Philosophy and Religion Minor

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Program of Study

Humanities & Arts

Degree Type

Minor

A Philosophy and Religion Minor requires completion of 2 units of work in Philosophy and Religion distributed as follows:

Program Distribution Requirements for the Philosophy and Religion Minor

Philosophy and/or Religion (Minimum 5/3 Units)

Minimum Units

5/3

5/3 unit of PY and/or RE courses, which must include a minimum of one 3000-level course and a maximum of one 1000-level course.

PY 1731/RE 1731

Introduction to Philosophy and Religion

1/3

PY 2711

1/3

PY 2712

Social and Political Philosophy

1/3

PY 2713

1/3

PY 2716/RE 2716

Gender, Race, and Class

1/3

PY 2717

Philosophy and the Environment

1/3

PY 2718

Existentialism and Phenomenology

1/3

PY 2719

Philosophy of Science

1/3

PY 2731/RE 2731

1/3

PY 2734

Philosophy and Spirituality

1/3

PY 3711/RE 3711

Topics in Philosophy

1/3

PY 3712

Philosophy of Religion

1/3

PY 3721/RE 3721

Topics in Religion

1/3

RE 2721

Religion and Culture

1/3

RE 2722

Modern Problems of Belief

1/3

RE 2725

Religious and Spiritual Traditions

1/3

RE 2726

Global Religions

1/3

RE 3723

Religion, Gender & Sexuality

1/3

Minimum Units

5/3

Capstone Experience (Minimum 1/3 Unit)

1/3 unit Philosophy and Religion Capstone Experience. This can be either a 1/3 unit Independent Study in Philosophy and Religion or a 2000 or 3000-level course approved by the student and advisor, to which significant extra reading and writing requirements are added. The capstone course must be taken last.

Minimum Units

1/3

Note: No more than one unit of work from the Humanities and Arts Requirement may be applied toward the Philosophy and Religion minor. The Inquiry Seminar Project cannot be applied to the Minor. Any student at WPI is eligible to pursue the minor in Philosophy and Religion except for students majoring in Humanities and Arts with a concentration in philosophy.