Philosophy Master's Degree Requirements
Tracks
History of Philosophy or Philosophy and Social Policy
Degree Requirements
- 33 credit hours of approved graduate work
History of Philosophy Track
- Qualifying research paper focusing on a major text by a single figure in the history of Western or non-Western philosophy
- Comprehensive examination requirement: submission of two qualifying papers, including one from a historical period of philosophy and one from feminist, Latin American, or Asian philosophy, or critical race theory
Philosophy and Social Policy Track
- Substantial research paper analyzing the ethical and social issues arising from the student's internship experience.
- Comprehensive examination requirement: submission of two qualifying papers, including one in theoretical or applied ethics and one in nineteenth or twentieth century philosophy
Course Requirements
History of Philosophy Track (33 credit hours)
- 33 credit hours of approved graduate course work
Philosophy and Social Policy Track (33 credit hours)
- 6 credit hours from the following:
- PHIL-520 Seminar on Ethical Theory (3)
- PHIL-525 Seminar on Modern Moral Problems (3)
- an approved course in either ethics or applied ethics (3)
- 6 credit hours from the following:
- PHIL-602 Nineteenth Century Philosophy (3)
- PHIL-603 Twentieth Century Philosophy (3)
- an approved course in the history of philosophy (3)
- PHIL-691 Internship in Philosophy (3)
- 6 credit hours in applied philosophy, with departmental approval
- 6 credit hours in philosophy or religion, with departmental approval
- 6 credit hours in social science or social policy from fields such as economics, sociology, anthropology, government, public administration, and justice, with departmental approval
