2024-2025 Undergraduate General Catalog


Political Philosophy Minor

18 credit hours

These courses emphasize classic writings that focus upon the meaning and importance of justice and the relationship between a fulfilling, ethical human life and the political state. This minor normally can be fulfilled in one of two ways:

Track 1: Classical Political Philosophy:18 credit hours

GREK 110Elementary Greek I (L1)

3

GREK 111Elementary Greek II (L2)

3

GOVT 285The Quest for Justice (E)

3

GOVT 320/PHIL 320Political Philosophy

3

PHIL 220/CLAS 220Our Philosophical Heritage I (E) (WT)

3

PHIL 230Our Philosophical Heritage II (WT)

3

Track 2: Political Philosophy: 18 credit hours

GOVT 285The Quest for Justice (E)

3

GOVT 305Theories of American Democracy

3

GOVT 320/PHIL 320Political Philosophy

3

PHIL 220/CLAS 220Our Philosophical Heritage I (E) (WT)

3

PHIL 230Our Philosophical Heritage II (WT)

3

 

PHIL 260Global Ethics (E) (PW)

3

OR

PHIL 282Ethics in America (E) (US)

3