Major & Minor Requirements

Major & Minor Requirements

General Requirements

The bachelor of arts degree in philosophy requires 30 semester hours with grades of C or above; a maximum of 54 hours can be applied to the degree. At least 21 out of the 30 hours must be upper division courses (this may include Senior Project). The philosophy minor requires 18 hours of course work. The philosophy major may choose either the general requirements or the student may specialize in one of four optional programs.

Required Courses for the Philosophy Major

One course in Logic selected from:

  • PHIL 1120 – Critical Thinking
  • PHIL 3420 – Symbolic Logic I
  • PHIL 4420 – Symbolic Logic II

Senior Project

  • PHIL 4950 – Senior Project

Requirements for the Philosophy Minor

The department offers minors in areas of philosophy that complement various major fields. Minors require 18 hours of course work, including PHIL 1120. A minimum of 9 hours of upper-division courses as part of the major is required.

Religious Studies Minor

The purpose of the academic study of religion is to examine and analyze religious beliefs and practices within their cultural, political, and historical contexts. As such, religious studies is interdisciplinary at its core. Moreover, a firm grasp of religion, as it is expressed through and in various cultural artifacts in different times and places, is crucial to an overall understanding of human beings and human societies in the past, present, and future.

The Religious Studies minor emerged out of conversations with faculty in several departments who felt that this minor could be supported with existing courses and would be of value to students pursuing and attaining it. In particular, the minor will of great use to students going into non-profit jobs, ministry, politics, and global business.

It is an interdisciplinary minor housed in the Philosophy department with participation from departments across the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences. A total of 18 credits are minimally necessary for graduating with a minor in Religious Studies.

9 of the 18 credits must be upper-level courses (3000 and higher); there is one required course (PHIL 1100) that is strongly recommended to be taken early in the student’s coursework. The remainder may be chosen from the following list of approved courses for the minor, at least nine of which must be upper division. And no more than 12 credit hours (excluding the required course) may be taken with only one department.

The Religious Studies minor requires a minimum of 18 credit hours of course work and a minimum of 9 credit hours of upper-division (3000+ level) course work. No more than 12 credit hours (excluding the required course) may be taken within only one department. All courses must have a C or better grade.

REQUIRED COURSE FOR THE MINOR

  • PHIL 1100: Introduction to Religion

UPPER-DIVISION ELECTIVES*

Complete a minimum of 9 hours of upper-division (3000+ level) courses from the lists below.

  • ANTH 3010
  • ANTH 3140
  • HIST 3200
  • HIST 3550
  • HIST 3680
  • HIST 3730
  • HIST 3730
  • HIST 4130
  • HIST 4160
  • HIST 4210
  • HIST 4220
  • HIST 4230
  • HIST 4240
  • HIST 4540
  • HIST 4730  
  • PHIL 3040
  • PHIL 3060
  • PHIL 3070
  • PHIL 3080
  • PHIL 3100
  • PHIL 3110
  • PHIL 3120
  • PHIL 3480
  • PHIL 3490
  • PHIL 3500
  • PHIL 3540
  • PHIL 3600
  • PHIL 3610
  • PHIL 3620
  • PHIL 3630
  • PHIL 3690  
  • SOC 4320
  • WEST 3110
  • WEST 3680
  • WEST 4280
  • HUM 3990 (Visions of Darkness: Apocalyptica in History, Literature, and Media)

ELECTIVES*

Complete an additional 6 hours of UNUSED elective courses from the lists below.

