Student AccoladeW&L Ethics Bowl Team Qualifies for National CompetitionThe team secured its place with a third-place finish at the APPE Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl regional competition in Chicago.
Philosophy Department
- Academic Division: The College
- Degrees Offered: Bachelor of Arts
- Academic Programs: Philosophy Major Requirements Philosophy Minor Requirements
- Course Offerings: Course Catalog
The Department of Philosophy engages students with fundamental questions of existence, knowledge, and value, to encourage students to examine critically a variety of beliefs, attitudes, and social structures, and to foster creative thoughtfulness and self-reflection.
Studying philosophy teaches students to read and write critically, to analyze concepts and problems carefully, and to express solutions and arguments clearly and forcefully. Thus, studying philosophy prepares students for many different career paths: business, law, medicine, teaching, and post-graduate research in the humanities and sciences.
Philosophy majors are admitted to law school and medical school at a higher rate than any other major. Philosophy majors also outperform most other majors on the LSAT, GMAT and GRE. Their mid-career salaries are the highest in the humanities, and even higher than those of accounting, business management, and marketing majors.
Feature Stories
Student AccoladeW&L Ethics Bowl Team Qualifies for National CompetitionThe team secured its place with a third-place finish at the APPE Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl regional competition in Chicago.
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