The department offers the opportunity for a systematic study of the philosophies of past and present, of East and West, a study that deepens and broadens one’s outlook on the world and on human affairs.

The Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy requires a minimum of 40 units, with at least 31 of these units being upper division. The program culminates in a one-unit personalized learning outcomes course in which students reflect philosophically on their own development of skills and knowledge.