  • ANTH 3010
  • ANTH 3140
  • HIST 1600 
  • HIST 3200 
  • HIST 3550 
  • HIST 3680
  • HIST 3730
  • HIST 3730 
  • HIST 4130
  • HIST 4160 
  • HIST 4210 
  • HIST 4220 
  • HIST 4230 
  • HIST 4240 
  • HIST 4540 
  • HIST 4730  
  • PHIL 1050 
  • PHIL 1300 
  • PHIL 3040 
  • PHIL 3060 
  • PHIL 3070 
  • PHIL 3080 
  • PHIL 3100 
  • PHIL 3110 
  • PHIL 3120
  • PHIL 3490 
  • PHIL 3500
  • PHIL 3540 
  • PHIL 3600 
  • PHIL 3610 
  • PHIL 3620 
  • PHIL 3630 
  • PHIL 3690
  • SOC 4320
  • WEST 3110 
  • WEST 3680 
  • WEST 4280
  • HUM 3990 (Visions of Darkness: Apocalyptica in History, Literature, and Media)

*Other courses may apply. A petition to the director of the minor (Jeff Scholes: jscholes@uccs.edu) is required and will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis for applicability to the minor.

 

Classics Minor

The Classics Minor is an interdisciplinary minor with participation from departments in the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences. A total of 26 credits are minimally necessary for graduating with a minor in Classics. Eight of the 26 credits must be either in Latin or in Greek; the remainder may be chosen from the list of approved courses for the minor, at least nine of which must be upper division.

LANGUAGE COURSES (Either 8 credits in Greek from the following:)

  • Greek 1010: Beginning Attic Greek I; and
  • Greek 1020: Beginning Attic Greek II
  • Greek 1100: Beginning Koine Greek I; and
  • Greek 1200: Beginning Koine Greek II
  • Greek 3010 Intermediate Greek
  • Greek 3021 Intermediate Greek II
  • Greek 3110 Greek Literature in Greek

(OR 8 credits in Latin from the following:)

  • Latin 1010: Beginning Latin I;
  • Latin 1020: Beginning Latin II
  • Latin 2110: Intermediate Latin I
  • Latin 2120: Intermediate Latin II
  • Latin 3110/FCS 3650: Classical Literature — Latin

ADDITIONAL COURSES FOR THE MINOR

Choose 18 total credits from the following list of courses, at least one of which shall be from Art History, one of which shall be from History, and one of which shall be from Philosophy.

  • AH 2800: Survey: Ancient Art=
  • AH 3240: The Art of Greece and Rome=
  • AH 3790: Gothic and Romanesque Art=
  • ANTH 3260: Agricultural Origins and the Emergence of Urban Society=
  • ENG 4820/5820: Classical Rhetoric=
  • FCS 3550: Ancient Epics=
  • HIST 1010: The Ancient World=
  • HIST 3010: Women in Classical Antiquity=
  • HIST 3150: History of Ancient Mesopotamia=
  • HIST 3160: History of Ancient Egypt=
  • HIST 3170: History of Ancient Greece=
  • HIST 3180: History of Ancient Rome=
  • HIST 3190: Rise and Fall of Greek Democracy=
  • HIST 4210: History of Christianity: Primitive Church to circa =
  • PHIL 3120: Greek and Roman Myth=
  • PHIL 3140: Women in Classical Antiquity=
  • PHIL 3150: Virtue Ethics=
  • PHIL 3510: Before Socrates=
  • PHIL 3520: Plato=
  • PHIL 3530: Cynics, Stoics, and Skeptics=
  • PHIL 3550: Aristotle
  • PHIL 3540: Saints and Heretics
  • PHIL 3610: Philosophical Approaches to the Hebrew Bible
  • PHIL 3620: Philosophical Approaches to the New Testament
  • PHIL 3630: Gender and Race in Biblical Literature
  • THTR 3201: History of Theater: Greeks through Restoration
  • WEST 3140: Women in Classical Antiquity

Additional courses will be added to the Classics Minor, in consultation with participating departments, within two years. Among these are:

  • FCS 3660: Classical Literature in Translation — Greek
  • GRK 3110: Survey of Classical Literature: Greek
  • LAT 3???: Survey of Classical Literature: Latin

Greek Summer Intensive Language Institute – two semesters’ worth of language instruction over an intensive 5-6 week summer session plus one semester’s worth of Classical Literature in Greek over a second intensive 5-6 week summer session.

Latin Summer Intensive Language Institute – two semesters worth of language instruction over an intensive 5-6 week summer session plus one semester’s worth of Classical Literature in Latin over a second intensive 5-6 week summer session.

