The Philosophy department offers courses on a variety of philosophical topics including, but not limited to, courses in Ethics, Logic, the History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Law, and Philosophy of Science. Philosophy courses stress the development of generally applicable skills for critical thinking and critical writing, the analysis of texts, and the reconstruction and evaluation of arguments. More importantly, however, philosophy aims at enhancing one's understanding of oneself, one's values, the fundamental nature of the world, and the methods by which one should formulate and revise one's beliefs about these. 

Philosophy is among the very best majors for anyone considering graduate study in any discipline. Data show that Philosophy majors regularly perform in or near the top percentiles on the major graduate admission tests including the GRE (see graph), the LSAT (see graph), the GMAT, and the MCAT. In fact, some of the data may surprise you. For instance, in an 18-year study by the National Institute of Education, Philosophy majors outscored English majors on the verbal portion of the GRE (in fact, they outscored all other majors), outscored all other humanities majors on the quantitative portion, and were alone among humanities majors in scoring above the overall average on the GRE. Philosophy majors outscored business majors on the GMAT by 15%, and outscored all other majors except mathematics. Philosophy majors outscored Political Science majors on the LSAT by 10%, and outscored accounting majors by 5%.