2023-2024 BSC Catalog Updated_UG ONLY_FINAL[82]

116 ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
In this process philosophers have also undertaken to examine critically what is
elsewhere taken for granted. They have developed analytical techniques such as various
systems of logic, studies of the nature and limits of the human understanding, and
linguistic analysis.
Collegiate courses in philosophy are invitations to undergraduates to participate in
this intellectual heritage and to develop analytical techniques essential to the
discipline.
Upon completion of the philosophy major, students will be able to
• make appropriate use of scholarly literature relevant to the topic in defense of a
thesis
• sympathetically articulate the views of scholarly literature which present
arguments that run contrary to one’s own thesis
• construct a cogent argument in defense of a thesis
• write in a clear and well-organized manner in defense of a thesis
• speak in a clear and well-organized manner in defense of a thesis
Major Requirements
The following courses are required (9 units):
PL 241
PL 250
PL 251
PL 252
PL 253
PL 470
one 300-level writing reinforcement (WR) course, taken in the junior year
two courses in PL at the 300 or 400 level (except PL 398 and PL 498)
Minor Requirements
The following courses are required (5 units):
PL 250
PL 251
PL 252
one unit in PL at the 300 or 400 level
one elective unit in PL
Graduation with Disciplinary Merit in Philosophy
Philosophy majors may graduate with merit in philosophy by fulfilling the
following requirements:
(1) Complete the requirements for a major in philosophy.
Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2023-2024