Boris DeWiel, Associate Professor and Coordinating Committee Chair
Paul Bowles, Professor Emeritus (Economics)
Jacqueline Holler, Professor (Global and International Studies)
Kevin Hutchings, Professor (English)
Philosophy is the oldest academic discipline taught at a university. From a functional point of view, philosophy is synonymous with critical thinking. From a formal point of view, it is a body of knowledge answering three questions: what is it (ontology)?; what good is it (axiology)?; and, how do you know it (epistemology)?
Minor in Philosophy
A minor in philosophy requires students to take PHIL 205-3 or POLS 270-3 and PHIL 305-3 or POLS 370-3 in addition to 12 credit hours chosen from courses listed below for a total of 18 credit hours. At least 12 credit hours must be at the 300 or 400 level.
A maximum of four courses (12 credit hours) used to fulfill program requirements for a major or another minor may also be used to fulfill requirements for a minor in Philosophy.
Required
| PHIL 205-3 | Introduction to the History of Philosophy |
| or POLS 270-3 | Political Philosophy: Antiquity to Early Modernity |
| PHIL 305-3 | History of Philosophy: Early Modernity to Post-Modernity |
| or POLS 370-3 | Political Philosophy: Early Modernity to Post-Modernity |
Four of the following:
| ANTH 401-3 | Anthropological Perspectives on Inequality |
| ANTH 405-3 | Landscapes, Place and Culture |
| ANTH 406-3 | Feminist Perspectives in Anthropology |
| COMM 332-3 | Business and Professional Ethics |
| CPSC 141-3 | Discrete Computational Mathematics |
| ENGL 200-3 | Gender and Literary Theory |
| ENGL 300-3 | The History of Literary Criticism and Theory |
| ENGL 400-3 | Contemporary Theory |
| ENVS 414-3 | Environmental and Professional Ethics |
| FNST 303-3 | First Nations Religion and Philosophy |
| FNST 304-3 | Indigenous Environmental Philosophy |
| HIST 300-3 | Historiography: The Nature of the Historical Discipline |
| HIST 311-3 | History of Feminism |
| or WMST 311-3 | History of Feminism |
| MATH 224-3 | Foundations of Modern Mathematics |
| PHIL 202-3 | Comparative Religion |
| PHIL 302-3 | Philosophy of Religion |
| PHIL 400-3 | Classics in Philosophy |
| PHIL 472-3 | Philosophical Research Seminar |
| POLS 372-3 | Theories of Justice |
| POLS 413-3 | Democracy and Diversity |
| POLS 427-3 | Ethics and Public Affairs |
| POLS 472-3 | Seminar in Political Philosophy |
| WMST 411-3 | Contemporary Feminist Theories |
Updated: December 4, 2024