Tuition Fee
Start Date
Medium of studying
Duration
Program Facts
Program Details
Degree
Bachelors
Major
Philosophy | Strategic Communication
Area of study
Humanities | Media & Communication
Minor
Political Rhetoric | Philosophy and Philosophical Inquiry
Course Language
English
About Program
Program Overview
The Philosophy program at MTSU equips students with critical thinking, logic, and communication skills. Graduates pursue diverse careers in fields such as computer science, law, government, education, and non-profit organizations. Employers of MTSU alumni include Americorps, the Federal Government, and SunTrust Bank.
Program Outline
Careers:
Philosophy majors can use their logic, argumentation, and communication skills for a number of professions. Those can range from creating software and developing computer language, to pursuing legal and mediation careers, to helping shape policy for non-profit and governmental organizations. Examples of professions and fields include:
- Computer Science
- Curator/archivist/arts management
- Editor/publisher
- Executive/management
- Government and Public Policy
- Higher education
- Law
- Literary criticism
- Mediator
- Medicine
- Non-profit policy maker
- Novelist
on-fiction writer/poet - Philosophical counselor
- Software creator/systems engineer
- Teacher/professor
- Technical writer Employers of MTSU alumni include:
- Americorps
- Around America
- BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.)
- California State University, Bakersfield
- Community Health Systems
- Eastern Kentucky University
- Federal Government
- Florida State University
- Freelance organizer and videographer
- HCA (Hospital Corporation of America)
- Old Dominion Freight Line
- Parallon HCA
- SunTrust Bank
- Tennessee Center for Child Welfare
- Tennessee State Government
- Tufts University
- University of Central Oklahoma
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Toledo
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