Learning Outcomes

Seattle University undergraduate Philosophy students should be able to:

• Students will be capable of reading both primary and secondary sources in philosophy
  and of analyzing their argumentation.
• 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.
• Philosophy majors will demonstrate a broad familiarity with the history of philosophy and with philosophy's main fields and schools of thought.
• Philosophy majors will be well qualified for graduate study by completing term papers that demonstrate original exegesis and interpretation of primary sources within existing philosophical debates.