MISSION STATEMENT      
  The study of philosophy provides an essential ingredient in any serious undergraduate liberal education; and a liberal education is the indispensable feature of any high quality professional curriculum, as it is in the Business Degree program at Baruch. This is, in effect, what distinguishes education from technical training alone. The primary mission of the philosophy department is to provide some of the . foundations of such a liberal   education: to teach students to think and to write clearly, to read carefully and critically, to reason effectively and systematically, and to reflect on major questions concerning moral values and the good life, or on the nature of knowledge and belief, or on existential questions concerning the nature of persons and minds, and of the world we live in as physical, environmental and social reality  
  COURSE OFFERINGS      
 

The core subjects in philosophy are generally taken to be:
Ethics (Moral philosophy)
Logic (Introductory formal and informal logic, critical thinking; symbolic logic)
Metaphysics (ontology, philosophy of mind)
Epistemology (theories of knowledge, belief, truth)
History of Philosophy (ancient, medieval, modern [17th-18th century], recent [19thcentury] and contemporary [20th century])

The basic philosophy courses offered to fulfill the humanities requirement of one course in philosophy at Baruch (for both the BA and the BBA degrees) are:
PHIL 2000 Major Issues in Philosophy
PHIL 2010 Logic and Moral Reason
PHIL 2200 Ethical Theory
All three core courses are offered every semster both day and evening. They are also offered in the summer.

Five courses are offered in the History of Philosophy sequence (Ancient, Medieval, Modern, 19th Century, and Contemporary), every year, day and evening. These courses  are always well-enrolled, and are considered

  

central to the Department’s mission of presenting the classic ideas of Western Civilization.

Topical electives are offered at the rate of three or four each semester both day and evening, and in some rotational sequence. These include Philosophy of Law; Symbolic Logic; Philosophy of Science; Ethics; Economics and the Business System; Minds and Computers; Thought and Reality; Philosophy of Religion; Environmental Ethics; Philosophy of Art; Art and Public Policy; Political Philosophy; Existentialism.

Several of these courses are related to important programs in the College outside the Philosophy department. In fact the easy integration of philosophy with its sister disciplines, and its focus on clear and critical thinking and writing make the double degree an interesting possibility for some philosophy students. For example a double major in philosophy and political science is excellent preparation for law school.

A two year projected schedule is available in the philosophy office.

  
  MINORS      
  Students Majoring in another field of business or liberal arts may elect to minor in philosophy or specialize in ethics. The philosophy minor requires 9 credits (plus the core requirement): Two 3000 level courses and one capstone course.   The ethics minor requires 9 credits (plus the core requirement): Two 3000 level courses in Ethical Philosophy (PHI 3050, 3055, 3200, 3210) and one capstone course PHI 4900 Topics in Value Theory.  
  MAJOR      
  Student majoring in philosophy must take 24 credits: 8 courses, including 3 in history of philosophy, 1 in logic, 3 electives, and a   senior seminar or honors study, plus the core requirement.  
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