Certificate in Philosophy

Overview

Requirements

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
PHIL 302	Philosophy of Art	3
PHIL 252	Ethics	3
	or
PHIL 352	Ethics	3
PHIL 304/REL 304	Philosophy of Religion	3
REL 330	History of Christian Thought	3
Total Credit Hours:		12

Outcomes

Students will:

1. Students will begin to grasp a broad outline of the history of philosophy
2. Students will begin to see ways in which philosophy and religion might overlap, challenge, reinforce, and/or refine one another
3. Students will begin to appreciate how philosophical principles might relate to daily life and ethics
4. Students will be introduced to a philosophical tradition that includes questions surrounding not only truth (epistemology/ontology) and goodness (ethics) but also beauty (aesthetics)