Student Perspective
鈥淚 think the biggest thing we can leverage as Lawrence students and Lawrence graduates is the tight connection that we鈥檙e able to have with alumni, with professors, and with our peers.鈥澛
Tarrel Nedderman '22聽
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Brooklyn, New聽 York
Washington Semester
Be in the room where it happens when you combine your study of politics with an immersive internship experience.聽
From epistemology to ethics, philosophy courses cover specialized and interdisciplinary topics.
Not Just Studying the Classics
Courses engage students to bring methods of philosophical analysis to bear on other areas of inquiry, preparing them for聽careers in academe, business, government, law, and medicine, among others.
Stranger Things
Break out beyond the classroom and enjoy informal philosophical conversations with your peers during Philosophy Strange Thing. Interact and intellectualize in a weekly gathering in Main Hall's Strange Lounge. Engage in casual discussions of philosophical issues of both contemporary and enduring interest.聽
Plays Well with Others
Interested in discovering scientific knowledge, but also want to investigate what knowledge really is? Are you an artist who wants to inquire about the nature of art? The Philosophy program at Lawrence is designed to pair well with a variety of other majors, offering course reductions for double majors.
Philosophy Outcomes
While there aren鈥檛 always answers to the questions that arise while studying philosophy, there are always a variety of career pathways and advanced study opportunities made possible by a degree in philosophy.