BA World Philosophies and East Asian Studies

Course Overview This innovative BA program moves beyond the Western canon to explore philosophical questions from a truly global and decolonizing perspective. It provides rigorous training in the metaphysical, ethical, and epistemological systems from a diverse range of societies and cultural traditions. Students learn to examine fundamental questions about reality, knowledge, and the good life through a multifaceted, international lens. Key Program Highlights Examines philosophical traditions from a global, non-Eurocentric viewpoint Rigorous training in diverse metaphysical, ethical, and epistemological systems Develops critical skills in comparative analysis and formal argumentation Explores a wider range of political and social thought than traditional degrees Challenges conventional perspectives by confronting and decolonizing the history of philosophy