Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy

The ReligionPhilosophy Department at the University of La Verne offers students the opportunity to explore the historical and global development of ideas that have formed cultures and individual world views throughout human history.
Religion courses involve students in seeing religion and religious values from an academic perspective. Philosophy courses challenge students to look seriously at the philosophical traditions which have formed the bases of human intellectual development. The Inter-faith minor encourages students to understand and appreciate the religiously pluralist world in which we live. In all courses, the emphasis is upon critical thinking and evaluation of a broad range of views with the goal of refining one’s own perspectives.

Students must have official high school transcripts.

TOEFL - 80 iBT or higher, 550 pBT or higher; IELTS - 6.5 overall band score or higher; SAT - 460 or higher on the evidence-based reading and writing section of the SAT; ACT - 19 or higher on the English section of the ACT; ELS - Satisfactory completion of ELS 112; Duolingo English Test 105 or higher; Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) - Advanced score of 176 or higher; Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE) Score of 53 or higher.