2009-2010 Downtown Campus Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Philosophy
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Chair: Candice Shelby
Program Assistant: Agnes Romero
Office: Plaza Building, M108
Telephone: 303-556-4868
Fax: 303-556-8100
Web site: www.cudenver.edu/philosophy/
Undergraduate Program
Graduate Program
Faculty
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| Associate Professors: |
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| Robert Metcalf, PhD, Pennsylvania State University |
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| Candice Shelby, PhD, Rice University |
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| Mark Tanzer, PhD, Stony Brook University |
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| Assistant Professors: |
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| David Hildebrand, PhD, University of Texas at Austin |
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| Chad M. Kautzer, PhD, Stony Brook University |
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| Maria L. Talero, PhD, Pennsylvania State University |
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| Gabriel Zamosc-Regueros, PhD, University of Michigan |
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| Senior Instructors: |
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| Myra Bookman, PhD, University of Colorado |
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| Sharon Coggan, PhD, Syracuse University |
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| Daryl Mehring, PhD, University of Colorado |
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| Samuel F. Walker, PhD, University of Colorado |
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| Honoraria: |
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| Barbara Goodrich, William Simpson |
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The philosophy program is recommended to students whose goal is a liberal arts education in the finest sense. Philosophy is concerned with the transmission and evaluation of basic beliefs and values. It is not an easy field of study, but for more than 25 centuries philosophy has been judged most rewarding by those who seek self-development, intellectual sophistication and the happiness of a reflective life.
Philosophy is an excellent undergraduate preparation for almost any professional field.
Undergraduate
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MINOR
HONORS PROGRAM
Requirements for honors are the following:
| A. Course Performance |
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1. Cum laude |
3.4 GPA within the major |
3.3 overall GPA |
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2. Magna cum laude |
3.6 GPA within the major |
3.5 overall GPA |
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3. Summa cum laude |
3.8 GPA within the major |
3.7 overall GPA |
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Majors desiring to graduate with honors in philosophy must enroll in PHIL 4950 for a minimum of 3 hours and a maximum of 6 hours (note that these hours are in addition to the 36 hours required for the philosophy major) and complete research that culminates in a thesis and oral examination. Majors must work with two faculty members during the project. Written proposals must be submitted and approved by the faculty committee prior to the beginning of the project. If the completed thesis and oral exam are deemed worthy of honors, the student will be awarded the honors consistent with his or her GPA. However, to receive highest honors (summa cum laude), the faculty committee must designate the performance for both the written thesis and the oral defense as worthy of graduation with highest honors. If the faculty committee makes no such designation, students will graduate magna cum laude.
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MINOR IN ETHICS
CERTIFICATE IN ETHICS
Graduate
Graduate-level courses offered at the Downtown Campus may be applied to University of Colorado-Boulder graduate degrees in philosophy or toward the master of humanities and master of social science at UC Denver. Contact these programs for degree requirements and applicability limitations of UC Denver course work.
Center for Ethics and Community
Executive Director: Candice L. Shelby
Telephone: 303-556-3223
The Center for Ethics and Community is dedicated to strengthening ethics in the community, in schools and universities and in the professions.
The center focuses its activities in five major areas:
- academic programs
- research in ethics
- ethics and the professions
- community outreach
- educational programs
Through the Department of Philosophy, the center offers an ethics certificate and an ethics minor.
The ethics certificate is offered to individuals who are not enrolled in a degree program. The certificate program encourages community members from all walks of life to further their ethics education.
The ethics minor is offered primarily to students enrolled for regular course work.
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