Bachelor of Arts In addition to the 32 quarter hours required in the liberal studies core, students are required to complete 52 quarter hours distributed through six learning domains as part of their Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy. The number and distribution of courses in each of the areas are as follows: Core: 32 quarter hours required; 20 quarter hours in the First Year Program (4 quarter hours in Discover Chicago or Explore Chicago, 4 quarter hours in Focal Point Seminars, 8 quarter hours in Composition and Rhetoric, 4 quarter hours in Quantitative Reasoning), 4 quarter hours in sophomore seminar on Multiculturalism in the United States, 4 quarter hours junior year experiential learning requirement and 4 quarter hours senior capstone requirement. Arts and Literature: 12 quarter hours required. At most two courses from the same department or program. Philosophical Inquiry: not required. Religious Dimensions: 8 quarter hours required; 4 quarter hours in patterns and problems, and 4 quarter hours in traditions in context. Scientific Inquiry: 12 quarter hours required; 4 quarter hours with a lab component, 4 quarter hours with a quantitative component, and 4 quarter hours scientific inquiry elective. Self, Society, and the Modern World: 12 quarter hours required. At most two courses from the same department or program. Understanding the Past: 8 quarter hours required. Courses must be from two different categories: 1) Asia, 2) Latin America, 3) Africa, 4) North America, 5) Europe and 6) Intercontinental or comparative. Although study in philosophy contributes to a student's liberal education, courses offered by the department of philosophy are not applied towards liberal studies requirements for the philosophy major. Exceptions to this rule are the junior experiential learning and the senior capstone requirements.