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Catalog 2019-2020

Philosophy and Religious Studies

Teaching Faculty

Faculty contacts: Gorvine and Schmidt

Description

The major in Philosophy and Religious Studies allows students to employ the literature and approaches of both fields to gain an understanding of topics, issues, and questions that historically are of common concern between practitioners, major historical figures, and contemporary scholars in both fields. Philosophy and the study of religion grow out of the human search for wisdom, especially as regards questions of who we are, how we should live, what is ultimately true, whether and where ultimate purpose can be found, and the distinctness or identity of the sacred and the mundane.Ìý The joint major engages students in the exploration of these and similar topics from the vantage point of scholarship across both disciplines.

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Major in Philosophy and Religious Studies

10 courses distributed as follows:

  • Ìý no fewer than four courses in philosophyÌý
  • Ìý 2 must be chosen fromÌý
    Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý PHIL 285Ìý Ancient PhilosophyÌý
    Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý PHIL 302Ìý Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century PhilosophyÌý
    Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý PHIL 306Ìý Nineteenth Century Philosophy Ìý
  • Ìý No fewer than four courses in religious studiesÌý
  • Ìý PHIL/RELI 370Ìý Faith and Reason Ìý(may be counted towards the four courses in either philosophy or religious studies)Ìý
  • Ìý 1 course from the following:Ìý
    Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý PHIL 487Ìý Senior Major Seminar Ìý
    Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý PHIL 497 ÌýSenior Thesis Ìý
    Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý RELI 497Ìý Senior Colloquium
  • At most 2 of the 10 courses may be at the 100-level

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Senior Capstone Experience

Successful completion of PHIL 487 Senior Major Seminar or PHIL 497 Senior Thesis or RELI 497 Senior Colloquium.

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