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Undergraduate Program Assessment Information
Mission Statement
Since philosophical virtues
lie at the core of a general, liberal education, our teaching mission is to help
students develop into mature, rational, morally sensitive, independent thinkers.
This means fostering their ability to think and to communicate their ideas
clearly, cogently, and respectfully about the complex philosophical issues
concerning ethics, knowledge and justification, human nature, and world
conceptions that arise in all fields of study as well as in life. This includes
the ability to appreciate and evaluate alternative points of view. In this role
we serve all students who take our courses. In addition, we aim to produce
majors cognizant of the main lines of historical and contemporary Western
philosophical thought in such a way as to prepare them for a variety of
positions in the work world as well as to enjoy an enriched life. Further, we
aim to provide a route to graduate study or professional schooling, e.g., in
philosophy or law, for students with those career goals.
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