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2021-2022 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Ethics, Law and Political Theory Concentration BA 4YP

Philosophy, BA
Ethics, Law and Political Theory Concentration
*Sample Four Year Plan
 

First Year Fall Semester
SCH
First Year Spring Semester
SCH
APSU 1000-Freshmen Seminar 1 ENGL 1010-Composition I1 3
HIST 2010-Early United States History 3 MATH 1010-Fundamentals of Thought & Practice 3
PHIL 1040-Intro to Ethics 3 Humanities and/or Fine Arts Core 3
Foreign Language 1010 3 HIST 2020-Modern United States History 3
COMM 2045-Public Speaking 3 Foreign Language 1020 4
TOTAL SCH 13 TOTAL SCH 16
Second Year Fall Semester
SCH
Second Year Spring Semester
SCH
Social and Behavioral Sciences Core 3 Foreign Language 2020 3
Foreign Language 2010 3 ENGL 2330-Topics in World Literature 3
ENGL 1020-English Composition II 3 Social and Behavioral Sciences Core 3
Natural Science w/ lab Core 4 Natural Sciences w/lab Core 4
History of Ethics course (Group A) 3 Applied Ethics (Group C) 3
TOTAL SCH 16 TOTAL SCH 16
Third Year Fall Semester
SCH
Third Year Spring Semester
SCH
Value Theory (Group B) 3 Applied Ethics Elective (Group C) 3
History of Ethics (Group A) 3 Value Theory (Group B) 3
Major Elective 3 Upper Division Elective/Minor 3
General Elective/Minor 3 Upper Division Elective/Minor 3
General Elective/Minor 3 Upper Division Elective/Minor 3
TOTAL SCH 15 TOTAL SCH 15
Fourth Year Fall Semester
SCH
Fourth Year Spring Semester
SCH
Applied Ethics (Group C) 3 Major Elective 3
Upper Division Elective/Minor 3 Upper Division Elective/Minor 3
Upper Division Elective/Minor 3 Upper Division Elective/Minor 3
Upper Division Elective/Minor 3 Upper Division Elective/Minor 3
Upper Division Elective/Minor 3 Upper Division Elective/Minor 3
TOTAL SCH 15 TOTAL SCH 15
    Total Student Credit Hours for Degree 120

Minor is required for this program.  One year of Intermediate level of a foreign language is required for a BA degree.

*For this degree a student must complete a total of 33 upper division (3000-4999) credit hours.

Group A: History of Ethics
PHIL 3040-History of Ethics
(and take one of the following)
PHIL 3100-Ancient Philosophy
PHIL 3110-History of Medieval Philosophy
PHIL 3120-Modern 15th-18th Philosophy
PHIL 3130-19th & 20th Century Philosophy

 Group B: Value Theory Requirement (Select 2)
PHIL 3050-Religious Ethics
PHIL 4720-Ethical Theory
PHIL 4100-Social & Political Philosophy or POLS 3000-Foundations of Political Theory		 Group C: Applied Ethics Requirement (Select 3)
COMM 4600-Media Ethics
PHIL 2300-Medical Ethics
PHIL 3600 Applied Ethics
PHIL 4015-War and Ethics
POLS 4010-Contemporary Political Ideas
POLS 4100-Democratic Theory
POLS 4170-Power, Morality, & International Relations