Certificate in Philosophy

Overview

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)