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Undergraduate Philosophy Minor Requirements

The Department of Philosophy offers a minor in philosophy and bioethics. As with the major, the minor is an attractive option for a wide range of career paths, including medicine, law, research in the natural and social sciences, journalism, education and government.

Philosophy Minor Requirements

  • 7 Philosophy courses, 5 of which must be upper-division
  • all courses must be taken for a letter grade (C- or higher)
  • more than half of the course work must be taken at UC San Diego
  • transfer courses applied toward the minor must be petitioned; to petition, contact the undergraduate coordinator

Declare a Philosophy Minor

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