哲学学士

学习哲学将与聪明而有趣的人一起帮助您思考，挑战权威和假设，并讨论古老的难题和新发现的悖论，这些人将使您跳出思维框框。许多专业会教您一些可能对某些工作有用的特定技能。但是将您的专业视为职业培训是短视的。这是有几个原因的。一个是，您通常不会以您认为自己会从事的职业结束。另一个是，当今大多数人在工作生涯中通常会不止一次更换职业。同样，特定行业所需的技能和知识可能会在10或20年后过时。您希望从专业中获得的技能和知识将永远不会过时，这将成为您可能拥有的任何出色工作的基础。这就是哲学之所以特别的原因：它教会您如何思
Studying philosophy will help you think, challenge authority and assumptions, and discuss age-old conundrums and newly discovered paradoxes, with smart and interesting people who will push you to think outside the box. Many majors will teach you particular skills that may be useful for certain jobs. But it is shortsighted to view your major as job training. This is true for several reasons. One is that you often don't end up in the profession you thought you would. Another is that nowadays most people change professions, often more than once, during their work careers. Also, the skills and knowledge required for a particular profession might be obsolete 10 or 20 years later. What you want from your major is to develop the skills and knowledge that will never become obsolete, and which will be the foundation for any good job you could ever have. This is why philosophy is special: it teaches you how to think, how to articulate nuanced ideas, how to argue for or against a claim, and how to draw out the surprising implications of a view. The study of philosophy prepares you for any good career you want. (This is borne out by the high scores on standardized professional school tests and mid-career salary data for philosophy majors.) ECU's Department of Philosophy has a high ratio of instructors to majors, so you can expect more one-on-one face time and individual attention from your instructors and adviser. Our graduates go on to all sorts of careers, from professor to lawyer, to medical doctor to horse trainer to security consultant.