Philosophy (PhD)
Department website: http://liberalarts.utexas.edu/philosophy/
The Department of Philosophy offers areas of concentration across the discipline and offers special programs in cooperation with other departments: (1) ancient philosophy, with the Department of Classics; (2) history and philosophy of science, with the Department of History; and (3) philosophy and cognitive science, with the Departments of Linguistics, Psychology, and Computer Science. For descriptions of these programs, students should consult the graduate advisor.
Graduate Handbook
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Total Hours Required: 30
Requirements
In addition to the general requirements given in Degree Requirements, the requirements for the doctoral degree are as follows:
- PHL 384F and PHL 389, completed in the first year of graduate study.
- A graduate course in each of the following: history of philosophy (any period up to or including Kant), metaphysics and epistemology, and ethics.
- PHL 398T, a one-semester teaching internship.
- Five additional graduate courses in philosophy.
- Proficiency in a language other than English, or two additional graduate seminars in philosophy, or two additional upper-division or graduate seminars in a related area approved by the Graduate Studies Committee chair. Proficiency in a foreign language may be shown by completion of four semesters of coursework, or the equivalent, either before or after admission to the program.
- Completion and defense of a dissertation prospectus, by the end of the third year.
- Completion and defense of a dissertation.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| PHL 384F | First-Year Seminar | 3 |
| PHL 389 | Topics in Logic | 3 |
| Hours chosen from: Metaphysics and epistemology graduate course | 3 | |
| Hours chosen from: Ethics graduate course | 3 | |
| Hours chosen from: History of Philosophy graduate course (any period up to or including Kant) | 3 | |
| Additional graduate courses in philosophy | 15 | |
| PHL 398T | Supervised Teaching in Philosophy | 3 |
| Choose a sequence below: | 6-12 | |
| Sequence 1: | ||
Proficiency in a language other than English; proficiency in a foreign language may be shown by completion of four semesters of coursework, or the equivalent, either before or after admission to the program | ||
| Sequence 2: | ||
Two additional graduate seminars in philosophy | ||
| Sequence 3: | ||
Two additional upper-division or graduate seminars in a related area approved by the Graduate Studies Committee Chair | ||
| Completion and defense of a dissertation prospectus (by the end of the third year) | ||
| Completion and defense of a dissertation | ||
| Graduate Liberal Arts Requirements | ||
| Graduate University Requirements | ||
| Total Hours | 39-45 | |