如果您对专业感兴趣，最好早点修1000或2000级的课程，以便对哲学作为一门学科有所感触。1000和2000级别的大多数课程都很好地介绍了哲学主题。PHIL 2110和2120序列应该对潜在的专业特别感兴趣。它提供了从古代到现代的哲学史的相当详细的概述。如果您想宣布一个专业，建议您与本科生导师（现为Ross Cameron）交谈，后者可以回答此处未回答的问题。本科生顾问还可以使您与当前的哲学专业保持联系，后者可以从学生的角度告诉您有关该专业的更多信息。
Philosophy majors learn two different but closely related kinds of things. First of all, one learns how some of humankind's greatest and most profound thinkers have tried to answer certain basic and perennial questions. Among these are questions about morality, about our knowledge of the world, about the existence of God, about the relation between mind and body, and about the conditions of a just society. These quite general questions and the answers to them that have been advanced represent some of the most important themes in the history of our civilization. Acquaintance with this material is a necessary component of a balanced liberal education. A philosophy major, however, does more than simply learn the views held by various philosophers. For in attaining a grasp of those views he or she must extract the principal points from complex material, evaluate the soundness of the arguments involved and, most important of all, justify his or her own position on any given topic. Writing papers, an integral part of almost any philosophy class, requires the ability to express one's thoughts in a lucid and concise fashion and to defend them cogently. These components of a philosophical training enable the philosophy major to develop sophisticated skills that are valuable in almost any field in which one might work, from business through law to highly technical scientific fields, including medicine. Two of the benefits of a balanced liberal education are to provide you with knowledge and skills that will last a lifetime, and the aspects of philosophy we have mentioned do have exactly those benefits.