Columbia College Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy
What is reality? What makes acts moral or immoral? Ask important questions and gain deeper understandings with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy degree at Columbia College.
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Available program formats: In class: BA.PHIL
Prepare for a variety of careers at Columbia College
The study of philosophy serves to develop intellectual abilities important for life as a whole, beyond the knowledge and skills required for any particular profession. Properly pursued, it enhances analytical, critical, and interpretive capacities that are applicable to any subject-matter and in any human context. It cultivates the capacities and appetite for self-expression and reflection, for exchange and debate of ideas, for life-long learning, and for dealing with problems for which there are no easy answers.
It also helps to prepare one for the tasks of citizenship. Participation in political and community affairs today is all too often insufficiently informed, manipulable, and vulnerable to demagoguery. A good philosophical education enhances the capacity to participate responsibly and intelligently in public life.
Opportunities to study:
- Moral Philosophy
- Political Philosophy
- Medical Ethics
- Environmental Ethics
- Existentialism
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy of Religion
Explore assumptions of value that motivate human action
Posing and attempting to answer the hard questions about reality and the meaning and value of life not only enriches your life generally, but it can also prepare you for work in the global economy. The jobs of tomorrow do not exist today, so instead of spending your precious time being taught a trade that will soon be obsolete, spend your time learning how to think and solve complex problems.
Columbia College students who have majored in Philosophy have gone to some of the following careers:
- University Professor
- Attorney at Law
- Bank Manager
- Senior Ethics Officer at Major Corporation
- Research Specialist
- Non-Profit Executive
- Small Business Owner
Columbia College Global offers traditional classroom instruction for many courses at nationwide locations. Students at nationwide locations are expected to engage with multiple learning methods, including online and virtual while completing their degree. Columbia College offers on-campus programs with traditional classroom instruction at the Residential Campus in Columbia, Missouri.
Dr. Mark Price
"It is owing to their wonder that [people] both now begin and at first began to philosophize. - Aristotle"
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Available program formats
- Core requirements 39 credit hours
- Total degree requirements 120 credit hours
Some courses you may take
An investigation of the philosophy of existentialism through works of philosophy and fiction. The class will consider the different views of the self in existentialist thought, the relationship of the self to the world and to others, and the nature of human freedom and responsibility. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
A careful study of the works of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Guevara, and others. Focus will be on understanding and evaluating textual arguments and on understanding the lasting impact of Marxism on intellectual traditions. Prerequisite: Successful completion of one of the following: ENGL 133W, POSC 111, SOCI 111, HIST 102, HIST 112 or PHIL 201.
Philosophical exploration of the classical issues of theistic religious thought, such as the reality of God, the problem of evil, religious language, life after death and the pluralism of religious traditions. Cross-listed as RELI 350. Prerequisite: PHIL 101 or RELI 101.
Study of the principles and methods of formal symbolic logic. Emphases on derivations for sentence and predicate logic.