Mission: The Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, housing the disciplines of philosophy and religious studies, trains you in the skills of critical thinking, ethical reasoning, written and oral communication, and empathetic engagement with diverse worldviews and religions. The training we offer equips you with the skills needed for a wide variety of professional careers and with the ability to adapt to the inevitable changes and challenges they will face after graduation.

Environmental Ethics is a branch of Philosophy that explores questions concerning the values, beliefs and attitudes that influence how people relate to the environment.

Law and Justice is an interdisciplinary program studying law in connection to human attitudes, behaviors, practices, and values. Majors and minors learn to analyze relationships between law and ethics, justice, freedom, power, rights, knowledge, truth, and justification-relationships that are not incidental to law, but critical and essential components of it. For students interested in law school or law-related careers.

Philosophy is the rigorous examination of issues that cannot be resolved through empirical observation or experiment, such as the status of ethical judgments, the existence of God, and what counts as good reason for belief.

Religious Studies is the cross-cultural and comparative examination of humanity’s diverse religious traditions.