2023-24 Undergraduate Catalog

Sep 16, 2024

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2023-24 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Social Philosophy [SPHI]

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For more information, go to the Philosophy Department .

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

Judge and interpret texts critically
Construct and write logical philosophical arguments
Identify and classify the significant conceptual and ethical dimensions of diversity, pluralism and marginality
Interpret and identify major works of the global canon of philosophy

For more information, visit the Philosophy Department .

A. Required Courses: 18 credit hours

100-level courses: 9 credit hours

PHI 100 - Introduction to Philosophy (3 cr. hr.)
Select one course from the following:
PHI 135 - Introduction to Ethics (3 cr. hr.)
PHI 140 - Prejudice, Discrimination and Morality (3 cr. hr.)
Select one course from the following:
PHI 110 - Critical Thinking and Argumentation (3 cr. hr.)
PHI 111 - Symbolic Logic (3 cr. hr.)
PHI 160 - Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies (3 cr. hr.)
PHI 170 - Philosophical Meditations (1 cr. hr.) (must be taken 3 times)

200-level courses: 9 credit hours

PHI 201 - Ancient Social Philosophy (3 cr. hr.)
PHI 202 - Modern Philosophy (3 cr. hr.)
Select one course from the following:
PHI 205 - Prisons and Punishment (3 cr. hr.)
PHI 240 - Social and Political Philosophy (3 cr. hr.)
PHI 270 - Race and Racism (3 cr. hr.)
PHI 271 - Philosophy of Human Nature (3 cr. hr.)

B. Additional Hours in Philosophy: 15 credit hours

Choose any PHI course at the 300-level and above.

Total Credit Hours Required for Graduation: 120

Students are also encouraged in their course of study to include a minor of 15-21 credit hours

Example of the B.A. in Social Philosophy over four years

General Education (GE); Foreign Language

First Year Fall

COR 101 - The Cortland Experience: A First Year Seminar (1 cr. hr.)
PHI 100 - Introduction to Philosophy (3 cr. hr.)
PHI 110 - Critical Thinking and Argumentation (3 cr. hr.)
CPN 100 - Writing Studies I (3 cr. hr.)
GE course (3 cr. hr.)
Elective (3 cr. hr.)

Total credit hours for semester 16

First Year Spring

PHI 135 - Introduction to Ethics (3 cr. hr.)
CPN 101 - Writing Studies II (3 cr. hr.)
GE course (3 cr. hr.)
GE course (3 cr. hr.)
Foreign language 101 (3 cr. hr.)

Total credit hours for semester 15

Second Year Fall

PHI 201 - Ancient Social Philosophy (3 cr. hr.)
GE course (3 cr. hr.)
GE course (3 cr. hr.)
Foreign language 102 (3 cr. hr.)
Elective (3 cr. hr.)

Total credit hours for semester 15

Second Year Spring

PHI 202 - Modern Philosophy (3 cr. hr.)
PHI 271 - Philosophy of Human Nature (3 cr. hr.)
GE course (3 cr. hr.)
GE course (3 cr. hr.)
Foreign language 201 (3 cr. hr.)

Total credit hours for semester 15

Third Year Fall

PHI 301 - Philosophy of the Aztecs, Maya, Incas (3 cr. hr.)
PHI 330 - Philosophies of Nonviolence (3 cr. hr.)
Elective (3 cr. hr.)
Elective (3 cr. hr.)
Elective (3 cr. hr.)

Total credit hours for semester 15

Third Year Spring

PHI 380 - Feminist Social Thought (3 cr. hr.)
Elective (3 cr. hr.)
Elective (3 cr. hr.)
Elective (3 cr. hr.)
Elective (3 cr. hr.)

Total credit hours for semester 15

Fourth Year Fall

PHI 382 - Marxist Philosophy (3 cr. hr.)
Elective (3 cr. hr.)
Elective (3 cr. hr.)
Elective (3 cr. hr.)
Elective (3 cr. hr.)

Total credit hours for semester: 15

Fourth Year Spring

PHI 399 - Directed Study in Philosophy (3 cr. hr.)
Elective (3 cr. hr.)
Elective (3 cr. hr.)
Elective (3 cr. hr.)
Elective (3 cr. hr.)

Total credit hours for semester 15

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