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Philosophy
Overview
Official Name of Program
Philosophy
Plan Code
PHILO-BA
Department(s) Sponsoring Program
History, Philosophy, and Anthropology
Career
Undergraduate
Degree Designation
BA - Bachelor of Arts
HEGIS Code
1509.00
NYSED Program Code
35595 - PHILO-BA
CIP Code
38.0101
The philosophy program seeks first and foremost to show all students, as an essential element of the liberating objective of general education, the unexamined assumptions in all their studies, and to introduce them to the tradition of exploring and criticizing those assumptions. Philosophy courses explore basic ideas in natural sciences, behavioral and social sciences, the arts, and religion. In learning the methods of the philosophical tradition, students will develop their powers of logical thought and coherent expression, which will assist them in other studies, in the pursuit of careers, and in the exercise of the human rights of citizenship and of full participation in the arts and sciences of contemporary cultural life. Majors will learn to engage in sustained analyzes of a variety of issues, preparing them for graduate studies in philosophy, professional schools, etc.
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