Philosophy Minor
To earn the Minor in Philosophy, students must complete a minimum of 15 semester hours of course work, with a minimum of 8 credit hours being upper-division Philosophy courses taken at University of Illinois Springfield.
Additionally, students must enroll in at least one course from each of the following areas:
Requirements
| Critical Thinking or Logic | 3-4 | |
| Critical Thinking | ||
| Logic | ||
| Rationality and Moral Choice | ||
| Values (Ethics, Aesthetics, Political Philosophy) | 2-4 | |
| Ethics, Love & Goals of Life | ||
| Contemporary American Political Philosophy | ||
| Feminist Theories | ||
| Philosophy of Art | ||
| Aesthetics | ||
| Moral Theory | ||
| Rationality and Moral Choice | ||
| Moral Values in Political Philosophy | ||
| Topics in Normative Philosophy | ||
| Social Philosophy | ||
| History of Philosophy | 4 | |
| Person, Identity, and Dignity | ||
| Ancient and Medieval Philosophy | ||
| History of Modern Philosophy | ||
| Readings in the History of Philosophy | ||
| Elective (Any class or independent study in philosophy) | 3-4 | |
| Total Hours | 15 | |