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MA Course Sequences

Compare sample course sequences for the Philosophy MA tracks in Philosopy & Social Policy and History of Philosophy and for the MA in Ethics, Peace & Human Rights.

  • The Philosophy & Social Policy track applies ethics and political philosophy to today’s complex social issues, combining philosophy with social science to provide a foundation for designing and evaluating social policy.
  • The History of Philosophy track emphasizes the diverse traditions and methodologies of the discipline, providing the opportunity to develop skills in analytic and continental philosophy, feminism and critical race theory, and Asian and Latin American philosophies as well as the Western canon.
  • The Ethics, Peace & Human Rights program is offered jointly by the Department of Philosophy and Religion and the School of International Service.

Below are examples of courses fictional former students have taken.

Philosopy & Social Policy Track


 
W.E.B. du Bois, 1911.W.E.B. du Bois.

W.E.B. du BoisCourse Sequence

  • PHIL-600-001
    Ancient Greek Philosophy 
  • PHIL-620-001
    Seminar on Ethical Theory 
  • WGSS-696-001
    Transnational Feminisms
  • PHIL-685-001 
    Phenomenology & Social World  
  • PHIL-685-002
    Prison & Abolitionist Imagination
  • PHIL-685-003
    Theories in Marriage Abolition 
  • PHIL-602-001
    19th-Century European Philosophy 
  • PHIL-621-001
    Latin American Philosophy
  • PHIL-691-001 
    Internship in Philosophy
  • PHIL-631-002
    Advanced Problems in Bioethics  
  • PHIL-696-001
    Contemporary Africana Philosophy

Michel FoucaultCourse Sequence

  • PHIL-620-001
    Seminar on Ethical Theory 
  • PHIL-685-001  
    Disability Law & Ethics 
  • PHIL-685-002
    Nihilism 
  • PHIL-685-001 
    Phenomenology & Social World 
  • PHIL-685-002
    Prison & Abolitionist Imagination 
  • PHIL-685-003
    Theories in Marriage Abolition 
  • WGSS-600
    Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Theory 
  • PHIL-685-002
    Curiosity
  • PHIL-691-001
    Internship in Philosophy 
  • PHIL-631-002
    Advanced Problems in Bioethics 
  • PHIL-696-001
    Contemporary Africana Philosophy

María LugonesCourse Sequence

  • PHIL-625-002
    Seminar on Modern Moral Problems 
  • PHIL-685-001  
    Latin American Philosophy 
  • PHIL-685-002
    William James: Radicalizing Experience 
  • GOVT-609-001 
    Contemporary Political Thought  
  • PHIL-696-001
    Philosophy of Curiosity 
  • PHIL-696-002
    Existentialism 
  • GOVT-686-001
    Feminist Political Theory 
  • PHIL-620-001
    Seminar on Ethical Theory 
  • PHIL-691-001
    Internship in Philosophy
  • PHIL-685-002
    Prison & Abolitionist Imagination 
  • PHIL-696-001
    Idealism & Its Discontents 

History of Philosophy Track

PlatoCourse Sequence

  • PHIL-601-001
    Early Modern European Philosophy 
  • PHIL-612-001
    Derrida & Buddhism 
  • PHIL-616-001
    Feminist Philosophy
  • PHIL-696-001
    Religious Pluralism/Tolerance  
  • PHIL-600-001
    Ancient Greek Philosophy 
  • PHIL-620-001
    Seminar on Ethical Theory 
  • PHIL-685-002
    Nihilism 
  • PHIL-614-001
    American Philosophy 
  • PHIL-685-002
    Prison & Abolitionist Imagination
  • PHIL-602-001
    19th-Century European Philosophy    
  • PHIL-685-002
    Curiosity

Simone de Beauvoir Course Sequence

  • PHIL-613-001 
    Philosophy & Modernity in East Asia 
  • PHIL-653-001
    Feminist Approaches to Metaphysics 
  • PHIL-621-001
    Latin American Philosophy 
  • PHIL-625-001 
    Seminar on Modern Moral Problems  
  • PHIL-696-001
    Philosophy of Curiosity
  • PHIL-696-002
    Existentialism 
  • PHIL-600-001
    Ancient Greek Philosophy
  • PHIL-619-001
    Buddhist Philosophy
  • PHIL-685-002 
    Nihilism
  • PHIL-685-001 
    Phenomenology & Social World   
  • RELG-686-001
    Religion & Black Bodies of Resistance

Simone de Beauvoir, 1950.Simone de Beauvoir.

Ethics, Peace & Human Rights MA

Mahatma GandhiCourse Sequence

  • GOVT-622-001
    Political Psychology
  • PHIL-693-001
    Global Ethics
  • SIS-622-001
    Human Rights
  • GOVT-605-001
    Modern Political Thought
  • SIS-612-001
    Qualitative Research Methods in PCR
  • SIS-619-002
    Democratic Decay & Authoritarianism
  • PHIL-620-001
    Seminar on Ethical Theory
  • PHIL-691-001
    Internship in Philosophy
  • SIS-733-002
    International Peace & Conflict Resolution Seminar I
  • GOVT-606-001
    American Political Thought
  • PHIL-631-002
    Advanced Problems in Bioethics
  • SIS-750-003
    Political Risk Analysis

Malala YousafzaiCourse Sequence

  • PHIL-693-001
    Global Ethics
  • SIS-619-009
    Insurgency & Counterinsurgency
  • SIS-733-004
    International Peace & Conflict Resolution Seminar I
  • RELG-686-003
    Religions of Israel
  • SIS-622-001
    Human Rights
  • PHIL-685-001
    Human Rights & Global Health
  • RELG-686-001
    Christianity
  • SIS-612-002
    Qualitative Research Methods in PCR
  • SIS-612-001
    Policing Practicum
  • RELG 675
    Religion & Violence
  • RELG-690-001
    Religion, Justice/Ancient Egypt
  • PHIL-691-001
    Internship in Philosophy

Mahatma Gandhi, 1931.Mahatma Gandhi.