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Certificate in Philosophy

Overview

The certificate in philosophy provides students with training in critical thinking sufficient to understand the value of a certificate in philosophy. 

Requirements

Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
PHIL 302Philosophy of Art

3
PHIL 252Ethics

3
or
PHIL 352Ethics

3
PHIL 304/REL 304Philosophy of Religion

3
REL 330Love, Empire, & Heresy: The Drama of Christian History

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)