A minor is offered in philosophy. Declaration of a philosophy minor is open to any student enrolled at CU Boulder, regardless of college or school.

Requirements

For the minor in philosophy, students must take 18 credit hours in philosophy (PHIL), earning 18 credit hours with a grade of C- or better and a 2.00 (C) average for all work attempted in philosophy. Of these 18 credit hours in philosophy, 9 must be upper-division with grades of C- or better. Students may apply toward a minor no more than 9 hours of transfer credits, no more than 6 hours of which may be upper-division. 

There are no distribution requirements for a minor in philosophy: any six 3-credit-hour philosophy courses will do, so long as at least three are upper-division. However, for a well-rounded course of study, the Philosophy Department recommends the courses below.

Recommended Courses

Logic
At least one course in Logic, such as:
PHIL 1440
Critical Thinking
PHIL 2440
Symbolic Logic
History of Philosophy
At least one course in the History of Philosophy, such as:
PHIL 1010
Introduction to Western Philosophy: Ancient
PHIL 1020
Introduction to Western Philosophy: Modern
PHIL 3000
History of Ancient Philosophy
PHIL 3010
History of Modern Philosophy
Values
At least one course in Values, such as:
PHIL 1100
Ethics
PHIL 1200
Contemporary Social Problems
PHIL 1250
Poverty, Power, and Patriotism: Issues of Global Justice
PHIL 2270
Philosophy and Race
PHIL 2290
Philosophy and Gender
PHIL 3100
Ethical Theory
PHIL 3200
Social and Political Philosophy
Metaphysics/Epistemology
At least one course in Metaphysics/Epistemology, such as:
PHIL 1350
Knowledge, Mind, and Reality
PHIL 1400
Philosophy and the Sciences
PHIL 1600
Philosophy and Religion
PHIL 3600
Philosophy of Religion
PHIL 4370
Free Will and Determinism
PHIL 4400
Philosophy of Science

Plan(s) of Study

The philosophy minor is entirely elective, though students should pay attention to required and recommended prerequisites when selecting their classes.