The professional track is ideal for students considering graduate school, students who wish to ensure they have a broad understanding of different areas of philosophy, and students who wish to have the experience of completing a senior thesis. Also, students who are not sure which track they wish to pursue ought to think of themselves as professional track majors. It is easy for a professional track major to later decide to change their degree to general track. But a general track major may miss vital classes and be unable to later change to professional track. After taking intro, logic, and research methods students need to take ancient philosophy and renaissance and early modern philosophy, a course in the metaphysics and epistemology category, and a 2000 level or higher course in the ethics category. Besides those courses, students must complete three other upper-division courses of their choice and a senior thesis. The disadvantage of the professional track is that students have less choice than a general track major over which philosophy courses they take. The main advantage of the professional track major is the opportunity of doing their own research on a topic they choose while completing a senior thesis. To choose between pursuing a general track or a professional track major ask yourself if you want to do a senior thesis. If the answer is yes or maybe, pursue the professional track course line.