Studying philosophy at St. Kate’s helps students develop skills they can use to expose and question hidden assumptions, challenge perceived authorities and problematic traditions, and engage a wide range of perspectives on some of life’s most fundamental questions.

Our courses engage diverse philosophical perspectives and teach students how to apply philosophical thinking to their everyday lives.

Studying philosophy helps prepare students for a career by developing skills in communication, critical thinking and creativity, leadership and collaboration, and ethics and justice.

Curriculum

Everyone in the College for Women is welcome to become a philosophy minor. Students take at least five philosophy courses and two of them will be upper-division courses (3000-level or above). Students get to choose all of their courses based on their interests.