Philosophy Department Ethics, Politics, Law Concentration Requirements

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Requirements - Bachelor of Arts Degree - Ethics, Politics, and Law Concentration

Units required for the Major: 40-43

The concentration in Ethics, Politics, and Law is designed as a preparation for the study of law as well as for advanced professional study in applied ethics. It is also intended to give undergraduates a foundation in rational decision-making.. The concentration gives students an understanding of the theories behind moral, political and legal principles as well as training in the process of applying those principles.

A. Required Lower Division Courses (3-6 units)

(3)	PHIL 60	Symbolic Logic I OR
	PHIL 61	Inductive Logic
(3)	One of the following may be counted toward the major requirements:
	PHIL 2	Ethics
	PHIL 4	Critical Thinking
	PHIL 6	Introduction to Philosophy: Knowledge, World and Self
	PHIL 26	History of Philosophy

B. Required Upper Division Courses (13 units)

(3)	PHIL 127	History of Ancient Philosophy (3 units in Philosophy)
(3)	PHIL 128	History of Modern Philosophy (3 units in Philosophy)
(3)	PHIL 180	Knowledge and Understanding (6 units in philosophy or instructor permission)
(3)	PHIL 181	Metaphysics (6 units in philosophy or instructor permission)
(1)	PHIL 189	Senior Seminar (12 upper-division units in Philosophy)

C. Additional Required Upper Division Courses (3 units)

(3)	Select one of the following:
	PHIL 153	Philosophy of Mind (3 units in philosophy or instructor permission)
	PHIL 154	Philosophy of Language
	PHIL 160	Symbolic Logic II (MATH 31, PHIL 60, or instructor permission)
	PHIL 176	20th Century Anglo-American Philosophy

D. Ethics (18 units)

(12) Theory - take all of the following:
(3)	PHIL 112	History of Ethics (GWAR Certification before Fall 09, or WPJ score of 80+, or C or higher grade inENGL 109M/W, or C- grade in ENGL 109M/W or WPJ score 70/71 and ENGL 109X co-requisite)
	PHIL 122	Political Philosophy
	PHIL 152	Ethical Theory
	PHIL 155	Philosophy of Law
(6) Practice - select two of the following:
(3)	PHIL 100	Ethics and Personal Values
	PHIL 102	Ethics for Public Service
	PHIL 101	Ethics and Social Issues (GWAR Certification before Fall 09, or WPJ score of 80+, or C or higher grade in ENGL 109M/W, or C- grade in ENGL 109M/W or WPJ score 70/71 and ENGL 109X co-requisite)
	PHIL 103	Business and Computer Ethics
	PHIL 104	Bioethics

E. Seminar (3 units)

(3) Select one of the following:

PHIL 190 series course

PHIL 192 series course