
- PAR 326: Religion and Science: God's Law & Laws
of Nature
- PAR 327: Native American Religions
- PAR 330: American
Wilderness Ethics & Aesthetics
- ANTH 365: Religion,
Magic, and Myth,
- ART 306: Renaissance Art
- ENG 232: Introduction to Mythology
- ENG 290: Literature
of the Sacred
- ENG 350: The Renaissance
- ENG 390: The Bible as Literature
- ENG 420: Chaucer and His Age
- ENG 440: Milton and His
Age
- ANTH 365: Religion, Magic, and Myth
- HIST 311: Ancient
Greece and Rome
- HIST 313: The Medieval World,
- HIST 375: Middle East Since
Muhammed
- HIST 412: Early Modern Europe,
- HIST 431: Colonial America
- HIST
455 American Religious History
IV. Senior Seminar and Topics (6 hours)
- PAR 393: Topics in Philosophy or PAR 350: Philosophical
and Religious Classics
- PAR 495: Seminar in Philosophy and Religion
University Requirements: To complete the Bachelor of Arts
program in the Arts & Sciences College, a total of 50 hours
is required, which includes at least 12 hours of general
(free) electives. At least 32 hours of the courses taken
at Western must be at the junior-senior level to meet one
of the University's degree requirements. Only grades of C
(2.0) or higher satisfy requirements for the major.
Download the Eight-Semester Plan (Word)
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Minor
in Philosophy
18
hours: PHIL 102, 230, and 12 hours of electives selected from junior-senior
Philosophy/Religion courses.
Minor in Religion
The
minor requires 18 hours, including PAR 105, 106, and
either PAR 202 or PAR 312 and 9 hours of electives selected
from junior-senior Philosophy
and Religion courses or ANTH 365; ART
306; ENG 390, 420, 440; HIST 311, 313, 375, 412, 455. |
