Graduate Program

　　The graduate program is designed to train first-rate scholars and teachers in analytic philosophy. For this reason, students should be aware that courses will be intensive and challenging. The Department admits a small number of students each year and emphasizes intensive training in writing and research of philosophy. Currently, the research interests of the philosophy faculty at CCU include: philosophy of mind, epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, logic, philosophy of language, philosophy of logic and mathematics, legal and political philosophy, and certain areas of history of philosophy.

M.A. OF PHILOSOPHY

　　The Department of Philosophy offers a program leading to the Masters degree of Philosophy. The department's requirements are as follows:

　1. A degree must be obtained in a minimum of 1 year to a maximum of 4 years.

　2. The M.A. degree requires a minimum of 31 semester hours, at least of which 25
　　credits must be received from the CCU Philosophy Department. While courses
　　taken outside the department and transfer credits may be admitted, they must
　　receive departmental approval and cannot exceed 6 semester hours.

　3. Required courses include: Logic and Computability (I), Basic Issues in Philosophy
　　 (I), Basic Issues in Philosophy (II), Basic Issues in Philosophy (III) and Basic Issues
　　 in Philosophy (IV). In addition, students must take at least one course from each
　　 area of the graduate curriculum: (1) Basic Philosophy, (2) Philosophy of Cognition,
　　(3) Philosophy of Law and Political Philosophy, (4) Logic and Philosophy of Science.

　4. In order to graduate, each student has to write a thesis of appropriate quality and
　　length under the supervision of a departmental adviser. An oral test will be held after
　　the student finishes his/her thesis, and the student must receive an average of 70
　　or better for graduation.

　5. Graduate Curriculum:

PH. D. OF PHILOSOPHY


　1. The degree must be obtained in a minimum of 3 years, and a maximum of 7.

　2. The Ph.D. degree requires a minimum of 36 semester hours, at least of which 24
　　credits must be received from the CCU Philosophy Department. While courses
　　taken outside the department and transfer credits may be admitted, they must
　　receive departmental approval and cannot exceed 12 semester hours.

　3. Students must take at least two courses from (1) Metaphysics and Epistemology,
　　and (2) Ethics and Philosophy of Law and Political Philosophy as well as at least one
　　course from Logic and Philosophy of Science.

　4. Candidates for the Ph.D. program must: (1) passing an English proficiency test held
　　by the department or an equivalent TOEFL score over 250 (CBT); and (2) one
　　writing and one oral comprehensive examinations covering the student's area of
　　specialization and a prospectus of his/her dissertation. The comprehensive
　　examinations may be taken only after a student has completed 24 credits and before
　　the end of his/her 4th year.

　5. In order to graduate, each student has to write a dissertation of appropriate quality
　　under the supervision of a departmental adviser. An oral test will be held after the
　　student finishes his/her thesis. The student must receive an average of 70 or better
　　for graduation.