该课程向学生展示哲学传统中的中心概念和价值观，并提供哲学领域的专业知识，以补充学生在专业，技术或科学领域的核心能力。哲学学士学位可以提高专业，技术或科学领域的理解水平，并为学生做好准备，无论他们的职业道路如何，他们都能反思性地解决复杂的问题，并发展解决全球性道德问题所需的沟通和分析能力。学生熟悉各种哲学方法，并在逻辑和批判性推理，严谨和清晰地分析，综合和评估复杂信息，有效地进行口头和书面交流以及理解和运用不同观点方面发展核心技能。该专业既补充又支持学生的科学，专业和技术教育。此外，它还为学生提供了进一步的
Philosophy is the major of presidents, prime ministers, and even a pope. Students who have majored in philosophy have served as Supreme Court justices and cabinet secretaries. They are entrepreneurs and CEOs, Pulitzer Prize-winning authors and Academy Award-winning actors and directors.<br><br>Philosophy is the study of wisdom, and it addresses problems and questions that affect all aspects of human existence: the fundamental nature of truth, the meaning of law and justice, the foundation of ethics and morality, the processes of science, the role of the state and religion, the value of art, and the origin of knowledge. The BS in Philosophy degree is focused on philosophical areas that are relevant to another professional, technical or scientific discipline.