Philosophy
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Program Graduation Requirements
Students must pass the Graduate Study Qualifying Examination (GSQE) during the first year of study as a matriculated student. S
PhD students must also pass the Comprehensive Examination, which involves writing a paper of publishable quality and defending it in an oral examination. To advance to the dissertation, students must prepare, defend, and have approved a dissertation prospectus. The PhD dissertation is supervised by a faculty committee of five members and is to be defended in a public oral examination.
Graduate School rules govern all students; however, each student's course of study is prepared in consultation with an advisor. Consult the department's graduate handbook for more detailed information about PhD requirements.
Courses as approved with supervisory committee; may need more if no Master's.
Two sections of course.
course or equivalent in other areas of formal methods such as Decision Theory, Game Theory, Probability Theory, and so on).
Entering graduate students must also take graduate courses or seminars in the following field areas:
two courses in Metaphysics and Epistemology (this field requirement also includes Philosophy of Science, Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language, and related areas),
two courses in History of Philosophy,
two courses in Ethics and Value Theory (this field may include Ethics, Applied Aesthetics, and related courses),
one course in advanced logic.