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PHILOSOPHY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES
The Department of Philosophy & Religious Studies offers a dual track B.A. degree in Philosophy & Religious Studies. We also offer minors in Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Ethics. If you are interested in becoming one of our majors or minors, please come see Dr. Frederick Downing, our Department Head, 2009 Georgia Author of the Year Award winner in Creative Non-Fiction, Biography for his book on Elie Wiesel.
What a Philosophy & Religious Studies degree can do for you? Well, there are several important skills this degree provides that will help you in your career, such as: critical and objective thinking, clear and effective writing skills, the ability to present a convincing case, organizational & analytical skills, and political awareness. Please click here to see what some of our alumni are doing with their degrees. Please click here for some helpful links.
How do I get involved with students in this major? There are plenty of ways to get involved with other Philosophy & Religious Studies majors. The Philosophy & Religious Studies Club along with their faculty advisor Dr. Cristobal Serran-Pagan has weekly meetings and host many events throughout the academic year. Students in any major with a 3.0 or higher who have taken two or more Philosophy and/or Religious Studies courses, you will be invited to join Phi Sigma Tau, an honor society. Our Senior Capstone Symposium is the major annual event that occurs every Spring Semester. The Symposium is a presentation of students' semester long work and their final papers. Click here to see some photos from the 2009 Symposium. Please take a moment to view Dr. Christine James' site and Dr. Ari Santas' site..
Student Achievements
(Photo of Patrick John Taylor)
Patrick John Taylor, one of our most recent Philosophy & Religious Studies graduates, was awarded the Annie Powe Hopper Award, considered the university's highest academic award, on May 7, 2009.