The Department of Philosophy offers an undergraduate minor in Philosophy, as well as participating in in the interdisciplinary minors in Bioethics and Cognitive Science.
The Philosophy Minor
The minor in Philosophy requires a minimum of 18 graduation credits, 9 or more of which must be in course work at or above the 300 level and/or in courses requiring at least one prerequisite course) from course work with an A Phi prefix, including at least two of the following:- Phi 110 - Introduction to Philosophical Problems
- Phi 210 - Symbolic Logic
- Phi 212 - Introduction to Ethical Theories; or Phi 326
- Phi 310 - Ancient Philosophy; typically offered only in the Fall semester
- Phi 312 - 17th & 18th Century Philosophy; typically offered only in the Spring semester
The Bioethics Minor
Requirements:
A minimum of 18 graduation credits including one introductory ethics course: either Phi 114L (Morals & Society), Phi 115L (Moral Choices), or Phi 212L (Introduction to Ethical Theory); an introductory course in biology: Bio 102N (General Biological Sciences) or Bio 120 (General Biology I); Phi 338 (Moral Problems in Medicine); 3 credit hours at the 300-level or higher in ethical and/or political theory. Courses in ethical or political theory include: Phi 320 (Political and Social Philosophy), Phi 321 (Seventeenth-Nineteenth-Century Ethical Theory), Phi 326 (Moral Philosophy), Phi 425 (Contemporary Ethical Theory), Phi 474 (Society and Values), R Pos 301 (History of Political Theory I), R Pos 302 (History of Political Theory II ), R Pos 306 (Contemporary Democratic Theory), R Pos 307 (American Political Theory), R Pos 308 (Theorists and Theorizing), and R Pos 310 (Contemporary Political Philosophy).
In addition, students must take 6 credit hours in advanced related courses. Advanced courses are ordinarily at the 300-level or above. However, the biology courses listed below at the 200-level are advanced courses for the purposes of the minor. Many of the courses listed below have pre-requisites. The pre-requisites do not count toward the minor.
Students should be aware that not all courses listed in a department's course offerings are regularly taught. It is the responsibility of the student to find out whether and when a related course will be offered.
Related undergraduate courses include:
- Ant 312/Bio 318 (Human Population Genetics)
- Ant 360 (Social Anthropology)
- Ant 361 (Anthropology & Public Policy)
- Ant 364 (Anthropology of Health and Health Care)
- Ant 365 (Anthropology of New Reproductive Technologies)
- Ant 418 (Biomedical Anthropology)
- Ant 450 (Medical Anthropology)
- Bio 205 (Human Genetics)
- Bio 212 (Introductory Genetics)
- Bio 214 (Genetics II)
- Bio 311N/A Gog 310N/ U Uni 310N (World Food Crisis)
- Eco 381 (Economics of Health Care)
- Phi 417 (Bioethics)
- Psy 385 (Evolutionary Psychology)
- Psy 386 (Psychology of Aging)
- Psy 387 (Behavior Genetics)
- R Crj 405 (Drugs, Crime and Criminal Justice)
- R Crj 428 (Contemporary Legal Issues in Criminal Justice)
- R Pos 328 (Law & Public Policy)
- Soc 359M (Medical Sociology)
Students may use other courses to fulfill the related courses requirement at the discretion of the director of the program.
Seniors are eligible to take 500-level courses. Related courses include:
- Ant 511 (Human Population Biology)
- Ant 512/Bio 519 (Human Population Genetics )
- Ant 516/Epi 501 (Principles and Methods of Epidemiology)
- Ant 517/Epi 502) (Principles and Methods of Epidemiology II)
- Ant 518 (Biomedical Anthropology)
- Bio 511 (Population Genetics)
- Eco 509/Hpm 501) (Introduction to Health Policy and Management)
- Eco 511/Hpm 511) (Economic Analysis for Health Policy and Management)
- Eco 512 (Applications in Health Policy Analysis and Evaluation)
- Phi 505/Pos 502/Pub 502 (Philosophical and Ethical Issues in Public Policy Analysis)
- Phi 506 (Philosophical and Ethical Issues in Public Health)
- Phi 517 (Bioethics)
Faculty:
Director: Bonnie Steinbock
Affiliated Faculty:
- Rachel Cohon, Philosophy
- Diane Dewar, School of Public Health
- Lisa Fuller, Philosophy
- Helen Ghiradella, Biology
- Kristen Hessler, Philosophy
- Helmut Hirsch, Biology
- Kajal Lahiri, Economics
- Jon Mandle, Philosophy
- Ron McClamrock, Philosophy
- David McCaffrey, Public Administration
The Cognitive Science Minor
The minor in Cognitive Science requires 18 Credits, 9 Credits or more of which must be in course work at or above the 300 level and/or in courses requiring a prerequisite. All students must take- Introduction to Cognitive Science (A LIN 301, A PHI 301, or A PSY 301)
- 3 courses from: A CSI 201N, A LIN 321, APHI 210L, A PSY 365
- 6 Credits from the following:
- A CSI 101N, 201N, 210, 310, 409
- A LIN 322, 421, or 421Z, 422
- A PHI 332, 415, 418, 422, 432
- A PSY 210, 211, 381, 382, 382Z
