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Duquesne University
Academic Year:
2019 - 2020
Department Name
Department of Philosophy
Department Chair
Daniel Selcer,
Associate Professor
Degrees Offered
Ph.D., Terminal Masters
Areas of Specialization Offered
Social and Political Philosophy, Continental/European Philosophy (including Kant), History of Philosophy, 19th/20th Century Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy
Financial Aid
Teaching Fellowships:
12
Non-Teaching Fellowships:
4
Teaching Assistantships:
8
Scholarships:
Students teaching their own classes:
17
Other Financial Information:
Duquesne PhD students receive a 5-year $18,000/year stipend, full tuition remission, funding for at least one conference each year, summer grants to fund intensive summer language study abroad, a 50% health insurance discount, and tuition-free on-campus academic-year language study. Additional travel funds and research support -- including post-stipend dissertation completion grants -- are available through competitive application. In return for stipend funding, PhD students assist professors teaching very small classes for 2 years (while also enrolling in a comprehensive pedagogical training seminar) and then begin to offer their own small introductory-level courses. After the conclusion of stipend funding, adjunct teaching is usually available for students who request it (with pay approximately equivalent to the stipend). PhD students also have the opportunity to participate in our exchange program with Heidelberg University during their 4th year (for a semester or for the entire year) and continue to receive their stipends (without teaching responsibilities) while they do so.
MA students all receive a 25% tuition discount. We are often also able to offer additional tuition waivers to MA students, ranging from 30-50% (availability of this additional tuition support varies year to year). All MA students receive the same language study and conference travel support as our PhDs: summer grants to fund intensive summer language study abroad; tuition-free on-campus academic-year language study; travel funding for at least one conference each year with additional travel funding available by competitive application.
Faculty
Members
|
Kelly Arenson, Assistant Professor |
Jennifer Bates, Professor |
Thérèse Bonin, Associate Professor |
|
Fred Evans, Professor |
Tom Eyers, Associate Professor |
Michael Harrington, Associate Professor |
|
Jay Lampert, Professor |
Patrick Lee Miller, Associate Professor |
Lanei Rodemeyer, Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies |
|
Daniel Selcer, Associate Professor & Chair |
James Swindal, Professor, Henry Koren, C.S.Sp Endowed Chair in Scholarly Excellence |
Eric Vogelstein, Associate Professor |
|
Jeffery McCurry, Director, Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center |
Tom Rockmore, Professor Emeritus |
Demographics
Ph.D.
Program Strengths
The mission of the Duquesne doctoral program is to provide advanced philosophical training to students of demonstrated scholarly excellence so that they may pursue high-quality independent research under the mentorship of faculty, enter the academic profession as scholars and teachers, find tenure-track employment as professors of philosophy, and become members of the international philosophical community. Our department hosts an active, congenial, and vibrant philosophical community, including an extensive visiting speakers series and graduate research colloquium, student and faculty organized reading groups, and a strong graduate student organization. In the last few years, we have offered graduate courses on the pre-Socratics, Plato, Aristotle, Confucius, Hellenistic and Roman philosophy, Plotinus, Augustine, Pseudo-Dionysius, Aquinas, classical Islamic philosophy, Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Husserl, Heidegger, Freud, Benjamin, Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, Adorno, Levinas, Lacan, Derrida, Ricoeur, Habermas, Foucault, Deleuze, and Badiou. Recent thematic courses have included Aesthetics, Contemporary Social and Political Philosophy, Critical Race Theory, Feminist Phenomenology, German Idealism, History and Philosophy of Science, Early Modern Political Philosophy, Hermeneutics, Psychoanalysis, Idealism and Materialism, Moral Philosophy, Phenomenological Epistemology, Philosophy of the Body, Philosophy of Music, Philosophy of Time, and the Phenomenology of Space and Place.
NOTE: The current incarnation of the APA Graduate Guide site makes it effectively impossible to accurately record doctoral program placement information. For complete placement information on the Duquesne PhD program, please see http://www.duq.edu/academics/schools/liberal-arts/academic-programs/philosophy/graduate-programs/doctorate-in-philosophy/phd-placement
Student Demographics
Degrees Awarded
Ph.D. Tuition (US$ in FTEs)
In State:
$11,556
Out of State:
$11,556
Number of Required Courses:
16
Additional Information:
All tuition is waived for PhD students. Also, PhD students may transfer up to 3 courses from a previous MA.
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 Online Score:
80.00
TOEFL Paper Score:
550.00
Other Requirements:
TOEFL (or IELTS) scores are required only for applicants for whom English is not a first language or who do not yet hold a degree from a university where English is the language of instruction.
Master's
Program Strengths
The primary mission of the Duquesne M.A. program in philosophy is to train well prepared students with strong backgrounds in philosophy to apply successfully for admission to Ph.D.-granting departments.. Our department hosts an active, congenial, and vibrant philosophical community, including an extensive visiting speakers series and graduate research colloquium, student and faculty organized reading groups, and a strong graduate student organization. In the last few years, we have offered graduate courses on the pre-Socratics, Plato, Aristotle, Confucius, Hellenistic and Roman philosophy, Plotinus, Augustine, Pseudo-Dionysius, Aquinas, classical Islamic philosophy, Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Husserl, Heidegger, Freud, Benjamin, Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, Adorno, Levinas, Lacan, Derrida, Ricoeur, Habermas, Foucault, Deleuze, and Badiou. Recent thematic courses have included Aesthetics, Contemporary Social and Political Philosophy, Critical Race Theory, Feminist Phenomenology, German Idealism, History and Philosophy of Science, Early Modern Political Philosophy, Hermeneutics, Psychoanalysis, Idealism and Materialism, Moral Philosophy, Phenomenological Epistemology, Philosophy of the Body, Philosophy of Music, Philosophy of Time, and the Phenomenology of Space and Place.
Student Demographics
Master's Tuition (US$ in FTEs)
In State:
$9,630
Out of State:
$9,630
Number of Required Courses:
10
Additional Information:
MA students all receive at minimum a 25% tuition discount, conference travel funding, and are eligible to apply for a scholarship of $2,000-$4,500 in summer funding for intensive language study abroad between their first and second years. We are often able to extend additional tuition support, raising tuition credit coverage to 40-75% of tuition costs (though availability varies year to year).
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 Online Score:
80.00
TOEFL Paper Score:
550.00
Other Requirements:
TOEFL (or IELTS) scores are required only for applicants for whom English is not a first language or who do not yet hold a degree from a university where English is the language of instruction.
Types of Master's
Terminal Master's:
Yes
Non-Terminal Master's:
No
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
Summary of Master's Students 2018
Summary of Master's Students, 2017
Summary of Master's Students, 2016 — Women | Men | Other Gender | Unknown Gender
Summary of Master's Students, 2011 - 2015