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This recommended graduation plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees on time. These plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Academic Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree.
NOTE: This recommended Graduation Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2024-2025 academic year.
CRWT Placement
CRWT 101 to CRWT 102
CRWT 101S to CRWT 102S
Math Placement
MATH 021/022 to MATH 104-121
NOTE: CRWT and MATH courses are determined by placement testing and should be taken following the sequence above. HGS School Core Language Proficiency Requirement and Placement.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- School Core: Language I* (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH HG1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR HUMANITIES & GLOBAL STUDIES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- School Core: Language II* (HRS 4)
- Major (required) and Gen Ed: QUANTITATIVE REASONING – PHIL 106 - INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC+ (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Major (required) and Gen Ed: GLOBAL AWARENESS – PHIL 201 - WORLD WISDOM TRADITIONS+ WI (HRS 4)
- School Core: Language III* (HRS 4)
- Major: PHIL 143 - LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP IN PHILOSOPHY (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH HG2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR HUMANITIES & GLOBAL STUDIES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Major: PHIL 321 - PHILOSOPHY OF ART AND BEAUTY (HRS 4)
- Major: PHIL 233 - ETHICS (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH HG3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR HUMANITIES & GLOBAL STUDIES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Major: PHIL 236 - HISTORY OF SOCIAL THOUGHT (HRS 4)
- Major: PHIL 210 - EXISTENTIALISM (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (Applied Ethics Certificate, or minor, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (Applied Ethics Certificate, or minor, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Study Abroad Elective** (HRS 4)
- Study Abroad Elective** (HRS 4)
- Study Abroad Elective** (HRS 4)
- Study Abroad Elective** (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- Major: PHIL 328 - BIOETHICS (HRS 4)
- Major: Major (required, choose 1): PHIL 310 - REALITY AND KNOWLEDGE, or PHIL 307 - PSYCHOLOGY OF YOGA, or PHIL 304 - SELF-GROWTH: PHILOSOPHIES OF SELF-CARE (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: 200/300 level PHIL◊ course
- Major (required): CAPSTONE (PHIL 400 Independent Study in Philosophy) WI (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Total Credits Required: 128 credits GPA: 2.0
General Education courses can be done in any order with the exception of INTD 101, CRWT and MATH. Those three general education courses will need to be done first. First Year Seminar is taken in the first semester. Failure to complete CRWT and MATH will result in a hold when the student hits 64 credits. The following general education courses can be done in any order. For more info on these courses, please visit the General Education program requirements website in the College Catalog:
Social Science Inquiry (+W)
Scientific Reasoning
Historical Perspectives (+W)
Studies in the Arts and Humanities (+W)
Global Awareness (+W)
Distribution Category (Outside of HGS)
Distribution Category
+W: Students transferring in with 48 or more credits are waived from these general education requirements.
Note: 5 writing intensive (WI) courses required: Critical Reading and Writing II and Studies in Arts and Humanities; the other three courses are taken in the major.
* Entering Language courses at the 300 Level indicates fulfillment of the school core language requirement.
+ Two courses may double count in General Education and Major
**The Philosophy major strongly recommends a Study Abroad but does not require one.
◊ Up to 3 courses from outside PHIL can count into the major, including any of these courses: Africana Studies (AFST 208); Anthropology (ANTH 235); ; History (HIST 277 and 289); Law and Society (LAWS 210); Literature (LITR 268 and 306); Political Science (POLI 206).).
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