哲学系在本科阶段提供广泛的课程，涵盖哲学的各个主要领域及其历史。学生可以主修该学科或辅修该学科。此外，该系还赞助了两个本科生哲学组织：向所有UM本科生开放的Philosophy Club，以及国家哲学荣誉学会的Phi Sigma Tau。两组学生都可以定期与彼此以及与系内的研究生和教职工见面，进餐和交谈哲学。欢迎所有对哲学感兴趣的大学生参加这些哲学活动。<br> <br>哲学是研究最基本的道德，科学，法律，美学，宗教和形而上学的概念和理论的依据，我们以此了解自己和我们的宇宙。这是对基本真理的理性追求，对理
The Philosophy Department offers a wide range of courses at the undergraduate level which cover every major area of philosophy as well as its history. Students can major or minor in the subject. In addition, the department sponsors two undergraduate philosophy organizations: the Philosophy Club, which is open to all UM undergraduates, and Phi Sigma Tau, a chapter of the National Honor Society in Philosophy. Both groups afford students regular opportunities to meet, eat, and talk philosophy with each other and with graduate students and faculty in the department. All undergraduates who are interested in philosophy are welcome to participate in these philosophical events. Philosophy is the study of the most basic moral, scientific, legal, aesthetic, religious, and metaphysical concepts and theories by which we understand ourselves and our universe. It is a reasoned pursuit of fundamental truths, a quest for understanding, a study of principles of conduct. It analyzes the basic assumptions and concepts of other disciplines and the norms that govern interpersonal relations and the acquisition of knowledge. It seeks to establish standards of evidence, to provide rational methods of resolving conflicts, and to create techniques for evaluating ideas and arguments. Philosophers are dedicated to developing the following abilities: reasoning clearly, distinguishing between good and bad arguments, thinking through complicated questions, and using reason in situations that are often governed by emotions. Studies have shown that philosophy majors do extremely well on standardized tests, and in careers that require analytical abilities such as the practice of law and software development. But irrespective of career choice, philosophy deepens one's sense of the meaning and varieties of human experience, and enhances self-knowledge, foresight, and sense of direction in life.