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Purdue University

Academic Year: 
2018 - 2019

Website

http://www.cla.purdue.edu/philosophy/

Department Name

Department of Philosophy

Department Chair

Christopher Yeomans,
Professor, Department Head

Degrees Offered

Ph.D., Non-Terminal Masters

Areas of Specialization Offered

Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Philosophy of Religion, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Continental/European Philosophy (including Kant), History of Philosophy

Additional efforts to increase inclusiveness

The department has formed a Diversity and Inclusiveness Committee to promote further progress. In addition, thanks to the generosity of the Office of the Provost and the College of Liberal Arts Dean's Office, we now have a Graduate Student Fellowship for Diversity and Inclusion. The Fellow's duties include creating and maintaining a departmental web page that lists resources, organizing workshops for philosophy graduate students on the inclusive classroom, and helping put together a series of talks by distinguished philosophers on the full range of issues relating to diversity and inclusion to facilitate dialogue on and understanding of these very important issues. We continue to seek fellowships Purdue offers to students accepted to graduate school, on a competitive basis, to enhance diversity in the graduate student population. We have often, though not always, been successful. At the assistant professor level, half of our faculty are women. We have been successful at diversifying our colloquium series speakers.

Additional Information

Tuition: Funded students have tuition waived and pay only a small portion of student fees, currently $303. Attrition: The six students who left the program without receiving a doctorate did so before advancing to the dissertation stage, so none of them entered the job market before leaving.

Financial Aid

Teaching Fellowships:
Non-Teaching Fellowships:
4
Teaching Assistantships:
26
Scholarships:
Students teaching their own classes:
16
Other Financial Information:
One research assistant associated with a named professorship, one TA funded by the provost's office who runs a univeristy-wide bioethics lecture series.

Faculty

Members

Michael Bergmann, Professor
Mark Bernstein, Professor
Rod Bertolet, Professor
Jeffrey E. Brower, Professor
Jan Cover, Professor
Martin Curd, Associate Professor
Patricia Curd, Professor
Taylor Davis, Assistant Professor
Paul Draper, Professor
Daniel Frank, Professor
Leonard Harris, Professor
Michael Jacovides, Associate Professor
Patrick Kain, Associate Professor
Daniel Kelly, Associate Professor
Jacqueline Mariña, Professor
William McBride, Professor
Daniel Smith, Professor
Dana Tulodziecki, Assistant Professor
Chris Yeomans, Associate Professor

Demographics

Tenured Tenured-track Non-tenure track
Men 0 0 0
Women 0 0 0
Other Gender 0 0 0
Unknown Gender 0 0 0
LGBT 0 0 0
African, African-American 0 0 0
Asian 0 0 0
Native American 0 0 0
Hispanic or Latin 0 0 0
Pacific Islander 0 0 0
Multi-racial 0 0 0
Other Race 0 0 0
White 0 0 0
Unknown Race 0 0 0
Disability Status 0 0 0
Total Women: 
0
Total Men: 
0
Total Other/Unknown: 
0
Total Faculty: 
0

Ph.D.

Program Strengths

The graduate program offers its students the opportunity to pursue an unusually diversified and well-balanced plan of study. Our recognized strengths include History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Epistemology, Metaphysics, Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, and Continental Philosophy.

Student Demographics

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
African, African-American 0 0 0 0
Asian 0 0 0 0
Native American 0 0 0 0
Hispanic or Latin 0 0 0 0
Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0
White 0 0 0 0
Multi-racial 0 0 0 0
Other Race 30 6 0 0
LGBT 0 0 0 0
Unknown Race 0 0 0 0
Disability Status 0 0 0 0
Page SUM 0 0 0 0
Total 30 6 0 0
LGBT Identifying: 
0
Disability Identifying: 
0
Total Ph.D. Students: 
36

Degrees Awarded

Degrees Awarded Time to Completion
2010 9 7.00
2011 3 5.00
2012 11 8.00
2013 2 7.00
2014 6 7.00

Ph.D. Tuition (US$ in FTEs)

In State: 
$5,501
Out of State: 
$14,402
Number of Required Courses: 
12

Ph.D. Program Entry Requirements

Transcripts: 
No
Writing Sample: 
No
Minimum GPA Required?: 
Yes
GPA: 
3.40
Letters of Recommendation: 
3
GRE Required?: 
Yes
TOEFL Required?: 
Yes
Other Requirements: 

Master's

Student Demographics

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
African, African-American 0 0 0 0
Asian 0 0 0 0
Native American 0 0 0 0
Hispanic or Latin 0 1 0 0
Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0
White 0 0 0 0
Multi-racial 0 0 0 0
Other Race 0 0 0 0
LGBT 0 0 0 0
Unknown Race 0 1 0 0
Disability Status 0 0 0 0
Page SUM 0 0 0 0
Total 0 2 0 0
LGBT Identifying: 
0
Disability Identifying: 
0
Total MA Students: 
2

Master's Tuition (US$ in FTEs)

Number of Required Courses: 
11
Additional Information: 
8 courses if one writes an MA thesis, 11 courses if one does not write an MA thesis.

Master's Program Entry Requirements

Transcripts Required?: 
No
Writing SampleRequired?: 
No
GPA: 
3.40
GRE Required?: 
Yes
GPA Required?: 
Yes
TOEFL Required?: 
Yes
Other Requirements: 

Types of Master's

Terminal Master's: 
Yes
Non-Terminal Master's: 
No

Placement

Summary of PhD Students 2018

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
Entered the marketplace 8
Placed in a non-tenure track position 1

Summary of Ph.D. Students, 2017

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
Entered the marketplace 4
Placed in a non-tenure track position 3

Summary of Ph.D. Students, 2016

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
Entered the marketplace 9
Placed in a non-tenure track position 5
Placed in a tenure-track position 1

Summary of Ph.D. Students, 2011 - 2015

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
Entered the marketplace 8 36 0 0
Left without receiving a degree 1 5 0 0
Placed in a non-tenure track position 3 22 0 0
Were not placed 0 9 0 0
Placed in a non-academic Job 1 0 0 0

Summary of Master's Students, 2011 - 2015

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
Entered the marketplace 0 0 0 0
Left without receiving a degree 0 0 0 0
Accepted into a Ph.D. Program 0 0 0 0
Entered another graduate program 0 0 0 0
Placed in a teaching job 0 0 0 0
Unknown 0 0 0 0
Placed in a non-teaching job 0 0 0 0