B.A. in Philosophy

Philosophy identifies the most basic questions about existence and is a requirement for the priesthood. In fact, one of its great questions is, “What is existence?” It helps you develop a rational, intellectual capacity to think critically and methodically to find answers to fundamental questions: What is a person? What is thinking? What is nature? What is the nature of the universe? What makes a human being a human being?

The vocabulary and the concepts that address such questions are critical to the study of theology.

Centuries before the birth of Jesus, the great philosophers—Socrates, Plato and others—pondered these very questions. You will study their arguments and assumptions and those found in the writings of famous philosophers through history to the present day, all of which have influenced Christian Theology.