Boris DeWiel, Associate Professor and Coordinating Committee Chair
Jacqueline Holler, Professor (Global and International Studies)
Kevin Hutchings, Professor (English)
Philosophy is the oldest academic discipline taught at a university. From a functional point of view, philosophy is synonymous with critical thinking. From a formal point of view, it is a body of knowledge answering three questions: what is it (ontology)?; what good is it (axiology)?; and, how do you know it (epistemology)?
Minor in Philosophy
A minor in philosophy requires students to take or and or in addition to 12 credit hours chosen from courses listed below for a total of 18 credit hours. At least 12 credit hours must be at the 300 or 400 level.
A maximum of four courses (12 credit hours) used to fulfill program requirements for a major or another minor may also be used to fulfill requirements for a minor in Philosophy.
Required
| Introduction to the History of Philosophy | |
| or | Political Philosophy: Antiquity to Early Modernity |
| History of Philosophy: Early Modernity to Post-Modernity | |
| or | Political Philosophy: Early Modernity to Post-Modernity |
Four of the following:
| Anthropological Perspectives on Inequality | |
| Landscapes, Place and Culture | |
| Feminist Perspectives in Anthropology | |
| Business and Professional Ethics | |
| Discrete Computational Mathematics | |
| Gender and Literary Theory | |
| The History of Literary Criticism and Theory | |
| Contemporary Theory | |
| Environmental and Professional Ethics | |
| First Nations Religion and Philosophy | |
| Indigenous Environmental Philosophy | |
| Historiography: The Nature of the Historical Discipline | |
| History of Feminism | |
| or | History of Feminism |
| Foundations of Modern Mathematics | |
| Comparative Religion | |
| Philosophy of Religion | |
| Classics in Philosophy | |
| Philosophical Research Seminar | |
| Theories of Justice | |
| Democracy and Diversity | |
| Ethics and Public Affairs | |
| Seminar in Political Philosophy | |
| Contemporary Feminist Theories |
Updated: July 4, 2025