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Philosophy, Minor

Â鶹´«Ã½ offers a minor in philosophy that can be completed in 18 credits. 

A philosophy minor helps SLU students with other majors explore their own meaning and purpose as well as the moral and conceptual foundations of their primary fields of study. 

Required Courses
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý1050Introduction to Philosophy: Self and Reality3
´Ç°ùÌý°ä°¿¸é·¡Ìý1700 Ultimate Questions: Philosophy
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý2050Ethics3
Philosophy Electives
Select four 3000 or 4000 level courses.12
Total Credits18

Continuation Standards

Students must have a GPA of 2.00 in philosophy minor coursework to be retained in the minor.

Philosophy Electives 

±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý3250
Philosophy of Religion
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý3300
Philosophy of the Human Person
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý3360
Medical Ethics
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý3380
Business Ethics
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý3400
Ethics & Engineering
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý3420
Environmental and Ecological Ethics
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý3430
Philosophy of Law
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý3450
Disaster Narratives
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý3480
Jewish Life: Bible to Middle Ages
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý3490
Jewish Life: Middle Ages to Modern Times
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý3510
Philosophy in Film
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý3600
Science and Religion
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý3910
Internship
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý3930
Special Topics
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý3980
Independent Study
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý4040
Symbolic Logic
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý4090
Topics in Advanced Logic
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý4120
Topics in Epistemology
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý4150
Philosophy of Science
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý4160
Philosophy and Physics
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý4190
Gender and Science
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý4210
Topics in Metaphysics
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý4260
Philosophy of Mind
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý4280
Biology and Mind
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý4310
Topics in Ethics
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý4320
Feminism and the History of Ethics
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý4350
Survey of Social and Political Philosophy
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý4400
History of Ancient Greek Philosophy
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý4500
Medieval Philosophy
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý4570
Latin Paleography
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý4600
History of Modern Philosophy
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý4720
Topics Continental Philosophy
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý4740
Philosophy of Karl Marx
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý4750
Latin American Philosophy
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý4760
Spanish Philosophy
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý4800
Topics and Movements in Contemporary Philosophy
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý4810
Philosophy of Feminism
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý4820
Philosophy and Race
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý4840
Catholic Social Thought
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý4850
Topics in Philosophical Anthropology
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý4910
Internship
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý4930
Special Topics
±Ê±á±õ³¢Ìý4980
Advanced Independent Study

Students can complete all or part of the philosophy minor at SLU’s campus in Madrid.

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