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Major Program - Philosophy/Religious Studies - 39 S.H.

I. Required Courses: 24 S.H.
• PHI 015 Critical Thinking
• PHI 040 Introduction to Ethics
• PHI 060 Into. to Religious Studies
• PHI 110 Comparative Study of Religion
• PHI 130 Oriental Philosophy
• PHI 170 Philosophy of Religion
• PHI 270 Interpretation of Religious Texts
• PHI 381 Senior Seminar in Philosophy and Religion 

II. Restricted Electives: 6 S.H. Select 2 of the following courses:
• PHI 105 Medieval Philosophy
• PHI 116 Ancient Philosophy
• PHI 121 Modern Philosophy: Rationalists/Empiricists
• PHI 136 Kant to Hegel

III. Open Electives: 9 S.H.
Two courses (6 S.H.) must be at the 300 level or above.
• PHI 020 Introduction to Logic
• PHI 030 Introduction to Philosophy
• PHI 080 Business Ethics
• PHI 105 Medieval Philosophy
• PHI 116 Ancient Philosophy
• PHI 121 Modern Philosophy
• PHI 125 Philosophical Aspects of Death & Dying
• PHI 130 Oriental Philosophy
• PHI 136 Kant to Hegel
• PHI 150 History of Scientific Ideas
• PHI 160 Philosophy of Sport
• PHI 210 Medical Ethics
• PHI 230 Philosophy of History
• PHI 235 Topics in Moral Theory
• PHI 240 Philosophy of the Social Sciences
• PHI 241 Philosophy of Mind
• PHI 245 Human Love and Sexual Morality
• PHI 260 Philosophy of Art
• PHI 265 Social & Political Philosophy
• PHI 280 American Philosophy
• PHI 310 Theory of Knowledge
• PHI 330 Philosophy of Science
• PHI 345 Metaphysics
• PHI 350-354 Selected Topics in Philosophy
• PHI 355 Existentialism & Phenomenology
• PHI 375 Philosophy of Language
• PHI 379 Independent Study
• PHI 470 Selected Topics in Philosophy

Concomitant Courses: 15 S.H.
Select courses from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences with the approval of the faculty advisor, including at least two of the following courses:

ANT 165  Islamic Culture
ANT 171  People/Cultures India/S. Asia
ANT 212  Anthropology of Religion
ANT 285  Millenarian Movements
ARH 302  Early Christian & Byzantine Art
ARH 305  Medieval Art
ARH 311  English Cathedrals
ENG 111  Bible as Story and Lit. Source
ENG 122  Current Themes In Literature: The Literature of Peace
ENG 251  Old Testament Literature
ENG 252  New Testament Literature
• HIS 225   History of the Jewish People in Modern Times
HIS 227   History of the Holocaust
HIS 228   History of Religion in America
HIS 256   The Modern Middle East
HIS 325   The Middle Ages
HIS 330   Renaissance and Reformation
SOC 140  Racial and Ethnic Minorities
SOC 210  Religion and Contemporary Society
SOC/ANT 246 Third World Development
SWK 130  Poverty and Social Welfare

**ARH 302, ARH 305, and ARH 311 are offered by the College of Visual and Performing Arts and may count toward satisfaction of the concomitant requirement.

Free Electives: 6 S.H.
Select courses from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. Electives may include courses toward a minor with approval of faculty and minor advisor.