I'm curious: how many credit hours are required for the Philosophy major in your departments? Asking for a friend!
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I'm at a 2 year CC, and my majors need 12 hours in PHIL prefix courses (four classes) including a capstone.
I believe that OCU near me keeps theirs really low (like only 15 PHIL hours?) because their aim is to promote double majoring.
Posted by: Guy Crain | 09/21/2022 at 10:55 AM
We don't have majors. But my undergrad institution (in Canada) required 72 credits for honours, 60 for a major, and 24 for a minor.
Posted by: Michel | 09/21/2022 at 11:23 AM
10 courses for 40 credits for the major, 6/24 for the minor.
Posted by: Eric Hagedorn | 09/21/2022 at 12:54 PM
We kept our major small to encourage double majoring. 45 units (3 units per course, so 15 courses; 120 units for graduation total). That's all at the upper division level because a big chunk of our students transfer in. (We make a 1000-level class a prerequisite for taking 3000- and above, so you could argue it is functionally 48 units. But a couple of those also satisfy university general education requirements and double counting is allowed.)
Posted by: Bill Vanderburgh | 09/21/2022 at 04:02 PM
Yale's philosophy major requires 12 courses.
Posted by: Daniel Greco | 09/21/2022 at 08:30 PM
I don't know what exactly a "credit hour" is in the context of my institution (Ashoka University, a small liberal arts college in India), but for a Philosophy major, students have to complete 12 Philosophy courses (48 credits).
Posted by: Daniel Weltman | 09/21/2022 at 09:25 PM
Kuwait University requires 132 units total for graduation. Here is the breakdown:
+66 units in Philosophy
+36 units in General Education
+6 units in electives
+24 units in whatever minor the student choses.
Posted by: Rashed Ahmad | 09/26/2022 at 02:30 AM