Eight courses including:

• PHI 230 Logic or PHI 385 Intro. to Formal Logic and Compution Theory
• PHI 241 History of Philosophy I: Ancient Greek Philosophy  
• PHI 242 History of Philosophy II: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
• PHI 343 History of Philosophy III: Early Modern and 19th Century Philosophy 
• PHI 344 20th Century Philosophy
• A 400-level course (other than PHI 499) 
• Two elective courses in philosophy
• Four courses must be upper division

In addition to a major and minor in philosophy, the philosophy department also offers a cross-disciplinary major in conjunction with the computer science department emphasizing areas of interest in which philosophy and computer science overlap: logic, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language. The purpose of the major is to augment the technical skills of a computer scientist with the creativity and liberal arts perspective of a philosopher. The result is a degree that is very marketable in industry and that provides an excellent logical and philosophical background for those wishing to pursue graduate study in philosophy. See course listing on page 149 of student catalog.

Admission to the philosophy honors program is by recommendation of the philosophy faculty. Such recommendations will be made at the end of the junior year. The program will consist of an honors thesis on an approved topic of the student’s choice that involves research above the course level, and a defense of this thesis before the faculty of the department.

Five courses, including two from

• PHI 241, 242, 343, and 344.