PHILMA - Philosophy
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The requirements for completion of the M.A. in Philosophy is at least a 3.0 Grade Point Average in ten three-unit graduate courses at or above the 500 curricular level for a total of 30 units. Typically, three of these courses will be graduate seminars numbered between PHIL 596A through PHIL 596Z, and the remaining seven courses will be graduate surveys numbered between PHIL 500 through PHIL 594. Of these ten courses, the student must take at least one from each of the following fields:
Metaphysics or Epistemology
Ethics, Political Philosophy, or Value theory
History of Philosophy
Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Mind or Cognitive Science
Elective Coursework may come from the following list of Philosophy courses and others from external departments approved by the Director of Graduate Studies.
Metaphysics and Epistemology
course: Decision theory (3)
course: Metaphysics (3)
course: Theory of Knowledge (3)
course: Knowledge and Cognition (3)
course: Philosophy of Mind (3)
course: Philosophy and Psychology (3)
course: Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence* (3)
course: Early Analytic Philosophy* (3)
course: Metaphysics (3)
course: Epistemology (3)
course: Philosophy of Mind (3)
course: Philosophy and Cognitive Science* (3)
History of Philosophy
course: History of Moral and Political Philosophy (3)
course: History of Moral and Political Philosophy (3)
course: Readings in Greek Philosophy (3)
course: Greek Philosophy (3)
course: Rationalism and Empiricism (3)
course: Rationalism and Empiricism (3)
course: Ancient Philosophy: Plato (3)
course: Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle (3)
course: History of Philosophy: Ancient (3)
course: History of Philosophy: Recent (3)
Ethics and Value Theory
course: The Ethical Entrepreneur (3)
course: Ethical Theory (3)
course: Ethical Theory (3)
course: Aesthetics* (3)
course: Social and Political Philosophy (3)
course: Moral and Social Evolution (3)
course: Philosophy of Law (3)
course: Philosophy, Politics and Economics (3)
course: Ethics (3)
course: Aesthetics (3)
course: Social and political philosophy (3)
course: Seminar in Moral philosophy (3)
Logic, Language, and Science
course: Symbolic Logic (3)
course: Symbolic Logic (3)
course: Philosophy of Mathematics (3)
course: Philosophy of Science (3)
course: Philosophy of Biological Sciences (3)
course: Philosophical of the Physical Sciences (3)
course: Philosophy of the Physical Sciences (3)
course: Philosophy of Language (3)
course: Pragmatics (3)
course: Early Analytic Philosophy* (3)
course: Philosophy of Physical Science (3)
course: Graduate Seminar in Formal Philosophy: Formal Methods (3)
course: Philosophy of Language (3)
course: Seminar in Philosophy of Mathematics (3)
course: Seminar in Philosophy and Cognitive Science* (3)
Language requirements: For M.A. applicants, English proficiency is one of the conditions for admission for all applicants whose native language is not English. Applicants must submit a minimum TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score of 550 paper based (PB), 79 internet based (iBT), or IELTS (International English Language Testing System) composite score of 7 (no subject area below a 6). Applicants may request, the Educational Testing Service (ETS) to send an official TOEFL score report directly to The University of Arizona. Contact TOEFL Services to request the mailing of your score report. The University of Arizona institution code is 4832.
Other requirements: The M.A. in Philosophy does not require a thesis. A student may, however, petition to write a thesis instead of taking one of the graduate seminars. For a request to be successful, the student must secure a faculty member to supervise the thesis and two other faculty members to serve on the thesis committee and conduct an oral defense. In such cases, the thesis will be a paper of approximately 6,000-10,000 words.
Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.
Minimum Credit Units
30
Core Coursework Requirements
Coursework: The requirements for completion of AMP in Philosophy include attaining a 3.0 grade point average in ten three-unit graduate courses at or above the 500 curricular level for a total of 30 units. Typically, three of these courses will be graduate seminars numbered between PHIL 596A through PHIL 596Z, and the remaining seven courses will be graduate surveys numbered between PHIL 500 through PHIL 594. Of these ten courses, the students must take at least one from each of the following fields:
Metaphysics or Epistemology
Ethics, Political Philosophy, or Value Theory
History of Philosophy
Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Mind or Cognitive Science.
Elective Coursework
Elective Coursework may come from the following list of Philosophy courses and others from external departments approved by the Director of Graduate Studies.
Metaphysics and Epistemology
course: Metaphysics (3)
course: Theory of Knowledge (3)
course: Philosophy of Mind (3)
course: Philosophy and Psychology (3)
course: Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence* (3)
course: Early Analytic Philosophy* (3)
course: Metaphysics (3)
course: Epistemology (3)
course: Philosophy of Mind (3)
course: Philosophy and Cognitive Science* (3)
History of Philosophy
course: History of Moral and Political Philosophy (3)
course: History of Moral and Political Philosophy (3)
course: Readings in Greek Philosophy (3)
course: Greek Philosophy (3)
course: Rationalism and Empiricism (3)
course: Rationalism and Empiricism (3)
course: Ancient Philosophy: Plato (3)
course: Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle (3)
course: History of Philosophy: Ancient (3)
course: History of Philosophy: Recent (3)
Ethics and Value Theory
course: The Ethical Entrepreneur (3)
course: Ethical Theory (3)
course: Ethical Theory (3)
course: Aesthetics* (3)
course: Social and Political Philosophy (3)
course: Philosophy of Law (3)
course: Ethics (3)
course: Aesthetics (3)
course: Social and political philosophy (3)
course: Seminar in Moral philosophy (3)
Logic, Language, and Science
course: Symbolic Logic (3)
course: Symbolic Logic (3)
course: Philosophy of Mathematics (3)
course: Philosophy of Science (3)
course: Philosophy of Biological Sciences (3)
course: Philosophical of the Physical Sciences (3)
course: Philosophy of the Physical Sciences (3)
course: Philosophy of Language (3)
course: Pragmatics (3)
course: Early Analytic Philosophy* (3)
course: Philosophy of Physical Science (3)
course: Philosophy of Language (3)
course: Seminar in Philosophy of Mathematics (3)
course: Seminar in Philosophy and Cognitive Science* (3)
Additional Requirements
AMP in Philosophy will not have a thesis requirement. A student may, however, petition to write a thesis instead of taking one of the graduate seminars. For a request to be successful, the student must secure a faculty member to supervise the thesis and two other faculty members to serve on the thesis committee and conduct an oral defense. In such cases, the thesis will be a paper of approximately 6,000-10,000 words.
Student Handbook
Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.