Program Map

Philosophy - Associate in Arts for Transfer

Award Type: Associate in Arts for Transfer
Effective Date: Fall 2025
Learning and Career Pathway
  • Social Sciences, Humanities & Education

This program map from the 2024-2025 catalog year represents one possible pathway to complete this program. Your pathway may vary depending on your transfer plans and also previous college credit, including AP Test scores, concurrent enrollment courses and high school articulated courses.

I'm ready to get started. What do I do next?

  1. Review this program map to get an overview of the required courses
  2. Meet with a counselor to develop your customized student education plan www.chabotcollege.edu/counseling
  3. Use DegreeWorks, an online student education planning tool, to track your progress toward graduation www.chabotcollege.edu/admissions/degreeworks
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? The Chabot Philosophy Program prepares students for advanced study in the discipline and enriches them with the ultimate transferable and portable job skills that ready them for careers in the fields of law, medicine, business, education, public service, film-making, writing, and technology.

What can I do with this Major?

Careers include: professor, teacher, lawyer, physician, businessperson, entrepreneur, public servant, film-maker, writer, technology consultant, clergy person, social media influencer, and comedian.

Transfer majors: philosophy, pre-law, legal studies, pre-med, classics, humanities, and religious studies.

If considering a double major or minor, philosophy pairs well with: psychology, religious studies, humanities, classics, political science, English, creative writing, legal studies, administration of justice, sociology, anthropology, mathematics, pre-med, computer science, nursing, film studies, and history.

Critical Course Prerequisite for Other Courses Prerequisite Required Required for Major GE General Education

Semester 1
 
13 - 15 units
PHIL 50 or PHIL 60 (Choose one)
 
3.0
PHIL 50
Introduction to Philosophy (Active)
3.0
OR
PHIL 60
Ethics (Active)
3.0
English 1- Critical Reading and Composition
 
GE
4.0
Math Course for General Education: see a counselor to choose the appropriate course.
 
GE
3.0-5.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
Semester 2
 
16 units
PHIL 55
Symbolic Logic (Active)
3.0
List A Course
 
3.0
Select one course from List A below.
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
4.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
Semester 3
 
16 units
List B Course #1
 
3.0
Select one course from List B below
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
4.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
Semester 4
 
15 units
List B Course #2
 
3.0
Select one course from List B below.
List C Course
 
3.0
Select one course from List C below.
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
Elective- see a counselor to choose a course that counts for elective units (can be any CSU transferable course).
 
3.0
Elective- see a counselor to choose a course that counts for elective units (can be any CSU transferable course).
 
3.0
List A
 
12 units
Any required course not already taken (PHIL 50 or 60)
 
3.0
PHIL 65
Introduction to Philosophy: Theory of Knowledge (Active)
3.0
PHIL65 is offered Fall or Spring on a rotating basis.
PHIL 70
Social and Political Philosophy (Active)
3.0
RELS 65
Religions of Asia (Active)1
3.0
1This course is not currently being offered.
List B
 

Select two courses (6 units) from the list below

9 units
Any List A course not already taken.
 
3.0
HIS 1
History of Western Civilization to 1600 (Active)
3.0
HIS 2
History of Western Civilization Since 1600 (Active)
3.0
List C
 
115 units
Any List A or List B course not already taken.
 
3.0
ADMJ 60
Criminal Law (Historical)
3.0
BUS 10
Business Law (Active)
4.0
COMM 2
Oral Interpretation of Literature (Historical)
3.0
COMM 6
Introduction to Performance Studies (Active)
3.0
ENGL 11A
Introduction to Creative Writing (Active)
3.0
ENGL 12A
Beginning Fiction Writing (Active)
3.0
ENGL 21
The Evolution of the Black Writer (Historical)
3.0
ENGL 22
Mexican American/Latino Literature of the U.S. (Historical)
3.0
ENGL 25
Asian-American Literature (Historical)
3.0
ENGL 28
Classic and Contemporary Youth Literature (Active)
3.0
ENGL 31
Introduction to Gay and Lesbian Literature (Historical)
3.0
ENGL 41
World Literature (17th Century to the Present) (Active)
3.0
ES 5
Critiquing Race and Gender in Popular Culture (Active)
3.0
FRNC 1A
Beginning French (Active)
5.0
FRNC 1B
Elementary French (Active)
5.0
FRNC 2A
Intermediate French (Active)
4.0
FRNC 2B
Advanced French (Active)
4.0
GNST 31
Women's Spirituality: An Examination of Ancient and Emerging Traditions (Historical)
3.0
HIS 3
World History: Beginnings to 1500 (Active)
3.0
HIS 4
World History: 1500 to the Present (Active)
3.0
HIS 33
Modern Latin America (Active)
3.0
HUMN 50
The Artful Life (Historical)
3.0
HUMN 60
Creativity and the Community (Active)
3.0
HUMN 65
The American Style (Active)
3.0
HUMN 68
World Mythology (Active)
3.0
SL 64
Beginning Sign Language (Active)
3.0
SPA 1A
Beginning Spanish (Active)
5.0
SPA 1B
Elementary Spanish 1 (Active)
5.0
SPA 2A
Intermediate Spanish (Active)
4.0
SPA 2B
Advanced Spanish (Active)
4.0
RELS 50
Religions of the World (Active)
3.0
RELS 64
The Nature of Islam (Historical)
3.0
RELS 70
Spiritual Traditions and Contemporary Voices (Historical)
3.0
Total Units: 60.0-62.0
This program map is not a guarantee of course availability or financial aid applicability.