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PhilosophyGraduate Degree Seeking
Completion requirement

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Completion requirement

The Department approved the following governing graduate minors in Philosophy:

  1. A philosophy minor for a graduate student from outside the philosophy department requires that the graduate student take three graduate courses in philosophy (9 units) in any area subject to the approval of the DGS. Units for the minor must be completed with a grade of B or better. For a philosophy minor also majoring in philosophy, 3 units (1 course) must be seminar work.

  2. Transfer credits will not be accepted for the minor.

  3. A comprehensive examination is required in an area of philosophy chosen by the student with the approval of the DGS.

 

Courses in Distribution Areas (all classes listed are 3 units):

Metaphysics and Epistemology

  • 539. Decision theory

  • 540. Metaphysics 

  • 541. Theory of knowledge

  • 542. Knowledge and cognition 

  • 550. Philosophy of mind 

  • 551. Philosophy and psychology

  • 553. Intro to consciousness studies 

  • 555. Philosophy and artificial intelligence*

  • 567. Early analytic philosophy*

  • 596B. Seminar in metaphysics 

  • 596C. Seminar in epistemology 

  • 596K. Seminar in philosophy of mind 

  • 596V. Seminar in philosophy and cognitive science*

History of Philosophy

  • 510A. History of moral and political philosophy

  • 510B. History of moral and political philosophy

  • 512. Readings in Greek philosophy 

  • 570. Greek philosophy 

  • 571A. Rationalism and empiricism 

  • 571B. Rationalism and empiricism 

  • 572A. Ancient philosophy: Plato

  • 572B. Ancient philosophy: Aristotle

  • 596P. Seminar in history of philosophy: Ancient 

  • 596Q. Seminar in history of philosophy: Recent 

Ethics and Value Theory 

  • 504.  The ethical marketplace 

  • 530A. Ethical theory 

  • 530B. Ethical theory 

  • 533. Aesthetics*

  • 534. Social and political philosophy

  • 537. Social and moral evolution 

  • 538. Philosophy of law 

  • 561. Philosophy politics and economics

  • 596A. Seminar in ethics 

  • 596E. Seminar in aesthetics

  • 596F. Seminar in social and political philosophy 

  • 596G. Seminar in moral philosophy

Logic, Language, and Science

  • 501A. Symbolic logic

  • 501B. Symbolic logic

  • 516. Philosophy of mathematics 

  • 520. Philosophy of science

  • 521. Philosophy of biological science

  • 526. Philosophical of the physical sciences: Space time and motion

  • 527. Philosophy of the physical sciences: Theories and models

  • 563. Philosophy of language 

  • 565. Pragmatics 

  • 567. Early analytic philosophy*

  • 596H. Seminar in philosophy of physical science

  • 596J. Seminar in formal philosophy 

  • 596L. Seminar in philosophy of language 

  • 596S. Seminar in philosophy of mathematics 

  • 596V. Seminar in philosophy and cognitive science*

Completion requirement

9  units overall for the minor must be completed with a grade of B or better from the following Distribution areas:

Courses in Distribution Areas (all classes listed are 3 units):

Metaphysics and Epistemology

  • 539. Decision theory

  • 540. Metaphysics 

  • 541. Theory of knowledge

  • 542. Knowledge and cognition 

  • 550. Philosophy of mind 

  • 551. Philosophy and psychology

  • 553. Intro to consciousness studies 

  • 555. Philosophy and artificial intelligence*

  • 567. Early analytic philosophy*

  • 596B. Seminar in metaphysics 

  • 596C. Seminar in epistemology 

  • 596K. Seminar in philosophy of mind 

  • 596V. Seminar in philosophy and cognitive science*

History of Philosophy

  • 510A. History of moral and political philosophy

  • 510B. History of moral and political philosophy

  • 512. Readings in Greek philosophy 

  • 570. Greek philosophy 

  • 571A. Rationalism and empiricism 

  • 571B. Rationalism and empiricism 

  • 572A. Ancient philosophy: Plato

  • 572B. Ancient philosophy: Aristotle

  • 596P. Seminar in history of philosophy: Ancient 

  • 596Q. Seminar in history of philosophy: Recent 

Ethics and Value Theory 

  • 504.  The ethical marketplace 

  • 530A. Ethical theory 

  • 530B. Ethical theory 

  • 533. Aesthetics*

  • 534. Social and political philosophy

  • 537. Social and moral evolution 

  • 538. Philosophy of law 

  • 561. Philosophy politics and economics

  • 596A. Seminar in ethics 

  • 596E. Seminar in aesthetics

  • 596F. Seminar in social and political philosophy 

  • 596G. Seminar in moral philosophy

Logic, Language, and Science

  • 501A. Symbolic logic

  • 501B. Symbolic logic

  • 516. Philosophy of mathematics 

  • 520. Philosophy of science

  • 521. Philosophy of biological science

  • 526. Philosophical of the physical sciences: Space time and motion

  • 527. Philosophy of the physical sciences: Theories and models

  • 563. Philosophy of language 

  • 565. Pragmatics 

  • 567. Early analytic philosophy*

  • 596H. Seminar in philosophy of physical science

  • 596J. Seminar in formal philosophy 

  • 596L. Seminar in philosophy of language 

  • 596S. Seminar in philosophy of mathematics 

  • 596V. Seminar in philosophy and cognitive science*

Completion requirement

A comprehensive examination is required in an area of philosophy chosen by the student with the approval of the DGS.

The comprehensive exam would have both a written and an oral part. A student would have two faculty members on the comprehensive examination committee, each from the Philosophy Department. They would help the student draw up a reading list in the student’s desired field in philosophy. The written part would be a three-hour exam taken by the student at a time of his or her choosing on the subject agreed upon with the members of the committee. The oral examination would consist of the two Philosophy Department committee members examining the student based on the written answers, exam questions not answered by the student, or on other issues connected with the agreed-upon reading list. The oral part of the minor comprehensive exam must take place in conjunction with an oral exam in the major field if this should occur.

Completion requirement