Philosophy, BA (New York)

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BA Language Requirements

12 semester hours.

From the catalog

All BA students are required to complete the BA degree language requirements, for a total of 12 semester hours of language study or demonstrated equivalent proficiency, as described in Additional Requirements for BA students. Successful demonstration of proficiency does not reduce total minimum semester hours of study required to earn the BA degree.

Philosophy Required Courses

• PHIL 1115 — Introduction to Logic
• One of:
  • PHIL 2325 — Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought
  • POLS 2325 — Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought
• PHIL 2330 — Modern Philosophy

Philosophy Electives

From the catalog

Complete six PHIL courses, at least three with a designation of 3000 or above and at least one at 4000 or 5000 level except PHIL 5110:

• Choose 24 semester hours from:
  • PHIL 1101 — Introduction to Philosophy
  • PHIL 1102 — Introduction to Contemporary Moral Issues
  • PHIL 1110 — Introduction to Religious Studies
  • PHIL 1111 — Introduction to World Religions
  • PHIL 1130 — Comparative Ethics
  • PHIL 1160 — Introduction to Economic Justice
  • PHIL 1170 — Business, Ethics, and Human Rights
  • PHIL 1180 — Environmental Ethics
  • PHIL 1275 — Hinduism, Buddhism, and Beyond
  • PHIL 1290 — Chinese Philosophy and Religion
  • PHIL 2301 — Philosophical Problems of Law and Justice
  • PHIL 2303 — Social and Political Philosophy
  • PHIL 2395 — Japanese Buddhism
  • PHIL 3343 — Existentialism
  • PHIL 3435 — Moral Philosophy
  • PHIL 3512 — Religion, Race, and Politics
  • PHIL 3822 — Philosophy of Race and Racism
  • PHIL 4901 — Topics in Philosophy Seminar
  • PHIL 4903 — Seminar in Religion

Experiential Liberal Arts Requirement

From the catalog

Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • ANTH 3410 — Ethnographic Field Experience
  • ECON 2350 — Statistics for Economists
  • ENGL 3340 — Technologies of Text
  • ENGL 3381 — The Practice and Theory of Teaching Writing
  • ENGL 3382 — Publishing in the 21st Century
  • ENGL 3400 — Opening the Archive
  • HIST 1120 — Public History, Public Memory
  • HIST 2311 — Colonialism/Imperialism
  • HUSV 1101 — Social Change and Human Services
  • SOCL 2485 — Environment, Technology, and Society

Optional Co-op

From the catalog

Successful completion of EXED 2000 is required for participation in co-op.

• EXED 2000 — Professional Development for Co-op
• One of:
  • COOP 3945 — Co-op Work Experience
  • COOP 3946 — Co-op Work Experience--Half Time
  • COOP 3947 — Co-op Work Experience Abroad--Half Time
  • COOP 3948 — Co-op Work Experience Abroad

Concentrations (choose 1)

Religious Studies

From the catalog

Required courses cannot be used to fulfill other major requirements:

• PHIL 1110 — Introduction to Religious Studies
• PHIL 4903 — Seminar in Religion

• From the catalog

  Complete one of the following not used to fulfill major requirements:

• One of:
  • PHIL 1111 — Introduction to World Religions
  • PHIL 1130 — Comparative Ethics
  • PHIL 1275 — Hinduism, Buddhism, and Beyond
  • PHIL 1280 — Islam: Rituals, Traditions, and Debates
  • PHIL 1285 — Jewish Religion and Culture
  • PHIL 1290 — Chinese Philosophy and Religion
  • PHIL 2395 — Japanese Buddhism
  • PHIL 3343 — Existentialism
  • PHIL 3512 — Religion, Race, and Politics

Substitutions

Possible equivalents for this program — dashed means a suggestion, not a rule, and every substitution needs your advisor's approval:

• PHIL 2325 ↔ POLS 2325 (tier B)

What the tiers mean

Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under philosophy-ba-new-york, and the official page is the authority.