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Sep 03, 2025
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Xavier University Catalog 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Philosophy, B.A.
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The major in Philosophy is the appropriate course of study for a person intending to pursue graduate study in philosophy, and is an excellent preparation for entry into professional schools, law school and for graduate study in the humanities or social sciences.
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Requirements for the Philosophy Major
Philosophy requirement:
- Included within the major.
Major Requirements:
39 credit hours, as follows 12 hours beyond PHIL 100 (which is not part of the major):
9 hours of History of Philosophy:
15 hours of major electives chosen from:
3 hours of electives, other than any classes fulfilling core curriculum requirements, from one of the following departments:
- Classics and Modern Languages (other than language instruction)
- English
- History
- Theology
Additional Requirements:
- At least one course numbered 300-397 must be a seminar, which may be restricted to students majoring or minoring in Philosophy.
Note(s):
- A 2.000 cumulative average must be attained for all PHIL courses.
- A minimum grade of C is required in PHIL 398.
Departmental Honors Track
Departmental honors enables students who are so inclined to prepare themselves better for graduate study in philosophy, or to pursue a more challenging undergraduate course of study in philosophy. Candidates for departmental honors will have the following requirements, in addition to the standard requirements for the major: Co-requirements: foreign language and mathematics
- Foreign language: by the conclusion of senior year, candidates for departmental honors will have to pass a translation exam in Latin, Greek, French, or German. The exam will allow students two hours to translate one page of a text with the use of a dictionary. The time of the exam and the passage translated will be determined by faculty from the department. This examination does not count for any credit hours.
- Mathematics: candidates for departmental honors will be required to complete at least 6 hours of mathematics; the courses will be determined by their math placement exam upon matriculation to the University. The courses may also fulfill core curriculum requirements.
Honors Thesis:
- To receive departmental honors, a student must receive a minimum grade of B+ on his or her senior thesis.
Written Comprehensive Exam:
- Candidates for departmental honors will take a written comprehensive exam consisting of four questions. One question will come from each course in the student’s nine-hour history of philosophy sequence, and one will come from a course of the student’s own choosing.
TOTAL Minimum Hours Required for Degree: 120 Semester Hours
B. A. Philosophy
This block serves as a guideline for progress toward a degree. See your academic advisor. First Semester
- PHILOSOPHY 100 Intro to Ethics
- ENGLISH 101/115 Composition/Rhetoric
- Foreign Language I
- Creative Perspectives
- CORE 100 First-Year Seminar
- CORE 101
Second Semester
- Scientific Perspectives
- Literature & Moral Imagination
- Foreign Language II
- THEOLOGY 11 Theological Foundations
- Oral Communications Elective
- CORE 102
First Semester
- PHILOSOPHY 200 Philosophical Perspectives
- Mathematical Perspectives
- Historical Perspectives
- Natural Science Elective
- General Elective
Second Semester
- History of Philosophy
- Philosophy Elective
- Social Science Elective
- Theological Perspectives
- Quantitative Reasoning Elective
First Semester
- History of Philosophy
- PHILOSOPHY 311 Symbolic Logic
- Philosophy Elective
- E/RS Elective
- General Elective
Second Semester
- History of Philosophy
- PHILOSOPHY 340 Metaphysics
- Philosophy Elective
- Diversity Curriculum Requirement
- Humanities Elective
First Semester
- Philosophy Elective
- PHILOSOPHY 398 Thesis Review
- Philosophy Seminar
- Humanities Elective
- General Elective
- General Elective
Second Semester
- PHILOSOPHY 399 Thesis Review
- General Elective
- General Elective
- General Elective
Scheduling Notes:
- Consult the “Undergraduate Core Curriculum ” requirements of the Catalog.
- The E/RS Focus Elective requirement may be used to satisfy another element of the core or the major.
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