Philosophy places itself as the study with the longest history and serves as the foundation of nature sciences as well as humanities studies and social sciences. The department aims to find the essence of mankind and the origin of the world through studies on thoughts of philosophers of East and West. At the same time, it finds its educational goal to reach for understanding the ways of living a valuable life. Also, it studies about the right outlook on the world, history and values through wide study of common problems for mankind and the world in terms of ontology, epistemology and axiology. Graduates can proceed to graduate schools and further become university professors or researchers at many institutes. Many graduates are working in various fields of education, journalism, law. Many fields are especially opening to more graduate with B.A. in Philosophy as the need for them arises with growing interest in logical thinking.

Career paths after graduation Graduates of the department are actively working in various areas of society. A graduate should understand his/her own aptitude since philosophy can be applied to a very wide range of specialties. Study of philosophy shall guide students well in their future career, if they are well prepared through designing paths to take on their own and sincere attitudes from the undergraduate level. For more explanation, those wishing to become teachers have to take courses in pedagogy, learn languages and ideologies of target countries if wanting to work in the field of international relations, be equipped with ability to think critically in society and writing if wanting to become a journalist, and study a specific major area and language required in continuing to study in graduate schools. - Academia: university professors, teachers (completion of required courses), researchers of ideology or culture-related studies, company employees in charge of higher and continuing education, philosophic consultants for business management, communication consultants, teachers for reading and writing, producers of educational contents etc - Journalism: journalists, publishers, producers, contents producers, Ad designers, writers for the field of culture, social critics, etc - Administration and Management: planners/organizers for international conferences, consultants, company managers, marketing planners, policy makers, public servants, etc - Miscellaneous: legal professionals, scenario writers for games, employees at commercial pursuits, chaplains, etc .