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What We Offer

Explore Your Options

NC State’s Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies offers an undergraduate major in Philosophy (B.A. and B.S., with a selection of concentrations), an undergraduate major in Religious Studies (B.A.) and undergraduate minors in the following fields: Philosophy; Religious Studies; Cognitive Science; Ethics; Health, Medicine and Human Values; Logic and Methodology.

We also offer several graduate-level courses in Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Logic plus a graduate minor in Cognitive Science.

Upcoming Events

Conference on Higher-Order Cognition
The Logic and Cognitive Science Initiative Conference on Higher-Order Cognition will take place on the NC State Campus on September 22-23, 2017. Learn more.

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New Faculty in Philosophy

Two scholars joined NC State’s philosophy faculty this semester: Stephen C. Ferguson II, who specializes in Africana philosophy, political philosophy, philosophy of race and philosophy of sport, and Kevin Richardson, who specializes in metaphysics, philosophy of language and pragmatism.

Conference on Higher-Order Cognition

NC State University’s Logic and Cognitive Science Initiative is hosting a conference on higher-order cognition on September 22-23, 2017.

Technology in the Human Context

What does philosophy have to do with software? Or ophthalmology? Philosophy alum Tim Prudhomme makes the connection every day.

Newsletter

The Department issues an annual newsletter each June.Current and recent issues are available here.

Department Mission

For the Department’s Mission Statement, click here.

Department History

For a very brief history of the Department, click here.