Submitted by brigandt@ualberta.ca on August 31, 2015 - 2:19pm
2018 - 2019
Summary of PhD Students 2019:
Summary Category:
Entered the marketplace
Men:
1
Women:
1
Summary Category:
Placed in a non-academic Job
Men:
0
Women:
0
Summary Category:
Placed in a non-tenure track position
Men:
0
Women:
0
Summary Category:
Placed in a tenure-track position
Men:
1
Women:
0
Summary Category:
Were not placed
Men:
1
Women:
0
Website:
Department Name:
Department of Philosopy
Department Chair:
Marie-Eve Morin,
Professor & Chair
Faculty:
Name:
Katalin Bimbó,
Title:
Professor
Name:
Ingo Brigandt,
Title:
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Biology
Name:
Phil Corkum,
Title:
Associate Professor
Name:
Neil Dalal,
Title:
Associate Professor (joint with Religious Studies)
Name:
Glenn Griener,
Title:
Associate Professor
Name:
Kathrin Koslicki,
Title:
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Metaphysics and Epistemology
Name:
Marie-Eve Morin,
Title:
Professor
Name:
Howard Nye,
Title:
Associate Professor
Name:
Geoffrey Rockwell,
Title:
Professor (joint with Humanities Computing)
Name:
Amy Schmitter,
Title:
Professor
Name:
Jennifer Welchman,
Title:
Professor
Name:
Jack Zupko,
Title:
Professor
Name:
Matthew Kostelecky,
Title:
Associate Professor (St. Joseph's College)
Name:
Nathan Kowalsky,
Title:
Associate Professor (St. Joseph's College)
Name:
Emeritus professors who sometimes offer graduate instruction in Philosophy: Robert Burch, Bruce Hunter, Bernie Linsky, Martin Tweedale, Jeffry Pelletier, Alexander Rueger,
Title:
Emeritus Professor
Additional efforts to increase inclusiveness:
In all relevant situations, we follow (and advertise) the University of Alberta's Equity Policy: 'The University of Alberta hires on the basis of merit. We are committed to the principle of equity in employment. We welcome diversity and encourage applications from all qualified women and men, including persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities and Aboriginal persons.' (Note, however, that hiring is done by an Arts Faculty Commitee, not the department per se.) The department makes particular efforts to recruit a diverse graduate student body, both in our admissions and funding practices, and by accomodating different interests and needs in our programs (e.g., accomodating the special needs of several disabled students in our graduate programs). Our faculty and staff come from every different continent. Our department supports research projects and education in gender studies and queer theory, and about eugenics and the treatment of disability. And we demand that students and faculty interact with other department members with very different interests and backgrounds.
Additional Information:
Our MA program has a particularly successful record for those who go on to doctoral programs in philosophy. We are just as proud, however, of those students who go on to pursue degrees in other disciplines, or to non-academic work. Placement record: https://www.ualberta.ca/philosophy/graduate-program/placement-record
Faculty Demographics:
Tenured:
7
Tenured-track:
0
Non-tenure track:
0
Select the demographic:
Men
Tenured:
5
Tenured-track:
0
Non-tenure track:
3
Select the demographic:
Women
Other Financial Information:
We normally provide PhD students with 48 months of funding. Most of our MA students (in the thesis-based as well as the course-based program) are also funded. In addition to teaching assistantships and research assistantships (and principal instructorships for senior PhD students), there are non-teaching fellowships. The latter include recruitment scholarships for students entering our graduate programs, and many Canadian permanent residents are supported by federal scholarships (SSHRCs) and provincial fellowships.
Degrees Offered:
Ph.D.
Terminal Masters
Student Demographics:
Demographic Title:
African, African-American
Women:
0
Men:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Title:
Asian
Women:
1
Men:
1
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Title:
Native American
Women:
0
Men:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Title:
Hispanic or Latin
Women:
1
Men:
1
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Title:
Pacific Islander
Women:
0
Men:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Title:
White
Women:
0
Men:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Title:
Multi-racial
Women:
1
Men:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Title:
Other Race
Women:
2
Men:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Title:
LGBT
Women:
1
Men:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Title:
Unknown Race
Women:
0
Men:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Title:
Disability Status
Women:
0
Men:
2
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Tuition:
Number of Required Courses:
9
Additional Information:
9 with an MA; but 12 without an MA.
Degrees Awarded:
Year:
2010
Year:
2011
Year:
2012
Year:
2013
Year:
2014
Degrees Awarded:
3
Entry Requirements:
Transcripts:
No
Writing Sample:
No
Minimum GPA Required?:
No
Letters of Recommendation:
3
GRE Required?:
No
TOEFL Required?:
No
Other Requirements:
Statement (of research interests & program plans) All applications are considered as a whole, with the writing sample given particularly close attention.
Program Strengths:
We have an exceptionally diverse set of areas of expertise, ranging over most areas of the history of western philosophy, feminist philosophy, logic and philosophy of language, and "continental" philosophy, and a small bit of Indian philosophy. As such, we can offer a much more comprehensive training in philosophy than most departments of our size. Areas of particular focus within the department include "continental" philosophy (particularly phenomenology), Foucault, aesthetics, feminist philosophy, Aristotle, Aristotelian metaphysics, non-classical logics, the history of analytic philosophy, Hume, some areas in the philosophy of emotions, philosophy of biology, biomedical ethics, and the philosophy of disability.
