Extended Accelerator - Bachelor of Arts - Philosophy

Program Description

• An immersive educational experience with a contextual curriculum bridging language, culture and academics.
• Live, Learn, Grow is a unique course designed for international students that will deepen your working knowledge of life in the United States and give you a comprehensive understanding of the local community and region.
• Bolster your academic achievement with English-language instruction, tutoring, academic advising and student support.
• Benefit from personalized English-language instruction that’s fully contextual—for example, lab-specific English-language instruction alongside your lab-inclusive science course.

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.