Degree Requirements
| Course | Course Title | Min Credits |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Requirements | ||
| Complete the following course to fulfill the Connecting with Ideas requirement: | ||
| CWID 101 | Connecting With Ideas | 3 |
| Complete the following courses to fulfill the GEM 1 requirement: | ||
| ENGL 101 | Writing and Rhetoric I | 3 |
| ENGL 102 | Writing and Rhetoric II | 3 |
| Complete the following course to fulfill the GEM 2 requirement: | ||
| GEM 2 - Oral Communication course | 2 | |
| Complete the following course to fulfill the GEM 3 requirement: | ||
| GEM 3 - Mathematical Ways of Knowing course | 3 | |
| Complete the following courses to fulfill the GEM 4 requirement: | ||
| GEM 4 - Scientific Ways of Knowing course 1 | 4 | |
| GEM 4 - Scientific Ways of Knowing course 2 | 3-4 | |
| Complete the following courses to fulfill the GEM 5 requirement: | ||
| PHIL 101 | Introduction to Philosophy 3 | 3 |
| GEM 5 - Humanistic & Artistic Ways of Knowing course 2 | 3 | |
| Complete the following courses to fulfill the GEM 6 requirement: | ||
| GEM 6 - Social & Behavioral Ways of Knowing course | 3 | |
| GEM 6 - Social & Behavioral Ways of Knowing course 2 | 3 | |
| Complete the following course to fulfill the Global Perspectives requirement: | ||
| Global Perspectives course | 3 | |
| Major Requirements | ||
| PHIL 103 | Introduction to Ethics 3 | 3 |
| PHIL 209 | Logic and Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 290 | Philosophical Writing and Methodology Capstone | 3 |
| Electives | Select 13-15 elective credits to bring the total credits earned to 60 | 13-15 |
| Minimum Credit Hours Required | 60 | |
| 1 | Must include a lab component. |
| 2 | Course must come from a different discipline. |
| 3 | This course fulfills the Ethical Reasoning requirement for an associate degree from CWI. |
Plan of Study Guide
Below is the recommended sequence of courses that you need to take in order to complete your program requirements. Please register for each semester as shown below using the Student Planning tool in myCWI. Consult your Student Success Advisor for any questions regarding this course sequence plan.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credit Hours | |
| CWID 101 | Connecting With Ideas | 3 |
| ENGL 101 | Writing and Rhetoric I (GEM 1) | 3 |
| GEM 2 - Oral Communication course | 2 | |
| GEM 4 - Scientific Ways of Knowing course 1 | 4 | |
| PHIL 101 | Introduction to Philosophy (GEM 5) 2 | 3 |
| Total Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| PHIL 103 | Introduction to Ethics | 3 |
| ENGL 102 | Writing and Rhetoric II (GEM 1) | 3 |
| GEM 3 - Mathematical Ways of Knowing course 3 | 3 | |
| GEM 5 - Humanistic & Artistic Ways of Knowing course 4,5 | 4 | |
| GEM 6 - Social & Behavioral Ways of Knowing course 6 | 3 | |
| Total Semester Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| PHIL 209 | Logic and Philosophy | 3 |
| Elective | Select an elective 7 | 3 |
| Elective | Select an elective 7 | 3 |
| GEM 6 - Social & Behavioral Ways of Knowing course 5,6 | 3 | |
| Global Perspectives course 8 | 3 | |
| Total Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| PHIL 290 | Philosophical Writing and Methodology Capstone | 3 |
| Elective | Select an elective 7 | 3 |
| Elective | Select an elective 7 | 3 |
| Elective | Select an elective 7 | 1-3 |
| GEM 4 - Scientific Ways of Knowing course 5 | 3-4 | |
| Total Semester Credit Hours | 14 | |
| Minimum Credit Hours Required | 60 | |
| 1 | Must include a lab component. |
| 2 | This course fulfills the Ethical Reasoning requirement for an associate degree from CWI. |
| 3 | Philosophy majors should take the Math Diagnostic for math placement upon acceptance to CWI. The Math Diagnostic will inform the student if a review course such as MATH 095 College Prep Mathematics is needed prior to entering a college-level math course such as MATH 123 Math in Modern Society or MATH 143 College Algebra. |
| 4 | Recommend SPAN 101 Elementary Spanish I. |
| 5 | Course must come from a different discipline. |
| 6 | Philosophy majors are encouraged to choose between the following courses to fulfill their GEM 6 requirement (courses must come from two different disciplines): |
| 7 | Philosophy majors are encouraged to choose between the following elective courses to fulfill the total credit requirement: |
| 8 | Recommend PHIL 111 World Religions. |
Program Outcomes
The following are student learning outcomes for the Associate of Arts in Philosophy at CWI:
- Advancement of Critical Thinking: Students engage with significant philosophical problems to include:
- Why a philosophical problem is significant; and
- Critically evaluate attempts to solve a philosophical problem.
- Creation of Cogent Arguments: Students will:
- Construct a sustained and well-focused argument for their position; and
- Write papers demonstrating conceptual coherence.
- Philosophical Advancement of Self and Others: Students will:
- Identify and critically evaluate the presuppositions underlying their own questions and those of others; and
- Demonstrate an ability to recognize views that oppose the ones they argue to evaluate arguments in light of the positions they hold.
- Logical Analysis: Students will exhibit proficiency in the basic concepts of logic, including:
- Distinguish between arguments and non-arguments;
- Distinguish between deductive and inductive arguments;
- Evaluate arguments in terms of their soundness or cogency;
- Identify common formal and informal fallacies;
- Translate ordinary language statements into various systems of logic (e.g. categorical logic, propositional logic, and/or predicate logic); and
- Use various systems of logic to check arguments for validity (e.g. the square of opposition, rules for categorical syllogisms, truth tables, natural deductions).
The CWI Philosophy program student learning outcomes are based on the learning outcomes encouraged by the American Philosophical Association.