Our Philosophy Department works together with the Departments of Classics and Religious Studies to form the Humanities Degree Program. We offer a concentration in philosophy within an undergraduate Humanities major. This concentration is equivalent to a traditional philosophy major. Students may also minor in Philosophy. 

We offer a wide variety of courses, those listed in the catalogue as well as alternative and new courses. We teach introductions to ancient and modern philosophy (separate courses), and middle-level courses on current trends in philosophy, philosophy of sex, philosophy of art, ethics, comparative (eastern and western) philosophy, logic and interpretation, philosophy of science, philosophy of feminism, philosophy of sexual orientation and gender, and American philosophy. Our most advanced courses include upper-level ancient and modern philosophy courses, metaphysics (the most basic nature of reality), theory of knowledge, political philosophy, existentialism, philosophy of history and culture, philosophy of religion, and philosophy of logic. Alternative courses include advanced directed readings agreed on by teacher and student(s), courses suggested by students, and courses which focus on slowly reading one or two great philosophical books. 

Outside of coursework, we have our student Philosophy Club and our student journal Escalade. We are also part of Marshall's Study Abroad exchange program with Anglia Polytechnic University in Cambridge, England.

*Philosophers left to right: Aristotle, Alain Locke, John Locke, Julia Kristeva, Descartes, Mary Wollstonecraft, Henry Thoreau