Advising

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Departmental Advising

Mark Tanzer, PhD
Plaza M108
mark.tanzer@ucdenver.edu

 

Program Restrictions, Allowances, Recommendations, and Requirements

  1. Students must complete a minimum of 36* PHIL credit hours.

  2. *For those students who qualify for and fulfill the requirements of graduation with Honors, a total of at least 39 PHIL hours is required

  3. Students must complete a minimum of 27 upper-division (3000-level and above) PHIL credit hours.

  4. Students must earn a minimum grade of C- (1.7) in all major courses taken at CU Denver and must achieve a minimum cumulative major GPA of 2.0. All graded attempts in required and elective courses are calculated in the major GPA. Students cannot complete major or ancillary course requirements as pass/fail.

  5. Students must complete a minimum of 18 PHIL credit hours with CU Denver faculty.

  6. Courses taken at other institutions must either be transferred as a direct equivalent to a CU Denver course or be approved by an advisor in the Philosophy Department for application towards the major.

  7. For those students who both major in philosophy and minor in ethics, philosophy, or philosophy of science, up to two courses can satisfy the requirements for both

CLAS Academic Advising Office

North Classroom 1030 (Annex across the street from the Student Commons building)
303-315-1940 or clas_advising@ucdenver.edu