Philosophy - Barnard College

Philosophy from Barnard College is a Campus Bachelor Philosophy degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. It is worth noting that philosophy majors do writings of a rather special kind, in which the emphasis is on the critical assessment and development of arguments, and on clarity of thought and expression. Whatever your future career, the study of philosophy will strengthen your critical faculties, it will introduce you to intriguing problems and to ways of tackling them (though not necessarily solving them!). It will bring you into direct contact with the ideas of major thinkers of the past and present, such as Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Sartre, Wittgenstein, and Foucault. Not least, it will prove to have been an enjoyable and invigorating way of advancing your intellectual development. Students who are thinking about majoring in philosophy are often concerned about the practical value of a philosophy major. What does a philosophy major do after graduation? What jobs can she expect to find? Many philosophy majors go on to graduate or professional schools, usually studying law, medicine, teaching and/or business. Philosophy is an excellent field to major in for these professions. The emphasis on careful and rigorous analysis of arguments is particularly helpful of law (and the LSATs). Other majors have found their niche in journalism, communications, computer science, literature, the arts or music. For some majors, of course, graduate study in philosophy will be the answer, and Barnard philosophy majors have been very successful in strong graduate programs. View more details on Barnard College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Philosophy courses.