Academic Accelerator - Bachelor of Arts - Philosophy

Program Description

• The right amount of support when you need it.
• A seat in credit-bearing courses, so you can earn a full freshman year’s worth of credits while taking courses tailored to your needs as an international student. This will help you achieve your academic and career goals.
• English-language instruction designed around your social and academic needs.
• Integrated and cohorted courses, so you’ll be in some classes with U.S. students and others with your designated UDayton Global cohort.

Our philosophy program offers a strong liberal arts education, preparing you to explore the wonder and mystery of our world. To support your studies in philosophy, you are also encouraged to complete a second major or develop areas of concentration. Popular second majors include biology, communication, economics, English, history, physics, political science, premedicine, psychology and sociology. Common concentrations include finance, management and marketing.

In order to prepare you for work in our global society, you will also complete a language requirement. You may satisfy the requirement by taking a proficiency examination, completing an intermediate-level language course or participating in an approved education abroad experience.

As a philosophy major, you can engage in conversation with national and international scholars during the Baker Philosophy Colloquium. In recent years, topics have included “Ethics and the Professions,” “Ecofeminist Perspectives,” “Community, Difference and Diversity,” “Moral Agency and the Fragmented Self,” and “Communities of Justice.”

The department also sponsors the Thompson Christian Philosophy Lecture, which features distinguished scholars in the philosophy of religion.