Department of Philosophy
The Philosophy program offers students the opportunity to pursue their deepest questions and to study all of the philosophical wisdom in the great tradition of thinking that reaches back to the ancient Greeks.
The Department of Philosophy offers a major and minor in Philosophy. The Department is committed to the ideals of a liberal education and understands the study of Philosophy as essential to such a noble endeavor.
Requirements & Course Offerings
To review Philosophy program requirements and course offerings, please visit our College Catalog (Hill Book).
Curriculum
The courses offered by the Department allow its students to develop the logical and critical skills needed to read intelligently and to think clearly, to learn how Philosophy developed over the centuries, and to appreciate the contributions of the great philosophers to Western culture. The study of Philosophy reveals the complexity of reality and the difficulty of the problems to be faced in the search for truth.
Career Options for Philosophy Majors
Graduates with a major in Philosophy from Stonehill have become college presidents and vice-presidents, academic deans, professors, judges, lawyers, priests, business persons, and authors. Some have become directors of personnel, others political and social analysts; still others have entered government service and politics. Liberally educated persons are ready to move in many directions. But more than preparing students for a career, a major in Philosophy prepares them for life and a life-long pursuit of wisdom.
Department News
September 13 | Introducing New FacultyThis year, the College welcomes six new full-time faculty and eight faculty fellows.
September 10 | Introducing New FacultyThis year, the College welcomes six new full-time faculty and eight faculty fellows.
April 3 | Stonehill Professors Featured In New Princeton Review Book “The Best 300 Professors”Stonehill has two of the country's best undergraduate teachers according to The Princeton Review.