Philosophy and Medicine Minor

Degree Requirements

If a minor is required in your degree program, at least 9 (lower and/or upper-division) hours of courses in the minor must be completed at the University.

Minor in Philosophy and Medicine

All Philosophy and Medicine minors must take 18 credit hours, including the following three courses (9 credit hours), in no particular order:

PHL 220Medical Reasoning3
PHL 240Western Philosophy: Classical3
PHL/BLY 333Biomedical Ethics - W3
Philosophy and Medicine minors must take an additional 9 hours in Philosophy, with at least 2 courses at the 300/400 level. Students are especially recommended to take some of the following:9
Renaissance-Enlightnmnt - W
Symbolic Logic
Philosophy of Science
Advanced Ethical Theory
Theory of Knowledge
Total Hours18