For more information, contact Professor Sonja Tanner: stanner@uccs.edu

 

Asian Studies Minor

The Asian Studies program serves as a base and resource for those engaged or interested in the study of Asian cultures, languages, or thought at UCCS. Through our research, teaching, and service, we aim to facilitate and expand comprehension and appreciation of Asian artistry, culture, geography, history, philosophy, and politics. As an intellectual community, we construe the concepts of “Asia” and “Asian diaspora” broadly and critically, opening the program to a wide variety of cultural perspectives while also emphasizing the need for awareness of the differences among the regions of the continent, as well as the roughly 4.5 billion people who live there.

 

REQUIRED COURSE FOR THE MINOR

  • At least 18 credit hours of coursework total, with a minimum of 9 credit hours of said course work being upper division (3000+ level). Students must complete at least one course in three of four areas of study: History/Geography of Asia, Philosophy/Religion of Asia, Asia in Modernity, and Languages of Asia. No more than 10 credit hours from a single department can count toward the minor. Students must earn at least a C grade in each course taken toward the minor. Courses taken pass/fail cannot count toward the minor. For completion of the minor, students will submit a portfolio of papers or projects from relevant courses to the director, as well as a reflection statement elaborating how their coursework has provided a broader understanding of Asian history, geography, and culture broadly construed.

Current Course List (listed by area of study and alphabetically by department) *

Area 1: History/Geography of Asia

  • HIST 1120 - Asian History: The Indian Subcontinent
  • HIST 1130 - Asian History: China
  • HIST 1140 - Asian History: Japan
  • HIST 4730 - Early China
  • HIST 4760 - Shoguns, Samurai and Seppuku

Area 2: Philosophies/Religions of Asia

  • AH 4470 - Art and Ritual of the South Pacific
  • PHIL 1300 - Introduction to Philosophies of Asia
  • PHIL 3100 - World Religions
  • PHIL 3490 - Philosophies of China
  • PHIL 3500 - Buddhist Philosophy
  • PHIL 3690 - Islamic Philosophy

Area 3: Asia in Modernity

  • AH 3450 - Art of Japan
  • AH 3460 - Islamic Arts
  • ENGL 2610 - Literature: The Global Perspective II
  • HIST 1135 - Contemporary China
  • HIST 3130 - Traditions and Transformations: China to 1800
  • HIST 3890 - History of Colonial India
  • HIST 3980 - The Vietnam War Through Film
  • HIST 4710 - Asian American History
  • HIST 4740 - Modern China
  • HIST 4750 - Modern Japan
  • HIST 4770 - Vietnam and the Global Sixties
  • SOC/WEST/HIST 3280 - Asian American Communities

Area 4: Languages of Asia

  • ARBC 1010 - Beginning Arabic I
  • ARBC 1020 - Beginning Arabic II
  • CHIN 1010 - Beginning Mandarin Chinese I
  • CHIN 1020 - Beginning Mandarin Chinese II
  • JPNS 1010 - Beginning Japanese I
  • JPNS 1020 - Beginning Japanese II
  • JPNS 2110 - Intermediate Japanese I
  • JPNS 2120 - Intermediate Japanese II
  • JPNS 3000 - Advanced Japanese I
  • JPNS 3010 - Advanced Japanese II
  • JPNS 3200 - Japanese Culture and Civilization
  • JPNS 3210 - Special Topics in Japanese

Language Requirement

  • Students are encouraged to take courses in the study of a relevant language but are not required to complete any language proficiency to earn the minor. The following language courses can count toward the minor.

*This list only includes courses that are currently catalogued as being regularly taught at UCCS with an explicit and substantial focus on Asia. Other courses may apply for credit. In such cases, a petition to the director of the minor is required and will be approved on a case-by-case basis. Alternatively, instructors may petition for approval for an unlisted course on a semesterly basis.

For more information, contact Dr. Colin Lewis or view the Asian Studies webpage.