Program Requirements
- Total Units Required: 18 units
- 9 units must be taken at the 3000 level
- 3 units must be taken at the 4000 level
- Grade Requirement: C– or higher; Pass/No Pass grades do not count toward the minor requirements.
Required Courses
Philosophy of Science Specialization
Students must take the courses listed below to complete the Philosophy of Science minor.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| PHIL 1000 | Logic and Critical Analysis | 3 |
| PHIL 1010 | Introduction to Scientific Reasoning | 3 |
| PHIL 3130 | Philosophy of Science | 3 |
| Total Units | 9 | |
Core Requirements
Students must also complete 3 units from each of the following two core areas:
- Contemporary/Analytic
- Historical Philosophy
The courses that will satisfy each core area are listed below. Courses cannot count toward more than one core area requirement.
Contemporary/Analytic (3 units)
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| PHIL 3000 | Philosophy of Medicine | 3 |
| PHIL 3020 | Philosophy of Language | 3 |
| PHIL 3091 | Theory of Knowledge | 3 |
| PHIL 3100 | Philosophy of Mind | 3 |
| PHIL 3110 | Mind and Morals | 3 |
| PHIL 3140 | Philosophy of Biology | 3 |
| PHIL 3150 | Philosophy of Religion | 3 |
| PHIL 3250 | Introduction to Metaphysics | 3 |
| PHIL 3310 | Philosophy of Emotions | 3 |
| PHIL 3320 | Art and the Mind-Brain | 3 |
Historical Philosophy (3 Units)
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| CLASSICS 3800 | Ancient Greek and Roman Medicine | 3 |
| PHIL 3240 | Ancient Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 3260 | Descartes to Hume | 3 |
| PHIL 3290 | Kant and 19th-Century Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 3300 | Conceptual Foundations of Modern Science | 3 |
| PHIL 3340 | Existentialism | 3 |
Upper-Level Requirement
Students must take 3 units of 4000-level philosophy courses. The list of courses below is not exhaustive, but it includes the majority of regular 4000-level offerings.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| PHIL 4100 | Formal Methods for Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 4120 | Advanced Epistemology | 3 |
| PHIL 4130 | Advanced Metaphysics | 3 |
| PHIL 4180 | Topics in Advanced Philosophy of Science: | 3 |
| PHIL 4230 | Topics in Ethics | 3 |
| PHIL 4240 | Metaethics | 3 |
| PHIL 4250 | Normative Ethical Theory | 3 |
| PHIL 4280 | Topics in the Philosophy of Feminism | 3 |
| PHIL 4311 | Aesthetics | 3 |
| PHIL 4321 | Advanced Social and Political Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 4340 | Plato | 3 |
| PHIL 4360 | Hellenistic Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 4370 | Continental Rationalism | 3 |
| PHIL 4380 | 17th & 18th Century British Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 4420 | Kant's Critique of Pure Reason | 3 |
| PHIL 4460 | Topics in the History of Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 4490 | History of Analytic Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 4500 | Topics in Analytic Philosophy | 3 |
Additional Information
- No course can count toward more than one requirement.
- Summer courses do not count toward the major or minor absent approval from the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
- Study abroad credits can count toward a Philosophy of Science minor with specific course-by-course approval from the Director of Undergraduate Studies. At most, 3 credits from one semester abroad and 6 credits from two semesters abroad can count toward the minor. Of these approved courses, at most one can count toward the 3000-level distribution requirements. No courses taken abroad can count toward the 4000-level requirement
Visit the Philosophy page
for additional information about this program.
Contact Info
| Phone: | 314-935-6670 |
| Email: | philosophy@wustl.edu |
| Website: | http://philosophy.artsci.wustl.edu |