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Philosophy

We are excited about the prospect of your taking courses through SCOPE. Formal admission to BJU is not required to take a course by distance learning, and approval to take a distance learning course does not imply admission to BJU or to a particular degree program.

Ph 200
3 Credits
Ideas & Their Consequences
Selected philosophical ideas of continuing importance from the pre-Socratics to the 20th century. Second semester and summer, three hours.
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Dates: May. 11 – Jun. 27, 2026
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Register by: May. 8, 2026
Next offered: Jun. 29, 2026 - Aug. 15, 2026
Prerequisites: Bi 205.
Themes in Western Thought (must be purchased from BJU bookstore--ctextbooks@bju.edu) – 2013 (custom)
Horton, Ronald, ed.
McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 978-0-07-781903-3
Ph 200
3 Credits
Ideas & Their Consequences
Selected philosophical ideas of continuing importance from the pre-Socratics to the 20th century. Second semester and summer, three hours.
Information
Textbooks
Dates: Jun. 29 – Aug. 15, 2026
Register
Register by: Jun. 26, 2026
Next offered: Aug. 28, 2026 - Dec. 12, 2026
Prerequisites: Bi 205.
Themes in Western Thought (must be purchased from BJU bookstore--ctextbooks@bju.edu) – 2013 (custom)
Horton, Ronald, ed.
McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 978-0-07-781903-3
Ph 200
3 Credits
Ideas & Their Consequences
Selected philosophical ideas of continuing importance from the pre-Socratics to the 20th century. Second semester and summer, three hours.
Information
Textbooks
Dates: Aug. 28 – Dec. 12, 2026
Register
Register by: Aug. 25, 2026
Next offered: Jan. 15, 2027 - May. 1, 2027
Prerequisites: Bi 205.
Themes in Western Thought (must be purchased from BJU bookstore--ctextbooks@bju.edu) – 2013 (custom)
Horton, Ronald, ed.
McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 978-0-07-781903-3
Ph 200
3 Credits
Ideas & Their Consequences
Selected philosophical ideas of continuing importance from the pre-Socratics to the 20th century. Second semester and summer, three hours.
Information
Textbooks
Dates: Aug. 28 – Oct. 17, 2026
Register
Register by: Aug. 25, 2026
Next offered: Jan. 15, 2027 - May. 1, 2027
Prerequisites: Bi 205.
Themes in Western Thought (must be purchased from BJU bookstore--ctextbooks@bju.edu) – 2013 (custom)
Horton, Ronald, ed.
McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 978-0-07-781903-3
Ph 200
3 Credits
Ideas & Their Consequences
Selected philosophical ideas of continuing importance from the pre-Socratics to the 20th century. Second semester and summer, three hours.
Information
Textbooks
Dates: Jan. 15 – May. 1, 2027
Register
Register by: Jan. 12, 2027
Next offered: May. 10, 2027 - Jun. 26, 2027
Prerequisites: Bi 205.
Themes in Western Thought (must be purchased from BJU bookstore--ctextbooks@bju.edu) – 2013 (custom)
Horton, Ronald, ed.
McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 978-0-07-781903-3
Ph 200
3 Credits
Ideas & Their Consequences
Selected philosophical ideas of continuing importance from the pre-Socratics to the 20th century. Second semester and summer, three hours.
Information
Textbooks
Dates: Jan. 15 – Mar. 6, 2027
Register
Register by: Jan. 12, 2027
Next offered: May. 10, 2027 - Jun. 26, 2027
Prerequisites: Bi 205.
Themes in Western Thought (must be purchased from BJU bookstore--ctextbooks@bju.edu) – 2013 (custom)
Horton, Ronald, ed.
McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 978-0-07-781903-3
Ph 200
3 Credits
Ideas & Their Consequences
Selected philosophical ideas of continuing importance from the pre-Socratics to the 20th century. Second semester and summer, three hours.
Information
Textbooks
Dates: May. 10 – Jun. 26, 2027
Register
Register by: May. 7, 2027
Next offered: Jun. 28, 2027 - Aug. 14, 2027
Prerequisites: Bi 205.
Themes in Western Thought (must be purchased from BJU bookstore--ctextbooks@bju.edu) – 2013 (custom)
Horton, Ronald, ed.
McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 978-0-07-781903-3
Ph 200
3 Credits
Ideas & Their Consequences
Selected philosophical ideas of continuing importance from the pre-Socratics to the 20th century. Second semester and summer, three hours.
Information
Textbooks
Dates: Jun. 28 – Aug. 14, 2027
Register
Register by: Jun. 25, 2027
Prerequisites: Bi 205.
Themes in Western Thought (must be purchased from BJU bookstore--ctextbooks@bju.edu) – 2013 (custom)
Horton, Ronald, ed.
McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 978-0-07-781903-3
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