Philosophy for Business, Law, and the Professions Minor

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The aim of the minor is to provide students headed for business, law or the professions a strong set of critical, analytic and expository skills, while providing them with a broad humanistic perspective not found in professional education.

Students are required to take five courses, at least four of which must be upper-division. They must take one course from each of the following categories (1–4), and one additional course from either category 2 or 3. Students must take at least one lower-division or 300-level course before taking any 400-level courses.

1. Logic:

2. Law, Leadership, and the Professions:

PHIL 141gp The Professions and the Public Interest in American Life Units: 4
PHIL 330 Theories of Law Units: 4
PHIL 335 Theoretical Models of Leadership Units: 4
PHIL 430 Philosophy of Law Units: 4
PHIL 431 Law, Society, and Politics Units: 4

3. Ethics, History of Ethics, and Value:

PHIL 340 Ethics Units: 4
PHIL 345 Greek Ethics Units: 4
PHIL 361 Philosophy of Religion Units: 4
PHIL 440 Contemporary Ethical Theory Units: 4
PHIL 442 History of Ethics to 1900 Units: 4

4. Systematic Philosophy:

PHIL 262g Mind and Self: Modern Conceptions Units: 4
PHIL 360 Epistemology and Metaphysics Units: 4
PHIL 385 Science and Rationality Units: 4
PHIL 427 20th Century Anglo-American Philosophy Units: 4
PHIL 428 Anglo-American Philosophy Since 1950 Units: 4
PHIL 460 Metaphysics Units: 4
PHIL 462 Philosophy of Mind Units: 4
PHIL 465 Philosophy of Language Units: 4
PHIL 470 Theory of Knowledge Units: 4