College Catalog
For more information about courses for the Philosophy Department, visit the online, searchable College Catalog. The Undergraduate Catalog also includes academic department and major information, academic regulations and resources, admission standards and requirements, and tuition, fees, and financial aid information.
Majors and Minors
- To earn a bachelor of arts in Philosophy, students take at least eight Philosophy courses, including ethics, logic, history of philosophy and a senior seminar. With their adviser, they choose four electives, selected according to individual interests and goals. Some Philosophy majors choose to write a senior thesis, which provides them the opportunity to work closely with their major adviser in developing a major research project. All students are encouraged to apply for an internship to get hands-on experience in an area of scholarly or personal interest, and to consider studying abroad.
- To earn a minor in Philosophy, students take four courses, including one history of Philosophy course and at least one Philosophy course at the 300 or 400 level.
Philosophy Department News and Events

The Parenting Dilemma
The Parenting DilemmaNew 12-week course — “Psychology and Philosophy of Parenthood” — prepares students from a variety of majors to make informed familial decisions in their professional and personal lives.
Principled Problem Solvers
Principled Problem SolversStudents learn what it means to be an ethical leader and how to act on their value systems in day-to-day life in new Principled Problem Solving course with Professor of Philosophy Vance Ricks.
Getting Down to Business
Getting Down to BusinessPhilosophy major Andrew Munster ’20 reflects on his time at Guilford as he prepares for the joint JD/MBA program at Cleveland State in Ohio.
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