Undergraduate Catalog 2022-2023

Philosophy and Religion (BA)

 

Bachelor of Arts Degree

General Education

Category I: The Individual (9 to 11 hours)

IA: Rhetoric

   

ENGL 1101

           

Rhetoric and Composition

3

IB: Mathematical Reasoning

   

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3 to 4

IC: Critical Thinking 

   

PHIL 1101

           

Introduction to Philosophy*

3

ID: Scientific Method

   

 

           

Choose course from approved list

0 to 1

Category II: Western Civilization (15 hours)

IIA: Freshman Composition

   

ENGL 1102

           

Literature and Composition

3

IIB: Speaking

   

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

IIC: Social and Behavioral Sciences 

                 

Choose course from approved list

3

IID: Humanities 

   

 

         

Choose course from approved list 

 3

IIE: Government 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose course from approved list 

3

Category III: World Citizen (12 hours)

IIIA: Modern Language

   

 

           

Choose sequence from approved list

6

IIIB: History of Other Cultures

   

RELG 1101

           

Religions of the World*

3

IIIC: Fine Arts

   

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

 Category IV: The Natural World (6 to 9 hours)

 IVA: Natural Science

   

 

           

Choose course from approved list

6 to 9

Category V: Ethical Perspectives (3 hours)

VA: Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics 

   

PHRG 3305

 
   

Ethics*

3

 Category VI: Institutional Requirement (1 hour)

VIA: First-Year Experience

   

PDMT 1101

           

Introduction to University Life and
the Liberal Arts Tradition

1

Total Credit Hours:37-42

Students who enter with fewer than 24 semester credit hours must satisfy the institutional requirement.

*The courses PHIL 1101RELG 1101, and PHRG 3305 are requirements in the major. The applicable credits are not included in the general education total.

Philosophy and Religion Core*

*The courses PHIL 1101, RELG 1101, and PHRG 3305 are requirements in the major and also meet general education requirements.
PHIL 1101Introduction to Philosophy

3

PHIL 1102Critical Thinking

3

RELG 1101Religions of the World

3

 

PHIL 4499Senior Seminar in Philosophy

3

OR

RELG 4499Senior Seminar in Religion

3

 

PHRG 3305Ethics

3

 

RELG 2221Introduction to the Old Testament

3

OR

RELG 2222Introduction to the New Testament

3

Total Credit Hours:18

Concentrations

Students must select one of the following concentrations:

Total Credit Hours:18

Philosophy Concentration

Students must complete 18 hours of concentration courses from the following list:

PHIL 2201History of Philosophy I - Ancient and Medieval

3

PHIL 2202History of Philosophy II - Modern and Contemporary

3

PHIL 2210Symbolic Logic

3

PHIL 3301Metaphysics

3

PHIL 3303Epistemology

3

PHIL 4400Special Topics

3

PHIL 4499Senior Seminar in Philosophy

3

PHRG 3325Environmental Ethics

3

PHRG 4425Philosophy of Religion

3

Religion Concentration

Students must complete 18 hours of concentration courses from the following list:

MUSC 2300Music in the Christian Church

3

PHRG 2205The Good Life: A Global Perspective

3

PHRG 3325Environmental Ethics

3

PHRG 4425Philosophy of Religion

3

RELG 2201Religious Movements in North America

3

RELG 2221Introduction to the Old Testament

3

RELG 2222Introduction to the New Testament

3

RELG 2254History of Christianity

3

RELG 2260Faith and Film

3

RELG 2501Celtic Christianity

3

RELG 3301Introduction to Theology

3

RELG 3303Public Theology

3

RELG 3312Hebrew Prophets

3

RELG 3313Life of Jesus

3

RELG 3314Life and Teachings of Paul

3

RELG 4400Special Topics

3

RELG 4490Independent/Directed Study

3

RELG 4499Senior Seminar in Religion

3

Electives

General Electives

43-48

Total Credit Hours:43-48

Total Credit Hours: 121