Philosophy
The Associates of Arts degree with a field of study in Philosophy is designated for students planning to transfer to a baccalaureate degree in Philosophy or Liberal Arts at four-year institutions. The curriculum includes general academic courses and electives that enable students who intend to major or minor in Philosophy to transfer to four-year institutions with substantial course work completed.
Completing a Philosophy program can expand opportunities in teaching, law school, and other related areas while teaching lifetime skills of analysis and multicultural reasoning. The Philosophy program has a foreign language requirement attached to it that will complete most four-year institution requirements.
For printable degree plan for this program, please click HERE.
| Core Curriculum (45 Credits) |
| FIRST SEMESTER | |
| SPCH 1311 Introduction to Speech Communication or SPCH 1315 or SPCH 1318 or SPCH 1321 | 3 |
| HIST 1301 United States History I or HIST 2327 | 3 |
| ENGL 1301 Composition | 3 |
| COSC 1301 Microcomputer Applications | 3 |
| *Kinesiology Elective - Field of Study | 1 |
| SECOND SEMESTER | |
| HIST 1302 United States History II or HIST 2328 | 3 |
| ENGL 1302 Composition II-Rhetoric | 3 |
| Mathematics Elective - Core Curriculum | 3 or 4 |
| PHIL 1301 Introduction to Philosophy | 3 |
| Visual & Performing Arts Elective- Core Curriculum | 3 |
| THIRD SEMESTER | |
| GOVT 2301 American Government I | 3 |
| PHIL 2303 Introduction to Logic | 3 |
| PHIL 2306 Introduction to Ethics | 3 |
| Natural Sciences Elective- Core Curriculum | 4 |
| *Modern Language or Humanities Elective-Field of Study | 3 |
| FOURTH SEMESTER | |
| GOVT 2302 American Government II | 3 |
| PHIL 2307 Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy | 3 |
| Natural Sciences Elective- Core Curriculum | 4 |
| Social & Behavioral Science Elective-Core Curriculum | 3 |
| *Modern Language or Humanities Elective-Field of Study | 3 |
*Courses to be chosen from Field of Study
***Please refer to catalog for course prerequisites
| Total credits 60 |