A student must complete 60 credits of course work with at least a B average.
Credits in Other Fields: Up to 15 credits may, with the approval of the Executive Officer, be taken in related areas. Students admitted with an M.A. in philosophy are allowed 6 credits in related fields.
Transfer Credits: No more than 20 credits may be transferred from other programs. No transfer credits will be approved until the student completes four courses with at least a B average. The Executive Officer will determine how many credits the student may transfer.
Satisfactory Progress: If a student has two incompletes, they will only be allowed to register for three courses; if they have three incompletes, they will only be allowed to register for two courses.
Distribution Requirements: Courses are organized into five groups:
- Group A: metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of logic and mathematics.
- Group B: epistemology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, philosophy of physics.
- Group C: ethics, political philosophy, aesthetics, philosophy of law.
- Group D: history of philosophy.
- Group E: logic.
Students are required to take two courses from each of groups A, B, C, and D, and one course from group E. The distribution areas towards which a given course counts will be determined by the faculty member in consultation with the Executive Officer. No course shall count towards more than two distribution areas. A student may count a course towards at most one area. A student must achieve a grade of at least B for a course to count toward satisfying a distribution requirement. For ways of completing the logic requirement see here.