To be able to contribute to culture, one needs to be able to understand, reflect upon, and critique the philosophical and religious underpinnings of culture. This minor is designed to acquaint students with philosophy and religious studies toward this end. 

As a result of successfully completing program requirements, students should be able to:

• make stronger academic arguments;
• improve their critical reading and writing abilities;
• articulate the nuances of major themes in the areas of philosophy and religion they have studied; and
• bring their new questions and critiques of philosophy and religion to bear in their artistic production, as so many major artists in all media have.