Graduate Program

Graduate Director
Kelly Becker

Applications Deadlines:

Fall semester: M.A.: Only students who apply by February 1 are assured of consideration.
Ph.D.: Only students who apply by January 5 are assured of consideration.
Spring semester: M.A.: Only students who apply by November 1 are assured of consideration.
Ph.D.: No Spring admission

Degrees Offered

  • Master of Arts in Philosophy (M.A.)
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Applicants to the Graduate Program in Philosophy must take the Graduate Record Examination and submit a writing sample of not more than 20 typed pages on a philosophical topic. The department is committed to the study of a range of traditions and approaches in philosophy. It requires that each student receive broad training in all basic areas of the discipline. Joint courses and programs are available with several other departments.

The M.A. is offered under either Plan I or Plan II.

In addition to the general requirements for the Ph.D. stated elsewhere in this catalog, the department requires that each student enroll in a minimum number of graduate-level seminars, demonstrate reading competence in one foreign language and satisfactorily complete a preliminary and a comprehensive examination.

The Philosophy Department encourages students who wish to obtain Master’s Degrees in two departments to see Dual Graduate Degrees. Cooperative study leading to a Ph.D. in American Studies, with a concentration in Philosophy, is available. Consult American Studies in this catalog.

Degree Requirements

M.A. I: 24 credit hours with no language requirement.
M.A. II: 30 credit hours with no language requirement.
Ph.D.: 48 credit hours with one language requirement.

A detailed explanation of all requirements for both the M.A. and the Ph.D. degrees and of the functions of the departmental Graduate Advisory Committee is available upon request. Prospective students are urged to secure this material.

Graduate Minor in Philosophy

Students need to meet the following requirements (beyond the Graduate Studies minimum requirements) in order to receive a graduate minor in philosophy:

Plan I: A minimum of 9 credit hours of course work credit, of which 3 must be seminar credit hours, and no more than 3 credit hours of independent study.

Plan II: A minimum of 12 credit hours course work credit, of which 6 must be seminar credit, and no more than 3 credit hours of independent study.


Courses in Philosophy (PHIL) are categorized in content areas. The category for each course appears in parenthesis at the end of the course description according to the following legend:

Introductory Courses (I), Basic Survey Courses (B), Undergraduate Topics Courses (T), Advanced Undergraduate Survey Courses (AS), Advanced Undergraduate Courses on Individual Figures in the History of Philosophy (AI), Advanced Undergraduate Course in Asian Thought (AT), Other Advanced Undergraduate Courses (OA), Graduate Seminars (GS), Graduate Seminars in Continental Philosophy (CP), Other M.A. Courses (OM), Ph.D. Seminars/Tutorials in Indian Philosophy (IP), and Other Ph.D. Courses (OP).


Courses

PHIL 101. Introduction to Philosophy. (3)



PHIL 102. Current Moral Problems. (3)



PHIL 108. Introduction to Asian Philosophies. (3)



PHIL 156. Reasoning and Critical Thinking. (3)



PHIL 201. Greek Thought. (3)



PHIL 202. From Descartes to Kant. (3)



PHIL 211. Greek Philosophy. (3)



PHIL 241. Topics in Philosophy. (3, no limit Δ)



PHIL 244. Introduction to Existentialism. (3)



PHIL 245. Professional Ethics. (3)



PHIL 333. Buddhist Philosophy. (3)



PHIL 334. Indian Philosophy. (3)



PHIL 336. Chinese Philosophy. (3)



PHIL 341. Topics in Philosophy. (1-3, no limit Δ)



PHIL 343. Contemporary Continental Philosophy. (3)



PHIL 350. Philosophy of Science. (3)



PHIL 352. Theory of Knowledge. (3)



PHIL 354. Metaphysics. (3)



PHIL 356. Symbolic Logic. (4)



PHIL 358. Ethical Theory. (3)



PHIL 361. Modern Christian Thought. (3)



PHIL 363. Environmental Ethics. (3)



PHIL 365. Philosophy of Religion. (3)



PHIL 368. Biomedical Ethics. (3)



PHIL 371. Classical Social and Political Philosophy. (3)



PHIL 372. Modern Social and Political Philosophy. (3)



PHIL 381. Philosophy of Law. (3)



PHIL 390. Latin American Thought. (3)



PHIL 410 / 510. Kant. (3)



PHIL *411. Hegel. (3)



PHIL *414. Nietzsche. (3)



PHIL *415. History and Philosophy of Mathematics. (3)



PHIL *421. Early Heidegger. (3)



PHIL *422. Wittgenstein. (3)



PHIL *423. Later Heidegger/Post-Heideggerian Philosophy. (3)



PHIL 426. Seminar in Asian Philosophers. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



PHIL *434. South Asian Mystical Traditions. (3)



PHIL *438. Indian Buddhist Philosophy. (3)



PHIL *441. Topics in Philosophical Figures and Movements. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)



PHIL 442. Seminar in Individual Philosophers. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)



PHIL *444. Nineteenth-Century Philosophy. (3)



PHIL 453. Asian Studies Thesis. (3)



PHIL 454 / 554. Seminar in Metaphysics and Epistemology. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)



PHIL *455. Philosophy of Mind. (3)



PHIL 457 / 557. Seminar in the History of Philosophy. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)



PHIL 458 / 558. Seminar in Moral and Political Philosophy. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)



PHIL 462 / 562. Seminar in American Philosophy. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)



PHIL 464 / 564. Seminar in Philosophy of Religion. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)



PHIL 466 / 566. Seminar in Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)



PHIL *467. Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics. (3)



PHIL 468 / 568. Seminar in Psychoanalytic Theory and Continental Philosophy. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)



PHIL 469 / 569. Seminar in Continental Philosophy. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)



PHIL *480. Philosophy and Literature. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)



PHIL 486 / 586. Seminar on Major Continental Philosopher. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)



PHIL 497. Honors Seminar. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



PHIL 498. Reading and Research. (1-3, may be repeated 3 times Δ)



PHIL 499. Senior Thesis. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



PHIL 510 / 410. Kant. (3)



PHIL 526. Seminar in Asian Philosophers. (3)



PHIL 542. Seminar in Individual Philosophers. (3 to a maximum of 18 Δ)



PHIL 551. M.A. Problems. (1-3, may be repeated 6 times Δ)



PHIL 554 / 454. Seminar in Metaphysics and Epistemology. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)



PHIL 557 / 457. Seminar in the History of Philosophy. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)



PHIL 558 / 458. Seminar in Moral and Political Philosophy. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)



PHIL 562 / 462. Seminar in American Philosophy. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)



PHIL 564 / 464. Seminar in Philosophy of Religion. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)



PHIL 566 / 466. Seminar in Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)



PHIL 568 / 468. Seminar in Psychoanalytic Theory and Continental Philosophy. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)



PHIL 569 / 469. Seminar in Continental Philosophy. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)



PHIL 586 / 486. Seminar on Major Continental Philosopher. (3 to a maximum of 12 Δ)



PHIL 599. Master's Thesis. (1-6, no limit Δ)



PHIL 651. Ph.D. Problems. (1-3, may be repeated 6 times Δ)



PHIL 670. Seminar in Sanskrit Philosophical Texts. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



PHIL 676. Seminar in Vasubandhu. (3)



PHIL 679. Seminar in Vedanta. (3)



PHIL 699. Dissertation. (3-12, no limit Δ)



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