Degree Requirements 2008-2009 Catalog Year

1. FGCU General Education Program (GEP) (36 hrs)
Visit the General Education Program web site for more information: http://www.fgcu.edu/general_education/

1. Communication (6 hrs) 
   1. ENC 1101 (3)
   2. ENC 1102 (3)
2. Mathematics (6 hrs) 
   1. STA 2023 (3)
3. Humanities (9 hrs) 
   1. HUM 2510 (3)
   2. PHI 2000 (3) recommended
   3. REL 2306 (3) recommended
4. Social Sciences (6-9 hrs) 
   1. MAN 2062 (3) recommended
5. Natural Sciences (6-9 hrs)

2. Common Prerequisites 
Students are encouraged to take several courses with the prefixes of PHH, PHI, PHM, PHP, or REL as part of their lower division requirements or electives.

3. Required Courses in the Major (15 hrs)

• IDS 3300 Foundations of Civic Engagement (3)
• PHH 3050 Philosophy: History Texts Methods I (3)
• PHH 3050L Philosophy: History Texts Methods I Lab (1)
• PHH 4051 Philosophy: History Texts Methods II (3)
• PHH 4051L Philosophy: History Texts Methods II Lab (1)
• PHI 4938 Capstone Seminar in Philosophy (3)
• PHI 4938L Capstone Seminar in Philosophy Lab (1)

4. Electives in the Major (21 hrs)
Select 9 hours from the following:

• PHH 3103 Ancient Greece: Reason, Justice & Heroism (3)
• PHH 3501 Marx, Freud and Other Heretics (3)
• PHH 3931 Special Topics History of Philosophy (3) (may be repeated once)
• PHH 4450 Hume, Kant & Rousseau (3)
• PHI 4905 Directed Independent Study (3)
• PHP 3786 Existentialism (3)
• PHP 4930 Major Figures in Philosophy (3)

Select 9 hours from the following:

• PHH 3801 Self in Eastern Philosophy (3)
• PHI 3106 Principles of Rhetoric and Arg. (3)
• PHI 3223 Philosophy of Human Communication (3)
• PHI 3670 Ethics in Theory and Practice (3)
• PHI 3720 Faith and Reason (3)
• PHI 3930 Special Topics in Philosophy (3)
• PHI 3941 Philosophy Internship (1-3)
• PHI 4905 Directed Independent Study (3)
• PHM 3351 Philosophy of Human Rights (3)

Select 3 hours from the following:

• EVR 3020 Environmental Philosophies (3)
• LIT 4213 Literary Theory (3)
• MAN 2062 Ethical Issues (3) (GEP)
• PHI 2000 Introduction to Philosophy (3) (GEP)
• POT 3003 Political Theories (3)
• Or any additional upper division course with the prefixes PHI, PHH, PHP, or PHM that has not been used to fulfill other requirements.

5. University Requirements (3 hrs)

• IDS 3920 University Colloquium (3)

6. Additional Electives (variable)

TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS REQUIRED 120 HRS

Additional Graduation Requirements

• A minimum of 120 credit hours.
• A minimum of 48 of the 120 hours must be at the upper division (3000 and higher) level.
• A cumulative GPA of 2.0 for all coursework attempted at FGCU.
• A minimum grade of C for each course used to satisfy the following categories:  common prerequisites, required courses in the major, and electives in the major.
• Satisfaction of CLAST, Gordon Rule writing and computation, and foreign language entrance requirements.
• Satisfaction of the Service Learning requirement. See www.fgcu.edu/connect/
• Thirty of the last sixty credits must be completed at FGCU.
• Completion of the summer course enrollment requirement.
• Submit an application to graduate to CAS Advising by the deadline listed in the FGCU Academic Calendar.