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Boston Unviersity
Academic Year:
2018 - 2019
Website
Department Name
Department of Philosophy
Department Chair
C Allen Speight,
Chair
Degrees Offered
Ph.D., Terminal Masters
Areas of Specialization Offered
Aesthetics, Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, History of Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy
Financial Aid
Teaching Fellowships:
18
Non-Teaching Fellowships:
25
Teaching Assistantships:
Scholarships:
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).
Faculty
Members
|
Hugh Baxter, Professor |
Alisa Bokulich, Professor |
Tian Yu Cao, Professor |
|
Daniel O. Dahlstrom, John R. Silber Professor of Philosophy |
Juliet Floyd, Professor |
Aaron Garrett, Associate Professor |
|
Marc Gasser-Wingate, Assistant Professor |
Charles Griswold, Borden Parker Bowne Professor of Philosophy |
Walter Hopp, Associate Professor, Associate Chair |
|
Paul Katsafanas, Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies |
Victor Kumar, Assistant Professor |
Michaela McSweeney, Assistant Professor |
|
Russell Powell, Associate Professor |
David Roochnik, Professor |
James Schmidt, Professor |
|
Sally Sedgwick, Professor |
C. Allen Speight, Associate Professor, Chair |
Susanne Sreedhar, Associate Professor |
|
Daniel Star, Associate Professor |
Judson C. Webb, Associate Professor |
Demographics
Ph.D.
Program Strengths
Philosophy of Science, Epistemology, Aesthetics, History of Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Ethics.
Student Demographics
Degrees Awarded
Ph.D. Tuition (US$ in FTEs)
In State:
$45,686
Out of State:
$45,686
Number of Required Courses:
16
Additional Information:
Most PhD candidates are accepted as post-bachelors and are therefore required to take the full 16 courses; on rare occasion a candidate is accepted as post-MA and that comes with some lighter requirements, but an accelerated timeline.
Ph.D. Program Entry Requirements
Transcripts:
Yes
Writing Sample:
Yes
Minimum GPA Required?:
No
Letters of Recommendation:
3
GRE Required?:
Yes
TOEFL Required?:
Yes
TOEFL Paper Score:
550.00
Other Requirements:
Master's
Student Demographics
Master's Tuition (US$ in FTEs)
Number of Required Courses:
8
Master's Program 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:
Types of Master's
Terminal Master's:
No
Non-Terminal Master's:
Yes
Placement
Summary of PhD Students 2018
Summary of Ph.D. Students, 2017
Summary of Ph.D. Students, 2016
Summary of Ph.D. Students, 2011 - 2015