Overview

It seeks to foster precise and thoughtful pursuit of basic questions by means of (1) rigorous training in the interpretation of important texts, supported by (2) extensive training in at least one foreign language, and by (3) the acquisition of the knowledge, approaches, and skills of conventional disciplines: historical, religious, literary, scientific, political, and philosophical.

Key Facts

A richly informed question or concern formulated by students guides the reading of texts. Classic texts are also informed by such questions. For example, Socrates asks the fundamental questions: What is virtue? What is the good? What is justice? Aristotle and Cicero explore the relation of civic friendship to society. Freud asks: What is happiness? Can humans be happy? Milton investigates how poetic vocation may be related to political responsibility.

Questions of this nature and others like them are often raised in not only in humanities and social sciences, but also in the physical and biological sciences. Students in the Fundamentals - Issues and Texts programme from University of Chicago who are engaged by these questions, who find them both basic and urgent, may wish to continue to explore them more thoroughly and deeply within the structure of this program.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Beginning the Chinese Novel

Shakespeare's History Plays

Kafka: The Trial

Foucault and the History of Sexuality

Readings in Maimonides' Guide to the Perplexed

War and Peace

Political Essays from the Encyclopédie

James Joyce: Ulysses

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-01-06 00:00:00

Language

English

Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Chicago, United States

Disciplines

History Philosophy View 1091 other Bachelors in Philosophy in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Application for Admission and Supplement Essays

Application Fee or Automatic Fee Waiver

Secondary School Report and Transcript

Two Teacher Evaluations

Midyear Report

Test-Optional

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Tuition Fee

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International

67446 USD/year

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Based on the tuition of 67446 USD per year during 48 months.
National

67446 USD/year

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Based on the tuition of 67446 USD per year during 48 months.
In-State

67446 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 67446 USD per year during 48 months.

Living costs for Chicago

1297 - 2491 USD /month

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