Student Demographics:
Demographic Summary Category:
African, African-American
Women:
0
Men:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Summary Category:
Asian
Women:
0
Men:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Summary Category:
Native American
Women:
0
Men:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Summary Category:
Hispanic or Latin
Women:
1
Men:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Summary Category:
Pacific Islander
Women:
0
Men:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Summary Category:
White
Women:
3
Men:
5
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Summary Category:
Multi-racial
Women:
0
Men:
1
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Summary Category:
Other Race
Women:
0
Men:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Summary Category:
LGBT
Women:
0
Men:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Summary Category:
Unknown Race
Women:
0
Men:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Demographic Summary Category:
Disability Status
Women:
0
Men:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Tuition:
Number of Required Courses:
6
Additional Information:
Students without adequate background in philosophy may be admitted to a "Qualifying Year," in which they take about 8 term courses (undergraduate) in philosophy. They can then apply for a change-of-status to the full MA program.
Entry Requirements:
Transcripts Required?:
No
Writing SampleRequired?:
No
Letters of Recommendation:
3
GRE Required?:
No
GPA Required?:
No
TOEFL Required?:
No
Other Requirements:
Statement See as for Ph.D. program
Summary of Ph.D. Students, 2011 - 2015:
Summary Category:
Entered the marketplace
Men:
0
Women:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Other Gender:
0
Summary Category:
Left without receiving a degree
Men:
0
Women:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Other Gender:
0
Summary Category:
Placed in a non-tenure track position
Men:
0
Women:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Other Gender:
0
Summary Category:
Were not placed
Men:
0
Women:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Other Gender:
0
Summary Category:
Placed in a non-academic Job
Men:
0
Women:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Other Gender:
0
Summary of Master's Students, 2011 - 2015:
Men:
0
Women:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Summary Category Masters:
Entered the marketplace
Men:
0
Women:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Summary Category Masters:
Left without receiving a degree
Men:
0
Women:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Summary Category Masters:
Accepted into a Ph.D. Program
Men:
0
Women:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Summary Category Masters:
Entered another graduate program
Men:
0
Women:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Summary Category Masters:
Placed in a teaching job
Men:
0
Women:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Summary Category Masters:
Unknown
Men:
0
Women:
0
Other Gender:
0
Unknown Gender:
0
Summary Category Masters:
Placed in a non-teaching job
Address:
2-40 Assiniboia Hall
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB T6G 2E7
CanadaLocation:
Types of Masters:
Terminal Master's:
No
Non-Terminal Master's:
Yes
Public/Private:
Public
total-faculty-woman:
8
Faculty Total Men:
7
Faculty Total Unknown:
0
Faculty Total Other:
0
Faculty Total:
15
Ph.D. Total Woman:
6
Ph.D. Total Men:
4
Ph.D. Total Unknown:
0
Ph.D. Total Other:
0
Ph.D. Total LGBT:
1
Ph.D. Total Disability:
2
Ph.D. Total:
7
MA Total Woman:
4
MA Total Men:
6
MA Total Unknown:
0
MA Total Other:
0
MA Total LGBT:
0
MA Total Disability:
0
MA Total:
10
Tuition Min:
0
Tuition Max:
0
Total Students:
17
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:
2
Ph.D. Native American:
0
Ph.D. Hispanic or Latino:
2
Ph.D. Pacific Islander:
0
Ph.D. White:
0
Ph.D. Multi-racial:
1
Ph.D. Other Race:
2
Ph.D. Unknown Race:
0
MA African/African American:
0
MA Asian:
0
MA Native American:
0
MA Hispanic or Latino:
1
MA Pacific Islander:
0
MA White:
8
MA Multi-racial:
1
MA Other Race:
0
MA Unknown Race:
0
Total Placements:
7
Tenured-track Placements:
5
Non-tenure track Placements:
2
Non-Academic Placements:
0
Percentage of Tenured Track Employees:
80.00
Faculty Other Unknown total:
0
Summary of Ph.D. Students 2016:
Summary Category:
Entered the marketplace
Men:
2
Women:
2
Summary Category:
Placed in a non-academic Job
Men:
0
Women:
0
Summary Category:
Placed in a non-tenure track position
Men:
0
Women:
0
Summary Category:
Placed in a tenure-track position
Men:
2
Women:
2
Summary Category:
Were not placed
Men:
0
Women:
0
Summary of Ph.D. Students 2017:
Men:
0
Women:
0
Summary Category:
Placed in a non-academic Job
Men:
1
Women:
0
Summary Category:
Placed in a non-tenure track position
Men:
0
Women:
1
Summary Category:
Placed in a tenure-track position
Men:
0
Women:
0
Summary Category:
Were not placed
Summary of Ph.D. Students 2018:
Summary Category:
Entered the marketplace
Men:
2
Women:
1
Summary Category:
Placed in a non-academic Job
Men:
0
Women:
0
Summary Category:
Placed in a non-tenure track position
Men:
0
Women:
1
Summary Category:
Placed in a tenure-track position
Men:
0
Women:
0
Summary Category:
Were not placed
Men:
0
Women:
0
Masters Teaching Placement:
0
Masters Non-Teaching Placement:
0
Masters PhD Placement:
0
Masters Total Placement:
0