Philosophy, Bachelor of Arts at Johns Hopkins University

Philosophy poses such fundamental questions as: What can we know? How should we live? and How do the results of human inquiry, obtained so far, hang together? It is excellent preparation for professional studies such as law and medicine; it provides perspective on other disciplines such as psychology, mathematics, literature, and political science; and it centers on a set of questions that thinking people cannot avoid. At Hopkins it can be studied in a variety of ways.

Faculty: Krieger School of Arts and Sciences  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Baltimore, MD, United States

What you will study

Philosophy majors must take 11 departmental courses. A minimum of six courses must be at the 300-level or higher. Of the two general introductory courses, AS.150.111 Philosophic Classics and AS.150.112 Philosophical Problems , only one may count toward the major, and two total 100-level courses may count toward the major. Majors are required to take the philosophy majors' seminar, preferably in the junior year. Total credits: 33.

Career pathways

A broad understanding of the work of major figures in the history of philosophy, both ancient (especially Plato and Aristotle) and modern (especially the period of Descartes through Kant) Familiarity with the most important topics in a range of areas that are typically regarded as lying at the center of contemporary philosophical thought,...

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