Philosophy, B.S.

Philosophy (from Greek, meaning "love of wisdom"), in its simplest definition, is the study of existence, reason, knowledge, values, and the mind.Students will study and examine rival views on morality, economic justice, political philosophy, the existence of God, and theories of knowledge.The B.S. program in Philosophy is designed to accommodate students who want to concentrate in philosophy.The program is designed to engage the student in an examination of the chief rival philosophical approaches to life (including their historical, cultural, social, and practical imports); to develop within the student an enlarged capacity for logical, reflective, coherent reasoning; and to encourage the student to work out a conceptual framework for their life commitment.The program is preparatory for advanced training in other fields, such as law, education, international relations, statecraft, intellectual history, and philosophy.Philosophy literally means “the love of wisdom”, and philosophers engage with a vast range of subject areas such as metaphysics (the nature of reality) epistemology (the study of knowledge), value theory (ethics, political philosophy, aesthetics), and logic (reasoning and arguments).

Completed the equivalent of a U.S. secondary school and have not earned a university degree equivalent to a US bachelor's degree.