Boris DeWiel, Associate Professor and Coordinating Committee Chair
Paul Bowles, Professor Emeritus (Economics)
Jacqueline Holler, Professor (Global and International Studies)
Kevin Hutchings, Professor (English)
Philosophy is the oldest academic discipline taught at a university. From a functional point of view, philosophy is synonymous with critical thinking. From a formal point of view, it is a body of knowledge answering three questions: what is it (ontology)?; what good is it (axiology)?; and, how do you know it (epistemology)?
Minor in Philosophy
A minor in philosophy requires students to take or and or in addition to 12 credit hours chosen from courses listed below for a total of 18 credit hours. At least 12 credit hours must be at the 300 or 400 level.
A maximum of four courses (12 credit hours) used to fulfill program requirements for a major or another minor may also be used to fulfill requirements for a minor in Philosophy.
Required
| Introduction to the History of Philosophy | |
| or | Political Philosophy: Antiquity to Early Modernity |
| History of Philosophy: Early Modernity to Post-Modernity | |
| or | Political Philosophy: Early Modernity to Post-Modernity |
Four of the following:
| Anthropological Perspectives on Inequality | |
| Landscapes, Place and Culture | |
| Feminist Perspectives in Anthropology | |
| Business and Professional Ethics | |
| Discrete Computational Mathematics | |
| Gender and Literary Theory | |
| The History of Literary Criticism and Theory | |
| Contemporary Theory | |
| Environmental and Professional Ethics | |
| First Nations Religion and Philosophy | |
| Indigenous Environmental Philosophy | |
| Historiography: The Nature of the Historical Discipline | |
| History of Feminism | |
| or | History of Feminism |
| Foundations of Modern Mathematics | |
| Comparative Religion | |
| Philosophy of Religion | |
| Classics in Philosophy | |
| Philosophical Research Seminar | |
| Theories of Justice | |
| Democracy and Diversity | |
| Ethics and Public Affairs | |
| Seminar in Political Philosophy | |
| Contemporary Feminist Theories |
Updated: December 4, 2024