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2018 - 2019
Website:
Department Name:
Department of Philosophy
Department Chair:
C Allen Speight,
Chair
Faculty:
Name:
Hugh Baxter,
Title:
Professor
Name:
Alisa Bokulich,
Title:
Professor
Name:
Tian Yu Cao,
Title:
Professor
Name:
Daniel O. Dahlstrom,
Title:
John R. Silber Professor of Philosophy
Name:
Juliet Floyd,
Title:
Professor
Name:
Aaron Garrett,
Title:
Associate Professor
Name:
Marc Gasser-Wingate,
Title:
Assistant Professor
Name:
Charles Griswold,
Title:
Borden Parker Bowne Professor of Philosophy
Name:
Walter Hopp,
Title:
Associate Professor, Associate Chair
Name:
Paul Katsafanas,
Title:
Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies
Name:
Victor Kumar,
Title:
Assistant Professor
Name:
Michaela McSweeney,
Title:
Assistant Professor
Name:
Russell Powell,
Title:
Associate Professor
Name:
David Roochnik,
Title:
Professor
Name:
James Schmidt,
Title:
Professor
Name:
Sally Sedgwick,
Title:
Professor
Name:
C. Allen Speight,
Title:
Associate Professor, Chair
Name:
Susanne Sreedhar,
Title:
Associate Professor
Name:
Daniel Star,
Title:
Associate Professor
Name:
Judson C. Webb,
Title:
Associate Professor
Additional efforts to increase inclusiveness:
This year we are doubling down on increasingly visibility an interest for the department within the University in an effort to attract more diverse voices not only to the classroom, but also to events in general. We are labeling this campaign "Why Study Philosophy?" and while it is targeted at undergrads, we hope the effects will reverberate up to the graduate program over time.
Faculty Demographics:
Tenured:
0
Tenured-track:
0
Non-tenure track:
0
Teaching Fellowships:
18
Non-Teaching Fellowships:
25
Students teaching their own classes:
6
Other Financial Information:
All of our PhD students are guaranteed funding for the first 5 years of / the program, and most are able to obtain funding after that (if / necessary).
Degrees Offered:
Ph.D.
Terminal Masters
Student Demographics:
Demographic Title:
Other Race
Other Gender:
47
Tuition:
In State:
$45,686
Out of State:
$45,686
Number of Required Courses:
16
Additional Information:
Most PhD candidates are accepted as post-bachelors and are therefore required to take the full 16 courses; on rare occasion a candidate is accepted as post-MA and that comes with some lighter requirements, but an accelerated timeline.
Degrees Awarded:
Year:
2010
Degrees Awarded:
8
Time to Completion:
6.00
Year:
2011
Degrees Awarded:
5
Time to Completion:
7.00
Year:
2012
Degrees Awarded:
5
Time to Completion:
7.00
Year:
2013
Degrees Awarded:
6
Time to Completion:
7.00
Year:
2014
Degrees Awarded:
3
Time to Completion:
8.00
Entry Requirements:
Transcripts:
Yes
Writing Sample:
Yes
Minimum GPA Required?:
No
Letters of Recommendation:
3
GRE Required?:
Yes
TOEFL Required?:
Yes
TOEFL Paper Score:
550.00
Other Requirements:
Program Strengths:
Philosophy of Science, Epistemology, Aesthetics, History of Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Ethics.
Tuition:
Number of Required Courses:
8
Entry Requirements:
Transcripts Required?:
Yes
Writing SampleRequired?:
Yes
Letters of Recommendation:
3
GRE Required?:
Yes
GPA Required?:
No
TOEFL Required?:
Yes
TOEFL Paper Score:
550.00
Other Requirements:
Summary of Ph.D. Students, 2011 - 2015:
Summary Category:
Entered the marketplace
Unknown Gender:
24
Summary Category:
Placed in a tenure-track position
Unknown Gender:
8
Summary Category:
Placed in a tenure-track position
Unknown Gender:
15
Summary Category:
Placed in a non-academic Job
Unknown Gender:
1
Specilizations:
Address:
Boston University
Boston, MA 02215
United StatesLocation:
Types of Masters:
Terminal Master's:
No
Non-Terminal Master's:
Yes
Public/Private:
Private
location_taxonomize_terms:
Faculty Total:
0
Ph.D. Total Woman:
0
Ph.D. Total Men:
0
Ph.D. Total Other:
47
Ph.D. Total LGBT:
0
Ph.D. Total Disability:
0
Ph.D. Total:
47
MA Total Woman:
0
MA Total Men:
0
MA Total Unknown:
0
MA Total Other:
0
MA Total LGBT:
0
MA Total Disability:
0
MA Total:
0
Tuition Min:
45 686
Tuition Max:
45 686
Total Students:
47
Faculty African/African American:
0
Faculty Asian:
0
Faculty Native American:
0
Faculty Hispanic or Latino:
0
Faculty Pacific Islander:
0
Faculty White:
0
Faculty Multi-racial:
0
Faculty Other Race:
0
Faculty Unknown Race:
0
Ph.D. African/African American:
0
Ph.D. Asian:
0
Ph.D. Native American:
0
Ph.D. Hispanic or Latino:
0
Ph.D. Pacific Islander:
0
Ph.D. White:
0
Ph.D. Multi-racial:
0
Ph.D. Other Race:
47
Ph.D. Unknown Race:
0
MA African/African American:
0
MA Asian:
0
MA Native American:
0
MA Hispanic or Latino:
0
MA Pacific Islander:
0
MA White:
0
MA Multi-racial:
0
MA Other Race:
0
MA Unknown Race:
0
Total Placements:
29
Tenured-track Placements:
27
Non-tenure track Placements:
1
Non-Academic Placements:
1
Faculty Other Unknown total:
0
Summary of Ph.D. Students 2016:
Summary Category:
Entered the marketplace
Women:
2
Summary Category:
Placed in a tenure-track position
Women:
2
Summary of Ph.D. Students 2017:
Uknown Gender:
3
Summary Category:
Entered the marketplace
Uknown Gender:
2
Summary Category:
Placed in a tenure-track position
Uknown Gender:
1
Summary Category:
Placed in a non-tenure track position
Summary of Ph.D. Students 2018:
Summary Category:
Entered the marketplace
Men:
1
Women:
2
Summary Category:
Placed in a tenure-track position
Women:
2
Summary Category:
Placed in a non-tenure track position
Men:
1
iPEDS unitid:
164988
Masters Teaching Placement:
0
Masters Non-Teaching Placement:
0
Masters PhD Placement:
0
Masters Total Placement:
0