Requirements for the B.A. in Philosophy

students transferring in from other universities are admitted by the College of Liberal Arts, not by the Philosophy department. At a minimum, they must have a 3.0 GPA, have 24 transferable hours, and should designate Philosophy as their first choice of major.
students applying from high schools are admitted by the Admissions Office according to its own criteria. Please contact that office at (979) 845-3741.
students already at Texas A&M may switch majors to Philosophy if they have a 2.0 GPA, a 2.0 in any Philosophy courses they may have taken, and 95 hours or fewer. Please contact the Philosophy undergraduate advisors for an appointment.

The requirements for the philosophy minor are five courses in philosophy (15 hours), with at least three of the courses (9 hours) taken on the upper-division (300- or 400-) level. The remaining two courses can be taken either on the upper- division level or on the lower-division (100- or 200-) level. Your major advisor can sign you up for any minor.

Anyone who either is or wants to be an undergraduate Philosophy major at Texas A&M should contact the department's undergraduate advisors, Michael LeBuffe or Scott Austin, who can assist with curriculum planning, transfer credits, substitution credits, declaration of a minor, and other administrative chores.

AREA	CREDITS REQUIRED	COURSES
Logic	3	One of these courses:	240, Introduction to Logic 341, Symbolic Logic 342, Symbolic Logic II
Epistemology/Philosophy of Science	3	One of these courses:	305, Philosophy of Natural Science 307, Philosophy of Social Science 351, Theory of Knowledge
Metaphysics and Ontology	3	One of these courses:	320, Philosophy of Mind 331, Philosophy of Religion 361, Metaphysics
Value Theory	3	One of these courses:	330, Philosophy of Art 332, Social / Political Philosophy 381, Ethical Theory
The Continental Tradition	3	One of these courses:	414, 19th Century Philosophy 417, Phenomenology 418, Existentialism 419, Current Continental Philosophy
The Anglo-American Tradition	3	One of these courses:	415, Classical American Philosophy 416, Recent British / American Philosophy 424, Philosophy of Language
History of Classical Philosophy	3	This course:	410, Classical Philosophy
History of Modern Philosophy	3	One of these courses:	412, Seventeeth-Century Philosophy 413, Eighteenth-Century Philosophy
Philosophy Electives	6*	Any two courses
*Note: Students who use a logic course to fulfill part of the University Core Curriculum requirement in logical / mathematical reasoning must take one additional philosophy elective