Optional Concentrations

Optional Concentrations

Students who major in Philosophy may choose elective courses as they see fit. However, students who wish to pursue a concentration may use their electives to satisfy the requirements for a designated or a self-designed concentration.

Concentration in the Philosophy of Science and Medicine

It is recommended that students who choose this concentration take PHL 211 Formal Logic to satisfy their Logic requirement. In addition, students pursuing this concentration will choose three courses from the following:

PHL 229 Phenomenology
PHL 237 Philosophy of Science
PHL 241 Biomedical Ethics
PHL 246 Environmental Philosophy
PHL 249 Neuroethics
PHL 328/338 Philosophy of Mind
PHL 331/336 Epistemology
PHL 332: Fabric of Reality

Concentration in Ethics, Law, and Justice

It is recommended that students who choose this concentration take PHL 221 Ancient Greek Philosophy to satisfy their History requirement. In addition, students pursuing this concentration will choose three courses from the following:

PHL 105 Conduct & Character or PHL 106 Individual & Society
PHL 227 Philosophy of Feminism
PHL 236 Philosophy & the Arts
PHL 239 Political Philosophy
PHL 241 Biomedical Ethics
PHL 242 Law & Morality
PHL 244/245 Business Ethics
PHL 246 Environmental Philosophy
PHL 249 Neuroethics
PHL 251 Philosophies of China
PHL 258: Coloniality and Catastrophe
PHL 333/334 Ethics

Self-Designed Concentration

In consultation with their advisor and the department chair, students may create their own concentration. Self-designed concentrations will consist of at least three courses unified by a single philosophical concept, theme, or approach. For example, a student might pursue a concentration in Global Philosophy, the History of Philosophy, or Continental Philosophy.