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College of Humanities, Fine Arts and Communication
Master of Arts in Philosophy

Admission Requirements

For unconditional admission to the Master of Arts program in philosophy, applicants must normally have completed 18 semester hours in philosophy at an accredited institution, including courses that are the equivalents of those required for our bachelor's degree:

• two courses in the history of western philosophy, one of which must cover either Ancient Philosophy or Early Modern Philosophy;

• Ethics;

• Logic II.

Applicants must have a grade point average of at least 3.00 (A=4.00) on the last 60 hours of course credit. Unconditional admission also requires that applicants have acceptable scores on the Graduate Record Examination. Finally, unconditional admission requires a reading knowledge of some foreign language deemed appropriate by the department, e.g., Ancient Greek, Latin, German, French. This requirement may be met by receiving a satisfactory score on the relevant foreign language examination administered by the Educational Testing Service or by completing a minimum of 12 semester hours in the relevant foreign language.

Applicants who have not completed the equivalent of the course work required for our bachelor's degree, or who do not meet the language requirement for unconditional admission, may be admitted conditionally on the understanding that such requirements must be satisfied after entering the program; any course work done in satisfying these requirements will not count toward the semester hours required for the master's degree. Conditional admission may also be granted to applicants who do not satisfy the grade requirements for unconditional admission if 1) their overall grade point average on the last 60 hours of course credit is at least a 2.67 (A=4.00); 2) their grade point average in philosophy courses is at least a 3.00 (A=4.00), and 3) their scores on the Graduate Record Examination are high enough to indicate probable success in the program.