The Department of Philosophy offers philosophy majors with superior academic ability the opportunity to enroll in a Departmental Honors program. Majors interested in earning departmental honors must maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher in all their studies, and a GPA of at least 3.5 in their philosophy courses. Students who enroll for Departmental Honors will complete (in their senior year) EITHER a two-course sequence of independent reading PHL 480 (3 credits each semester for 6 total credits), OR an additional 400-level seminar and one 3 credit independent reading section of PHL 480 (for 7 total credits), AND submit a final paper which is the culmination of their independent study (all departmental honors students).