Gwynedd Mercy University
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Academic Criteria for Admission , Progression and Retention Program Admissions Requirements and Procedures Same as university
Internal / External Transfers : Same as university Academic Standards / Grade Requirements Same as university Attendance Policies Same as university Academic Progress , Probation , and Program Dismissal : Same as university Course Withdrawal Policies Same as university
PHILOSOPHY
Degree : Bachelor of Arts Program Type : Term Program Modality : On-ground Program Director / Coordinator : Patrick Messina
Program Description : The Philosophy Program at Gwynedd Mercy University provides a comprehensive baccalaureate curriculum steeped in the Western philosophical tradition and committed to promoting the discipline as the noblest intellectual pursuit offered in the academy . To this end , the Program seeks to safeguard the historical approach to the discipline , emphasizing the great thinkers in all four epochs of Western history and focusing upon the philosophia perennis that constitutes the greater tradition .
Program Student Learning Outcomes : PLO1 : Develop a historical sense of philosophy and trace the lines of influence among major philosophers and philosophical traditions . PLO2 : Understand various intellectual traditions that have contributed to philosophical inquiry . PLO3 : Apply ethical theories to particular situations and events . PLO4 : Search for and examine selfhood , leading to intellectual development and growth . PLO5 : Express one ’ s own philosophical position in debate and in writing . PLO6 : Understand the individual ’ s relation to other humans and the community at large . PLO7 : Formalize some basic philosophical arguments using the tools of logic . PLO8 : Write scholarly philosophy papers and demonstrate familiarity with research methods , materials , and resources .
NOTE : For Major Requirements , see Program Handbook and Curriculum Sheets . For Curriculum Sequence , see Program Handbook .
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