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Yale University

Academic Year: 
2019 - 2020

Website

http://philosophy.yale.edu/

Department Name

Department of Philosophy

Department Chair

Verity Harte,
Chair, George A. Saden Prof of Philosophy and Classics

Degrees Offered

Ph.D., Non-Terminal Masters

Areas of Specialization Offered

Value Theory, Ethics, Feminist Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, Normative Ethics, Meta-Ethics, Philosophy of Gender, Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of Psychology, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Philosophy of Religion, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Action, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Science Logic and Mathematics, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Logic, History / Traditions, Early Modern Philosophy (17th & 18th Century), Continental/European Philosophy (including Kant), History of Philosophy, 19th/20th Century Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy
Diversity Efforts: 
has a climate or diversity committee
has a Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) chapter or similar diversity group
has conducted a departmental climate survey within the past three years
provides annual sexual harassment, bystander, and climate training (directly or through our institution)
ensures department events are accessible to participants with disabilities
provides accommodations for faculty and guest speakers with disabilities
provides accommodations for students, faculty, and others with disabilities (directly or through our institution)
has implemented measures to combat implicit bias in the evaluation of students and faculty
has a mentoring program for junior faculty and/or graduate students that addresses issues of diversity and inclusion

Financial Aid

Teaching Fellowships:
Non-Teaching Fellowships:
Teaching Assistantships:
Scholarships:
Students teaching their own classes:
Other Financial Information:
Assuming adequate academic progress, students receive six years of funding three of which are teaching fellowships. The other three involve no teaching obligations.

Faculty

Demographics

Tenured Tenured-track Non-tenure track
Women 3 1 0
Other Gender 0 1 0
Men 17 1 0
Total Women: 
4
Total Men: 
18
Total Other/Unknown: 
1
Total Faculty: 
23

Ph.D.

Program Strengths

In the last PGR, the department received at least a 4 in the following areas: Ancient Philosophy Early Modern Philosophy, 17th century Early Modern Philosophy 18th century Epistemology Meta-ethics & Moral Psychology Normative ethics Philosophy of Language Philosophy of Law

Student Demographics

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
White 12 16 0 0
African, African-American 1 1 0 0
Asian 1 1 0 0
Hispanic or Latin 0 1 0 0
Page SUM 0 0 0 0
Total 14 19 0 0
LGBT Identifying: 
0
Disability Identifying: 
0
Total Ph.D. Students: 
33

Degrees Awarded

Degrees Awarded Time to Completion
2019 6 5.40

Ph.D. Tuition (US$ in FTEs)

Number of Required Courses: 
12
Additional Information: 
Admitted PhD students are offered a tuition fellowship which covers 100% of the tuition. They are also offered a fellowship (as of 2019, $31,800 per year).

Ph.D. Program Entry Requirements

Transcripts: 
Yes
Writing Sample: 
Yes
Minimum GPA Required?: 
No
Letters of Recommendation: 
3
GRE Required?: 
No
TOEFL Required?: 
No
Other Requirements: 
As of 2020 the department no longer requires the GRE.

Master's

Student Demographics

LGBT Identifying: 
0
Disability Identifying: 
0
Total MA Students: 
0

Master's Tuition (US$ in FTEs)

In State: 
$0
Out of State: 
$0

Types of Master's

Non-Terminal Master's: 
Yes

Placement

Summary of PhD Students 2019

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
Placed in a tenure-track position 1 1 0 0
Placed in a non-tenure track position 1 3 0 0
Were not placed 0 0 0 0