Philosophy Department

In addition to the core classes, internship opportunities are also available. In the Philosophy Department, the internship coordinator, Dr. Stock, works closely with students to identify and match opportunities with each student's strengths and interests.

The Philosophy Department and the Fulton School of Liberal Arts strongly encourages all of its majors and minors to become global learners in order to better prepare themselves for life, work and citizenship in the global 21st century. Here are two ways to do that:

• Area Studies Minors. Each of these programs focuses on a region of the world—Africa, East Asia, Europe, Latin America or South Asia – via course work from multiple disciplines and perspectives. They also feature a study abroad requirement that may be fulfilled, in most cases, via a Salisbury Abroad Semester Program (highly recommended; see below) or an appropriate SU winter or summer study abroad program (non-SU study abroad programs may be used to fulfill this requirement as well, with prior approval). They also have a modest – 102-level – foreign language requirement. For detailed information on these exciting minors and related study abroad opportunities, please visit the Area Studies Minors website.
• Salisbury Abroad Semester Programs. These programs allow SU students to spend a semester of study abroad at one of the University's many foreign partner institutions (in, for example, China, Ecuador, England, Estonia, Ghana, India, Scotland and Spain) for about the same cost as studying on campus at SU. The course work taken on these programs may apply to one's major, an Area Studies Minor, or both. To search for Salisbury Abroad programs around the world that will enhance your SU experience, as well as your life and work thereafter, please visit SU’s Education Abroad Office website.

Here are some recent Philosophy programs:

• Salisbury Abroad: India- Philosophy and the Environment: Students earn four academic credits taken from one of the two courses offered on the program. In addition to studying offered courses, all students are enrolled in a basic survival Hindi language class.
• ENVR 495: Environmental Field Studies: India
• PHIL 399: International Studies in Philosophy Buddhist Philosophy in India

For more information on how you may incorporate one or more of the international opportunities mentioned above into your Fulton major, please talk to your advisor or department chair or contact the Center for International Education.

The Philosophical Society meets weekly in the Philosophy House during the regular semester.

The Philosophical Society is a student-run organization on SU’s campus that, for over 25 years, has encouraged reflection, debate, critical thinking and public engagement with philosophy. We sponsor events on campus every semester, all of which are free and open to the public including debates, symposia, film nights and social events. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with our club and our coming events!

 

Links

• American Philosophical Association
• Free Documentaries
• Geo-Aesthetics in the Anthropocene
• Perseus Project
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• The Unemployed Philosopher’s Guild
• Society for Phenomenological and Existential Philosophy
• Carring a (Welding) Torch for Philosophy – NPR