Thomas Edison State College | BA in Philosophy Credit Distribution

BA in Philosophy Credit Distribution

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Learner Designed Area of Study (LDAS)

Subject Category	Credits
I. General Education Requirements	60
A. English Composition	6
B. Humanities	12
Must include at least two subject areas
C. Social Sciences	12
Must include at least two subject areas
D. Natural Sciences and Mathematics	12
One college-level mathematics course required	(3)
One computer science course recommended	(3)
Other natural sciences/mathematics	(6)
Must include at least two subject areas
E. General Education Electives	18
II. Area of Study: Philosophy	33
A. Required Courses	21
Introduction to Philosophy	(3)
Logic	(3)
Ethics	(3)
Credits from each of the following three with 6 s.h. in one area:	(12)
Major Field of Philosophy Major Philosophy History of Philosophy
B. Philosophy Electives*	15
LIB-495 Liberal Arts Capstone strongly recommended American Philosophy Analytic Philosophy Aristotle David Hume and the Skeptic Tradition Descartes and the Rationalists Eastern Religion Existentialism and Phenomenology Hegel Heidegger Hellenistic Philosophy History of Ancient Philosophy Kant Locke and the Empiricists Medieval Philosophy Metaphysics Nietzsche Philosophy of Mind Philosophy of Science Plato Political Philosophy Spinoza Theory of Knowledge Theories of Meaning Thomas Aquinas and the Scholastics Western Religion
III. Free Electives	27
Total	120

* This list is a guide. Other philosophy courses may be appropriate for this area of study.

Note: Students planning on graduate work in philosophy are advised to take an appropriate foreign language (i.e., French, German, Greek or Hebrew).

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