Overview

Philosophy at Biola University offers several key advantages:

The Biola University Center for Christian Thought brings world-renowned philosophers and theologians to campus, giving students an opportunity to hear lectures from leading scholars.

Biola’s Talbot School of Theology is home to a nationally recognized master’s degree in philosophy — the largest Christian program of its kind — which affords many lecture and event opportunities to philosophy undergraduate students.

Skills gained in the philosophy major include the ability to ask good questions and expose underlying assumptions, and biases and concepts, and write clearly, concisely and precisely.

Biola’s location in Southern California — one of the world’s largest and most diverse metropolitan areas — is ideal for internships and job opportunities.

What Will I Study?

A Biola philosophy major provides a broad-based liberal arts education. Courses bring faith and reason together and are structured to give you an understanding how to think critically from a Christian perspective about a wide range of issues. You will work in a close-knit community of colleagues at reading and engaging the world’s great philosophers and wisdom traditions, always with an eye on the question, What can be learned from these thinkers and traditions about more effectively practicing of the teachings of Jesus?

Topics covered include:

Deductive and inductive inference: What are the marks of good reasoning?

Argumentative writing skills: What makes for effective argumentative writing?

The history of philosophy: Who are its main thinkers? What are its main themes? Which are its key texts?

Metaphysics: What is real? How is reality structured?

Epistemology: What is knowledge? What can we know? What differentiates rational from irrational belief?

Philosophy of religion: What are the main arguments for and against God's existence? Does the existence, magnitude or distribution of suffering constitute evidence against God’s existence?

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Medieval Philosophy

Modern Philosophy

Philosophy of Religion

Metaphysics and Epistemology

Ethics

Studies in Wisdom Traditions

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-02 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-01 00:00:00

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National: Applications are still accepted after the application deadline.

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

La Mirada, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Complete and submit your official application for admission

Submit a non-refundable $45 application fee (waived until January 15)

Complete the required essay and supplemental items for specific programs.

Submit an official transcript

Submit your scores from the SAT (Code 4017) or ACT (Code 0172)

The student must be a believer in the Christian faith (the applicant's statement of faith will be articulated in the personal essay section of the application).

The student must have at least a 1000 Evidence-Based Reading and Writing+Math score and a 26 Reading Test score on the New SAT, or a Composite 19 score on the ACT or a 64 CLT score.

The student must have graduated from high school or earned an equivalent degree (GED). The following is a recommended high school curriculum:

3 years of Mathematics

2-4 years of Foreign Language

2 years of Science

Tuition Fees

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50904 USD / year

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50904 USD / year

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50904 USD / year

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Living costs

La Mirada

United States

1100 - 1600 USD / month

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