Oct 04, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Philosophy, B.S.


Philosophy and Religious Studies  
Mary Magada-Ward, program coordinator
615-898-5174
Mary.Magada-Ward@mtsu.edu

Courses for the B.S. in Philosophy are intended to acquaint students with philosophical methods, systems, and problems, as well as supply a philosophical background for graduate study in philosophy or related areas.

Academic Map


Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Philosophy, B.S., Academic Map  

Degree Requirements


True Blue Core (TBC) 41 hours
Major Requirements 30 hours*
Minor 1 15-18 hours
Minor 2 15-18 hours
Electives 13-22 hours
TOTAL 120 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours may increase.

True Blue Core (41 hours)


True Blue Core (TBC)  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following courses required by the program meet True Blue Core requirements:

Major Requirements (30 hours)


The Philosophy major requires a 2.00 GPA.

Minor 1 (15-18 hours)


Minor 2 (15-18 hours)


Electives (13-22 hours)


Curriculum: Philosophy, B.S.


Freshman


  • 3 credit hours (HSSR)
  • Written Communication 3 credit hours
  • Information Literacy 3 credit hours
  • Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
  • Scientific Literacy 8 credit hours
  • Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours
  • Minor electives 6 credit hours
  • Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours (PHIL 1030  recommended)

Subtotal: 32 Hours


Sophomore


  • Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
  • PHIL elective 3 credit hours (PHIL 3150  recommended)
  • Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
  • Human Society and Social Relationships/Elective 3 credit hours
  • Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
  • PHIL elective 3 credit hours
  • Minor electives 6 credit hours
  • History and Civic Learning 6 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours


Junior


  • PHIL electives 6 credit hours
  • Minor electives 15 credit hours
  • General electives 9 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours


Senior


Subtotal: 28 Hours