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Bachelor of Science in Philosophy/Course 24-1

General Institute Requirements (GIRs)
Subjects
Science Requirement
6
Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Requirement [three subjects can be satisfied by subjects in the Departmental Program (for the field of concentration)]
8
Restricted Electives in Science and Technology (REST) Requirement
2
Laboratory Requirement
1
Total GIR Subjects Required for SB Degree
17
Communication Requirement
 
The program includes a Communication Requirement of 4 subjects:
2 subjects designated as Communication Intensive in Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (CI-H); and 2 subjects designated as Communication Intensive in the Major (CI-M).
 
PLUS Departmental Program
Units
Subject names below are followed by credit units and by prerequisites, if any (corequisites in italics).
All subjects at the 200 level other than 24.222, 24.241 and 24.260 have as a prerequisite one previous philosophy subject.
Required Subjects(1) 72
One HASS-D philosophy subject(2)  
One History of Philosophy subject:  
24.01 Classics in Western Philosophy, 12, HASS-D, CI-H
 
24.201 Topics in the History of Philosophy, 12, HASS, CI-M
 
One Knowledge and Reality subject:  
24.09 Minds and Machines, 12, HASS-D, CI-H  
24.111 Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics, 12, HASS  
24.211 Theory of Knowledge, 12, HASS  
24.215 Topics in the Philosophy of Science, 12, HASS  
24.221 Metaphysics, 12, HASS  
24.251 Introduction to Philosophy of Language, 12, HASS  
24.253 Philosophy of Mathematics, 12, HASS  
24.280 Foundations of Probability, 12, HASS  
One Value subject:
 
24.02 Moral Problems and the Good Life, 12, HASS-D, CI-H
 
24.04J Justice, 12, HASS-D, CI-H  
24.06J Bioethics, 12, HASS-D, CI-H  
24.120 Moral Psychology, 12, HASS, CI-M  
24.209 Philosophy in Film and Other Media, 12, HASS  
24.213 Philosophy of Film, 12, HASS  
24.222 Decisions, Games and Rational Choice, 12, HASS  
24.231 Ethics, 12, HASS, CI-M  
24.235J Philosophy of Law, 12, HASS  
24.237 Feminist Theory, 12, HASS, CI-M  
24.261 Philosophy of Love in the Western World, 12, HASS  
24.262 Feeling and Imagination in Art, Science and Technology, 12, HASS  
24.263 The Nature of Creativity, 12, HASS  
24.264 Film as Visual and Literary Mythmaking, 12, HASS  
24.265 Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Arts, 12, HASS  
One Logic subject:  
24.118 Paradox and Infinity, 12, HASS  
24.241 Logic I, 12, HASS  
24.242 Logic II, 12, HASS  
24.243 Classical Set Theory, 12, HASS  
24.244 Modal Logic, 12, HASS  
and
24.260 Topics in Philosophy(3), 12, HASS, CI-M

 
Restricted Electives
45-60
A coherent program of five additional subjects, of which two must be in
philosophy.
To satisfy the requirement that students take two CI-M subjects, students must take one of: 24.120, 24.201, 24.231 or 24.237, and 24.260.  
Departmental Program Units That also Satisfy the GIRs
(36)
Unrestricted Electives
84-99
Total Units Beyond the GIRs Required for SB Degree
180
No subject can be counted both as part of the 17-subject GIRs and as part of the 180 units required beyond the GIRs. Every subject in the student's departmental program will count toward one or the other, but not both.
Notes
 
(1) No more than four of the total number of philosophy subjects for the major may be HASS-D philosophy subjects. At least three of the total number of philosophy courses must be at the 200 level or above.
(2) May not also satisy the departmental distribution requirement in philosophy.
(3) Prerequisite: two subjects in philosophy.
For an explanation of credit units, or hours, please refer to the Subject Key in Part 3 of this Bulletin.

 

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