Degree Plan
To complete their baccalaureate education, Philosophy majors are required to meet upper-division university requirements (ECCE courses- 13 hours total) and must take 12 hours of general electives, at least 6 of which must be in areas outside Philosophy.
The overall structure of the curriculum is as follows:
| Degree Requirements | Hours |
| Prerequisites | |
| General (any philosophy or CAP Humanities course) | 3 |
| PHI 301 Critical Thinking (or logic) | 3 |
| Total | 6 |
| Bachelor's Degree | |
| Area 1 (core) | 8 |
| Area 2 (history of philosophy) | 8 |
| Area 3 (values) | 8 |
| Advanced class in area of specialization | 4 |
| PHI 490 Senior Seminar in Value Theory OR | |
| PHI 495 Senior Seminar in Core Analytic Philosophy | 4 |
| Philosophy elective (any PHI class) | 4 |
| UIS requirements | 13 |
| General electives (at least 6 hours outside philosophy) | 12 |
| Total | 61 |
