Overview

The Philosophy graduate program’s signature style of pursuing these strengths involves engagement with and reflection on the history of philosophy. It also integrates our strengths with the study of ethics richly informed by a historical approach.

We understand Continental philosophy, feminist philosophy, and critical philosophy of race necessarily draw from multiple traditions, including analytic and American as well as Continental philosophy. Likewise, the field of ethics draws on multiple traditions, and the history of philosophy can be and is pursued by means of different problematics and diverse philosophical traditions. Graduate students at Pennsylvania State University are trained in multiple traditions, helping produce a new generation of diverse students who are philosophically “multilingual.”

Interdisciplinary study is also possible across the humanities, the social sciences, the arts, the natural sciences, and interdisciplinary programs such as Women's Studies and African American Studies. Doctoral minors are available in social thought and in literary theory, criticism, and aesthetics. Study abroad is possible as well, through exchange programs or individual arrangements with leading departments of philosophy.

Learning outcomes

Graduates will demonstrate command of and the ability to analyze historical philosophical ideas.

Graduates will demonstrate the ability to elaborate new ideas in relation to contemporary issues.

Graduates will demonstrate the ability to use research tools such as foreign languages and logic.

Graduates will demonstrate the ability to clearly and effectively present their research in both oral presentations and in written formats using appropriate conventions of the discipline.

Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of and commitment to the professional and ethical standards of scholarly and professional work in philosophy.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

American Philosophy Seminar
European Philosophy Seminar
Ethics Seminar
Social and Political Philosophy Seminar
Seminar in Logic
Aesthetic Seminar
Feminist Philosophy Seminar
Critical Philosophy of Race
Ancient Philosophy Seminar
Medieval Philosophy Seminar
Modern Philosophy Seminar
19th-Century Philosophy Seminar
20th Century Philosophy Seminar
Contemporary Philosophy Seminar
Africana Philosophy
Major Figures in Modern Philosophy

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Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

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Campus Location

University Park, United States

Disciplines

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General requirements

Students with a 3.00 junior/senior grade-point average (on a 4.00 scale) and with appropriate course backgrounds will be considered for admission.

The best-qualified applicants will be accepted up to the number of spaces that are available for new students. Exceptions to the minimum 3.00 GPA may be made for students with special backgrounds, abilities, and interests.

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1000 - 1500 USD / month

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