May 08, 2024  
Xavier University Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 2023-2024 
  
Xavier University Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 2023-2024

Philosophy, Politics and the Public, B.A.


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Philosophy, Politics and the Public Curriculum


Course Requirements


48 Credit Hours

Block Schedule


This block serves as a guideline for progress toward a degree. See your academic advisor.

Freshman Year


First Semester

  • PHIL 100 Ethics as Intro to Philosophy
  • ENGL 115 Rhetoric
  • Language I
  • Historical Perspectives (International or non-Western focus)
  • First Year Seminar
Second Semester

  • PHIL 200 Philosophical Perspectives
  • PPUB 200 Power and the Public (Diversity Flag )
  • Language II
  • THEO 111 Theological Perspectives
  • ECON 200 Microeconomic Principles (Social Science Elective)

Sophomore Year


First Semester

Power and Politics Block

  • HIST 408 Constructing the Public (Seminar) 
  • PPUB 210 Campaigns, Politics, and Media 
  • MATH 156 - General Statistics (Math Perspectives) 
  • Lit and the Moral Imagination
  • Theological Perspectives

Civil Society and Government Block

  • PPUB 246 Civil Society and Government (Oral Flag )
  • One additional course from ECON, HIST, PHIL, POLI, PPUB, or SOCI
  • MATH 156 - General Statistics (Math Perspectives) 
  • Lit and the Moral Imagination
  • Theological Perspectives
Second Semester

Power and Politics Block

  • HIST 300 Writing in Public (Writing Flag) 
  • PPUB 211 Public Policy Practice or POLI 328 Legislative Practice 
  • ECON 201 Macroeconomic Principles 
  • Scientific Perspectives + Lab
  • Creative Perspectives

Civil Society and Government Block

  • PPUB 211 Public Policy Practice or POLI 328 Legislative Practice (Writing Flag)
  • One additional course from ECON, HIST, PHIL, POLI, PPUB, or SOCI
  • ECON 201 Macroeconomic Principles 
  • Scientific Perspectives + Lab
  • Creative Perspectives​

Junior Year


First Semester

  • PHIL 336 Liberalism or PHIL 338 Enlightenment and Revolution
  • HIST 362 Global Cultures and Publics (Humanities Elective) 
  • ECON 307 Empirical Analysis in Economics (Quantitative Reasoning Flag)
  • 2 Free Electives
Second Semester

  • PHIL 337 Responses to Liberalism or PHIL 339 Revolution and its Aftermath
  • Natural Science Elective
  • 3 Free Electives
Summer

Option: Study Abroad Trip

Senior Year


First Semester

  • PPUB 400 PPP Senior Supervision
  • 4 Free Electives
Second Semester

  • PPUB 401 PPP Senior Seminar
  • 4 Free Electives

TOTAL Minimum Hours Required for Degree: 120 Semester Hours


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