Requirements for a Minor in Philosophy

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. But for information about philosophy courses and teachers, please consult our undergraduate advisor, Scott Austin.

GPR for Majoring in Philosophy

We are currently admitting everyone with at least a 2.000 overall GPR and at least a 2.000 in any philosophy courses they may have taken. Anyone we admit must also have 95 hours or fewer.

Junior College Courses

Many junior college courses in Texas offer courses that transfer automatically into A&M as A&M courses. For an indication of what courses these are, please go to. If the course you're interested in is not on the Texas Common Numbering System, it is a very good idea to check with the department that offers the course first, before you invest any money in the course. For example, if you are thinking of taking an English course at a junior college, and the course is not on the TCCNS, it is wise to check with the English department to make sure that you can get A&M credit for the course. It is also important to make sure that you are taing enough upper-division courses at A&M, so that you fulfill the Residency Requirement (see question 6).

When to Contact an Advisor

Anytime you need advice, especially: anytime you are not sure about what you have to do in order to graduate; anytime you need a substitution of one course for another; anytime you want to add a PHIL major or minor; anytime you have a form that needs an advisor's signature. Here is our advisor's website

When Am I Going to Graduate?

You can look up your degree audit on MyRecords. Just log in at, click on the link that says "Degree Audit Request." If you need to have your degree audit interpreted for you, the contact information for our departmental advisor, Scott Austin,

Residency

The Residency Requirement requires that everyone who gets a Bachelor's degree from Texas A&M take 36 hours of upper-division (300-400 level courses) at A&M rather than at some other institution. The upper-division courses you take for your major can count towards this requirement. Your degree audit (see question 2) or your advisor (see question 3) can tell you how many more uppoer-division courses you need at any given time

Q-Drops

Our departmental advisor , Scott Austin, or our undergraduate staff personnel, Dorothy Houston, can process a Q-Drop for you. Here is a link so that you can download the Q-Drop form:

Change of Major to Philosophy

You need to see our departmemtal advisor.