Philosophy
Bachelor of Arts, Department of Philosophy
Department Overview
The goal of the Philosophy Department is to direct students’ attention to fundamental but often unnoticed aspects of human experiences and to uncover and analyze the hidden presuppositions of their intellectual and emotional commitments. In doing so, it seeks also to integrate the knowledge the student has acquired in the various disciplines. Secondly, it prepares students for further study in philosophy at the graduate level.
Degree Objectives
Give students experience in asking and answering fundamental questions, namely, those questions about God, humanity, and the world that emerge from direct human experience or from reflection on the various disciplines through which they have organized their experience.
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Dr. Jean Rioux
Professor and Chair
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913.360.7567
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- Anthony Crifasi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor - Andrew Jaeger, Ph.D.
Associate Professor - Edward Macierowski, Ph.D.
Professor - James Madden, Ph.D.
Professor - Daniel Pierson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor - Jean Rioux, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair - Jamie Spiering, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Freshmen Year
ENGL-1010 | English Composition | 3 |
GNST-1000 | BC Experience | 1 |
– | Person and the Community | 3 |
– | Foreign Language | 4 |
– | Natural World I | 4 |
THEO-1100 | Introduction to Theology | 3 |
Total | 18 |
EXSC-1115 | Wellness for Life | 1 |
PHIL-2010 | Logic | 3 |
– | Faith I | 3 |
– | Foreign Language II | 4 |
– | Mathematical Reasoning | 3–4 |
– | Electives | 3 |
Total | 17–18 |
Sophomore Year
EXSC | Fitness course | 1 |
– | Historical Foundations I | 3 |
PHIL-2310 | Philosophy of Nature | 3 |
– | Faith II | 3 |
– | Electives | 6 |
Total | 16 |
– | Natural World II | 4 |
– | Historical Foundations II | 3 |
PHIL-2550 | Philosophical Psychology | 3 |
– | Electives | 6 |
Total | 16 |
Junior Year
PHIL-3250 | Ethics | 3 |
PHIL-3730 | Metaphysics | 3 |
– | Aesthetic Experience I | 3 |
– | Natural World II | 4 |
– | Electives | 3 |
Total | 16 |
PHIL-3740 | Natural Theology | 3 |
– | Philosophy Elective | 3 |
– | Aesthetic Experience II | 3 |
– | Electives | 6 |
Total | 15 |
Senior Year
PHIL | (Early History of Philosophy) | 3 |
– | Philosophy Elective | 3 |
– | Electives | 5 |
– | Electives (upper-division) | 4 |
Total | 15 |
PHIL-4900 | Seminar | 3 |
PHIL | (Later History of Philosophy) | 3 |
PHIL-4920 | Senior Thesis | 3 |
– | Electives (upper-division) | 6 |
PHIL-COMP | Senior Comp. | cr |
Total | 15 |
Other Department Offerings
- Bachelor of Arts Co-Major in Philosophy
- Minor in Philosophy