Learning Outcomes - Philosophy

Seattle University undergraduate Philosophy students should be able to:

• Students will be capable of reading both primary and secondary sources in philosophy and of performing basic analysis of their argumentation.
  
• Students will have an understanding of the nature of philosophy as an activity and a discipline, including its characteristic forms of reasoning, key themes from its history, and key features of its relations to other disciplines.   
  
• Students will be capable of developing philosophical arguments of their own, including the coherent support of conclusions with premises and the ability to formulate and reply to reasoned objections.  
  
• Students in the Core courses will understand the relation of the three philosophy courses in the Core sequence and the place of philosophy in liberal education in the Catholic and Jesuit tradition.    
  
• Philosophy majors will be well qualified for graduate study, whether in philosophy or in other fields where philosophy has a reputation for providing a good background.

  

For complete list of Learning Outcomes for Seattle University Undergraduate Students, click here.