College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences > Department of Philosophy > Philosophy, MA
Admission Requirements
For unconditional admission to the Master of Arts program in philosophy, applicants must normally have completed 18 term 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 I
Applicants must have a grade point average of at least 3.33 (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. Admission is possible if some course requirements have not been met, provided that GPA and GRE scores are strong. However, these requirements will need to be completed early in the student's graduate career and lower division course work done in satisfying these requirements will not count toward the term hours required for the master's degree.
Applicants who do not have the course requirements for unconditional admission may be admitted conditionally, on the understanding that such requirements must be satisfied after entering the program; 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.