Requirements (effective Fall 2024)
- If you are a new student starting in Fall 2024, then these new requirements apply.
- If you are graduating Spring or Summer 2024, then these new requirements do not apply; you must go by the old major requirements.
- If you plan to graduate in the 2024-25 academic year or later, then these requirements may
apply. If the newer catalog year suits your needs better, you have the option to switch to it. All
you need to do is make sure that when you're ready to graduate, you officially declare the 2024- 25 catalog year on your graduation application.
To earn a minor in philosophy a student must complete 28 credits pf philosophy courses, including a minimum of 8 credits in upper-division courses. Those credits can be satisfied by any course with a PHL prefix, BSt 378, and or NAS 351U. (8 credits must be taken in residence at PSU.)
28 total credits. A maximum of 4 credits of philosophy taken under the undifferentiated grading option (pass/no pass) are acceptable toward fulfilling department major requirements.
Requirements for Catalog Year 2023 and Earlier
Typically, your catalog year is the year you began at PSU, but if you are a transfer student you may be able to use an earlier catalog. Talk with our department chair and undergraduate advisor Angela Coventry at coventry@pdx.edu or the Language, Culture and Meaning Pathway Director Martha Dyson at mdyson@pdx.edu about which catalog requirements make sense for you.
To earn a minor in philosophy a student must complete 28 credits (8 credits of which must be taken in residence at PSU), to include the following:
Courses
- PHL 201 Introduction to Philosophy (4 credits)
- PHL 301U Ancient Philosophy (4 credits)
- PHL 303U Early Modern Philosophy (4 credits)
- PHL 308U Elementary Ethics (4 credits)
- Philosophy electives (12 credits)
- Philosophy electives: to include a minimum of 8 credits in upper-division courses; BST 378 and NAS 351 may count towards the 8 credits.
28 total credits. A maximum of 4 credits of philosophy taken under the undifferentiated grading option (pass/no pass) are acceptable toward fulfilling department minor requirements.