Department of Philosophy P.O. Box 5190
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242
Phone: 330-672-2315 | Fax: 330-672-4867
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Department of Philosophy Four-Year Plan
Degree: BA Major 42 Hours
The Department of Philosophy offers this "Four-Year Plan" as a guide to those persons interested in planning how to complete a BA in Philosophy in four academic years.
| YEAR ONE | FALL Semester | SPRING Semester | ||||
| Dept. Course | Number | Hours | Dept. Course | Number | Hours | |
| English | 10001 | 03 | English | 10002 | 03 | |
| Philosophy | 11001 | 03 | Philosophy | 11009 | 03 | |
| Foreign Language | 04 | Foreign Language | 04 | |||
| Social Science LER | 03 | Social Science LER | 03 | |||
| US (Orientation) | 10001 | 01 | Basic Science LER | 03 | ||
| Physical Education | 01 | |||||
| TOTAL Hours | 15 | TOTAL Hours | 16 | |||
| YEAR TWO | FALL Semester | SPRING Semester | ||||
| Dept. Course | Number | Hours | Dept. Course | Number | Hours | |
| Philosophy | 21001 | 03 | Philosophy | 21002 or 31045 | 03 | |
| Foreign Language | 03 | Philosophy | 21020 | 03 | ||
| Social Science LER | 03 | Foreign Language | 03 | |||
| Basic Science LER | 03 | Social Science LER | 03 | |||
|
A&S Humanities (not Philosophy) |
03 | Basic Science LER | 03 | |||
| TOTAL Hours | 15 | TOTAL Hours | 15 | |||
| YEAR THREE | FALL Semester | SPRING Semester | ||||
| Dept. Course | Number | Hours | Dept. Course | Number | Hours | |
| Philosophy (History Sequence/WIC) | 03 | Philosophy (History Sequence/WIC) | 03 | |||
| Philosophy UD Elective | 03 | Philosophy UD Elective | 03 | |||
| Fine Arts LER | 03 | Elective | 03 | |||
|
A&S Humanities (not Philosophy) |
03 | Elective | 03 | |||
|
A&S Humanities (not Philosophy) |
03 | Elective | 03 | |||
| TOTAL Hours | 15 | TOTAL Hours | 15 | |||
| YEAR FOUR | FALL Semester | SPRING Semester | ||||
| Dept. Course | Number | Hours | Dept. Course | Number | Hours | |
| Philosophy (History Sequence/WIC) | 03 | Philosophy (History Sequence/WIC) | 03 | |||
| Philosophy UD Elective | 03 | Philosophy UD Elective | 03 | |||
| Philosophy UD Elective | 03 | UD Elective | 03 | |||
| UD Elective | 03 | UD Elective | 03 | |||
| UD Elective | 03 | UD Elective | 03 | |||
| TOTAL Hours | 15 | TOTAL Hours | 15 | |||
TOTAL HOURS 121
TOTAL UD Hours 42
TOTAL Philosophy Hours 42
NOTES:
(1) The Philosophy major requires 27 upper-division credit hours in Philosophy. In addition to
these 27 upper-division hours, a philosophy major must take 15 more upper-division hours to
meet an Arts and Sciences College requirement of 42 upper-division hours for graduation.
These additional 15 upper-division hours may be distributed over any of the University's
academic programs in any way a student chooses.
(2) Philosophy's sequence of history of philosophy courses consists of these: PHIL 31001, 31002, 31003, 31004, 31005, 31006, 31010, 31020. Each history of philosophy course is an approved writing-intensive course (WIC).
