Philosophy, Minor

3 hours

15 hours, and 9 hours must be PHIL courses

18 hours

This course provides students with an investigation into the various ways philosophy begins with wonder, examining philosophy’s fundamental questions, key personalities, and/or historical developments. No prerequisites.

What even is “thinking,” and what makes a thought distinctively “critical” compared to an ordinary thought? How does thinking take shape in aphorisms, arguments, and essays? This course introduces students to techniques in basic reasoning, dialogue, logic, formal argument, informal fallacies, and forms of critical theory. No prerequisites.

This course examines the connection between society and the environment over time and cross-culturally. It addresses a number of contemporary environmental problems and concerns, including food production, population growth, toxic chemicals and air/water pollutants, natural resource extraction, and climate change. Finally, the course introduces and contemplates solutions to the current environmental issues facing society now and in the future.