Associate in Arts - Philosophy

Courses in the philosophy program begin with conceptual analysis and the assessment of arguments. Students will be introduced to fundamental issues concerning existence, knowledge, ethics, and the history of ideas, from Ancient Greece to the present.

This program will prepare students to continue studying in the humanities and social sciences by developing critical thinking, reading, and writing skills, especially conceptual analysis and the assessment of arguments about difficult philosophical problems. Philosophy, as taught at IVC, is critical-thinking-based.