IMPORTANT NOTE: The Philosophy Departmental Honors Program is completely separate from the Letters & Science (L&S) College Honors Program.
Completing one of the programs does not mean that you automatically qualify or complete the other program. For questions on the L&S College Honors Progra, please contact the College of Letters & Science advisors for assistance.
On the Philosophy Departmental Honors Program:
A student who completes the major requirements may graduate with Distinction in Philosophy ( Philosophy Departmental Honors) by doing the following.
- Complete two honors contracts, each of which is contracted between student and instructor by submitting the "*Philosophy Honors Contract*" petition form* in connection with any upper-division Philosophy course (100-199) in which the student earns a grade of B or better.
- *Not another course, nor will this give additional units.
- Complete a Senior Honors Thesis (PHIL 197A and PHIL 197B) Petition Form or a Senior Ethics Project (PHIL 197P) Petition Form that is judged to be of sufficiently high quality by the thesis supervisor.
- All Honors Thesis courses (PHIL 197A, PHIL 197B, and PHIL 197P) will not count towards your PHIL major requirements.
- Have a Philosophy GPA of at least 3.5 at time of graduation.
For more information on the Philosophy Honors Program see our PHIL FAQ .
To submit any of the honors forms, students must for reach out and gain the approval of a Philosophy faculty they'd like to work with.
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Faculty contact info & areas of specializations are on their profiles under the Philosophy's “People” page.
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Please note that all PHIL forms MUST be approved by a Philosophy faculty member before the undergraduate advisor can process them.
ALL PHIL FORMS ARE DUE PRIOR to Week 3 in the Quarter.