Philosophy and Religion, BA

Requirements for the Combined Philosophy and Religion Major

Requirements for the Major (42 hours)*

As a combined major, you’ll ground yourself in both disciplines, exploring the relation between philosophical and religious conceptions of knowledge, self, community and world.

• RL 381 - Theory and Method in the Study of Religion Min Units: 3

• Two History of Philosophy courses from the following list (6 credits):

  • PL 311 - History of Ancient Philosophy, Min Units: 3   
  • PL 313 - Early Modern Philosophy, Min Units 3  
  • PL 300-level courses surveying 19th-20th C. philosophy

  One Value Theory course form the following list (3 credits):

  • PL 345 - Contemporary Social and Political Philosophy, Min Units 3  
  • PL 348 - Philosophy of Feminism, Min Units 3  
  • PL 360 - Ethics, Min Units 3  
  • PL 363 - Biomedical Ethics, Min Units 3  
  • PL 380 - Topics of Ethics, Min Units 3  

  Courses at the intersection of philosophy & religion from the following list (12 credits):

  • PL 342 - Philosophy of Religion, Min Units 3  
  • PL 343 - Philosophy of Science, Min Units 3  
  • PL 346 - Philosophy of Mind, Min Units 3  
  • PL 347 - Existentialism, Min Units 3  
  • RL 348 - Religion, Politics, and the Marketplace, Min Units 3   
  • RL 370 - Modern Religious Thought, Min Units 3  
  • RL 372 - Mysticism, Min Units 3  
  • RL 378 - Religion and Science Fiction, Min Units 3  
  • RL 379 - Christian Concepts of God, Min Units 3  
  • RL 382 - Christian Liberation Theologies, Min Units 3  
  • RL 384 - Ecotheology, Min Units 3  
  • RL 387 - Evil in Christian and Jewish Thought, Min Units 3  

   

• TI 250-RL - Religions of the World Min Units: 3
• PL 410 - Seminar in Philosophy Min Units: 3

• Additional PL and RL electives (12 credits)**

  *In consultation with advisors, majors will attempt to roughly balance the number of RL and PL courses, taking a minimum of 18 credit hours in each.

  **No more than 6 of these 12 credits may be satisfied with courses below the 300 level.