The Minor in Philosophy

Course Requirements for the Minor: 18 units

The following courses, or their approved transfer equivalents, are required of all candidates for this minor.

2 courses required:

SUBJ NUM	Title	Units	Semester Offered
PHIL 201	History of Ancient Philosophy	3.0	FS
Western philosophical thought from the pre-Socratics through Stoicism, including movements and figures such as Pythagoreanism, Plato, Aristotle, and Epicureanism. 3 hours lecture. (007181)
PHIL 302	History of Modern Philosophy	3.0	FA
Western philosophical thought from the Renaissance through Kant, including Bacon, Hobbes, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, and Hume. 3 hours lecture. (007182)

It is strongly recommended, but not required, that the above courses be taken in sequence.

1 course selected from:

SUBJ NUM	Title	Units	Semester Offered
PHIL 303	History of 19th Century Philosophy	3.0	FS
Western philosophical thought from Kant through the twentieth century, including the phenomenological and analytic traditions in western philosophy. 3 hours lecture. (007183)
PHIL 304	Analytic Philosophy	3.0	SP
Study of central figures in analytic philosophy, including Wittgenstein, Quine, Davidson, and Kripke, emphasizing philosophy of language and philosophy of mind. 3 hours seminar. (007203)
PHIL 305	Continental Philosophy	3.0	FA
The phenomenological movement and its impact on philosophy, literature, and psychology, with attention to Husserl's views on mind, body, and intersubjectivity and Heidegger's ideas of being-in-the-world, authenticity, and death. 3 hours seminar. (007204)
PHIL 306	American Philosophy	3.0	FS
A study of the major philosophic movements which have originated in the United States or had a significant impact on its institutions and culture. 3 hours discussion. (007174)

9 units selected from:

Any upper-division philosophy (PHIL) courses selected in consultation with the Philosophy Department advisor.