Philosophy
Associate in Arts for Transfer Philosophy · Chabot College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Description
What is philosophy? Philosophy is an activity rather than a set of beliefs. It is thinking critically, systematically, and creatively about fundamental and important questions about knowledge, values, and reality that include the following and more: What do I know, and how do I know it? What is justice? Does God exist? Do I have free will? What is the nature of the mind and self? In addition to preparing one for advanced study in the discipline, the Chabot Philosophy Program enriches its students with the ultimate transferable and portable job skills needed in the fields of law, medicine, business, education, public service, film-making, writing, and tech. Students who successfully complete the AA-T in Philosophy earn specific guarantees for transfer to the CSU system: admission to a CSU with junior status and priority admission to a local CSU campus and to a program or major in philosophy or a similar major. Students transferring to a CSU campus will be required to complete no more than 60 units after transfer to earn a bachelor’s degree. Students are required to complete 60 semester units that are eligible for transfer to a California State University, including: (1) The California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC) Breadth Requirements and (2) 18-19 semester units with a grade of C or P or better in the major and an overall minimum grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.0 in all CSU transferable coursework.
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon the successful completion of this program, students should be able to:
- Convey understanding of major philosophical questions, theories, and concepts in the areas of metaphysics (nature of reality), epistemology (knowledge), and axiology (value theory).
- Reconstruct, analyze, and evaluate arguments for and against major philosophical positions.
- Explicate and analyze globally significant texts from the history of philosophy.
- Employ the methods of philosophical inquiry, especially the principles of logic (formal & informal) and critical thinking.
- Demonstrate proficiency in portable language skills, including listening and reading carefully and critically, speaking articulately, and -- most importantly -- proficiency in philosophical writing, which includes presenting & supporting a philosophical thesis, articulating & responding to objections, and in general, writing in a way that is clear, precise, coherent, concise, well-organized, effective, and valuable.
- Demonstrate philosophical virtues, including being open-minded, imaginative, appropriately skeptical, intellectually humble, charitable, incisive, and truth & justice-seeking.
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| PHIL 55 | Symbolic Logic (Active) | 3 |
| PHIL 50 | Introduction to Philosophy (Active) | 3 |
| orPHIL 60 | Ethics (Active) | 3 |
| PHIL 65 | Introduction to Philosophy: Theory of Knowledge (Active) | 3 |
| PHIL 70 | Social and Political Philosophy (Active) | 3 |
| RELS 65 | Religions of Asia (Active) | 3 |
| ADMJ 60 | Criminal Law (Active) | 3 |
| BUS 10 | Business Law (Active) | 4 |
| HIS 1 | History of Western Civilization to 1600 (Active) | 3 |
| HIS 2 | History of Western Civilization Since 1600 (Active) | 3 |
| RELS 50 | Religions of the World (Active) | 3 |
| HUMN 60 | Creativity and the Community (Active) | 3 |
| HUMN 68 | World Mythology (Active) | 3 |
| ENGL 22 | Mexican American/Latino Literature of the U.S. (Historical) | 3 |
| ENGL 25 | Asian-American Literature (Historical) | 3 |
| ENGL 28 | Classic and Contemporary Youth Literature (Active) | 3 |
| ENGL 31 | Introduction to Queer Literature (Active) | 3 |
| ENGL 41 | World Literature (17th Century to the Present) (Active) | 3 |
| HIS 3 | World History: Beginnings to 1500 (Active) | 3 |
| HIS 4 | World History: 1500 to the Present (Active) | 3 |
| HIS 33 | Modern Latin America (Active) | 3 |
| FRNC 2A | Intermediate French (Active) | 4 |
| FRNC 2B | Advanced French (Active) | 4 |
| SPA 2A | Intermediate Spanish (Active) | 4 |
| SPA 2B | Advanced Spanish (Active) | 4 |
| Total | 60 | |
Other Information
Discipline: Social Sciences, Humanities & Education
Program Control Number: 41087
TOP Code: 150900 - Philosophy
CIP Code: 38.0101 - Philosophy