PHILOSOPHY MINOR

 

    Once a student has completed 30 credit hours he or she can apply for the Minor in Philosophy by filing a "Declaration of Minor" form, available in the Office of Student Information and Records, and submitting it to the Director of the Program in Philosophy, (Dr. Jacques Catudal). The Minor in Philosophy requires the approval of both the Director of the Program in Philosophy and the Dean of the college in which the student is enrolled. Please note: substitutions can be made for some of the courses listed below with the approval of the Director of the Program in Philosophy.

 

The Minor requires completion of 8 courses (24 credit hours) in philosophy, as follows:

 

­—either of these—

 

PHIL 105                                Critical Reasoning

PHIL 111                                Beginning Logic

 

­—all four of these—

 

PHIL 101                                Introduction to Philosophy                          

PHIL 211                                Metaphysics-Philosophy of Reality                             

PHIL 221                                Epistemology-Philosophy of Knowledge

PHIL 251                                Ethics-Philosophy of Conduct                          

 

­­—and one of these—

         

PHIL 301                                Business Ethics

PHIL 311                                Computer Ethics

PHIL 315                                Engineering Ethics

PHIL 321                                Biomedical Ethics

 

­­—and one of these—

 

PHIL 231                                Aesthetics              

PHIL 381                                Philosophy in Literature

PHIL 391                                Philosophy of Religion

 

­­—and one of these—

 

PHIL 241                                Social and Political Philosophy

PHIL 351                                Philosophy of Technology

PHIL 361                                Philosophy of Science

PHIL 371                                Philosophy of the Social Sciences

 

 

For more information, please contact Dr. Jacques Catudal, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Philosophy Program, MacAlister Hall, room 5031, telephone: 215.895.2719, e-mail at cat@drexel.edu.