Department of Philosophy

Student Learning Outcomes for a Philosophy Major (B.A.):

-Students acquire the skills

- of careful reading and interpretation of philosophical texts
- of writing clear, suc cinct, and well-argued papers
- of responding critically to the ideas advanced by others
- of expressing ideas logically and coherently.

-Students acquire a basic knowledge of the history of Western Philosophy.

-Students are acquainted with at least one non-Western philosophical tradition.

-Students are acquainted with at least one major topic in the contemporary study of philosophy.

-Students demonstrate the ability to write a paper on a philosophical topic on which they have conducted independent research.