BA-AH PHI

Philosophy Department
Bachelor of Arts (HEGIS 1509)

Buckham B221
(716) 878-5136

The B.A. degree in Philosophy provides students with skills that facilitate success in their professional, private, and communal lives by equipping them to act wisely in a wide variety of environments and circumstances. These skills include being more thoughtful and reflective, thinking more critically, analyzing and appraising their own and other people's beliefs and values, communicating more effectively, reasoning and arguing more authoritatively, being open to similarities, differences, and alternative perspectives, and creatively solving a wide variety of problems. These are skills for success, which is why, ten years after college, on average, philosophy majors earn higher salaries than those who graduate with other liberal arts degrees. Moreover, as majoring in philosophy provides skills that are valuable in all kinds of settings, philosophy majors are uniquely well prepared for all of life's challenges, including the 21st Century reality that most people have to follow multiple career paths to succeed.

As a foundational discipline, studying philosophy also helps with the study of other disciplines, which means that, at only 30 credit hours, philosophy is an excellent choice for a second major.

A departmental Honors program is also available. Students should contact the department chair for additional information.

Program Requirements