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University of Missouri — St. Louis

Academic Year: 
2025 - 2026

Website

http://www.umsl.edu/~philo/MA%20Program/

Department Name

Philosophy

Department Chair

Billy Dunaway,
Assoicate Professor

Degrees Offered

Terminal Masters

Areas of Specialization Offered

Applied Ethics, Bioethics, Ethics, Normative Ethics, Meta-Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Epistemology, Philosophy of Action, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Diversity Efforts: 
has a Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) chapter or similar diversity group
hosts invited speakers who are members of underrepresented groups at least annually
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 students, faculty, and others with disabilities (directly or through our institution)
educates faculty and staff about disability accommodations and how to obtain them (directly or through our institution)
offers multiple courses in which philosophers from underrepresented groups are included on the syllabus in proportion to their numbers in the profession and/or which focus on philosophical issues related to race, gender, disability, class, etc.

Financial Aid

Teaching Fellowships:
6
Non-Teaching Fellowships:
Teaching Assistantships:
Scholarships:
Students teaching their own classes:
Other Financial Information:
Most MA students are funded at $10K year to grade or to run online sections of courses already constructed.

Faculty

Members

Eric Wiland, Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies
Lauren Olin, Associate Professor
Billy Dunaway, Chair and Associate Professor
Andrew Black, Teaching Professor
Jill Delston, Assistant Professor
Waldemar Rohloff, Teaching Professor and Undergraduate Adviser
Ronald Munson, Professor Emeritus
Spencer Ivy, Assistant Teaching Professor
Annie Corbitt, Assistant Teaching Professor
Ed Munn Sanchez, Director of the Honors College and Teaching Professor

Demographics

Tenured Tenured-track Non-tenure track
3 1 5
Total Women: 
0
Total Men: 
0
Total Other/Unknown: 
0
Total Faculty: 
0

Ph.D.

Student Demographics

LGBT Identifying: 
0
Disability Identifying: 
0
Total Ph.D. Students: 
0

Degrees Awarded

Degrees Awarded Time to Completion
2015

Ph.D. Tuition (US$ in FTEs)

In State: 
$0
Out of State: 
$0

Ph.D. Program Entry Requirements

Transcripts: 
No
Writing Sample: 
No
Minimum GPA Required?: 
No
GRE Required?: 
No
TOEFL Required?: 
No

Master's

Program Strengths

Ethics, metaethics, bioethics, moral psychology

Student Demographics

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

Master's Tuition (US$ in FTEs)

In State: 
$6,093
Out of State: 
$14,490
Number of Required Courses: 
10

Master's Program Entry Requirements

Transcripts Required?: 
Yes
Writing SampleRequired?: 
Yes
Letters of Recommendation: 
3
GRE Required?: 
No
GPA Required?: 
Yes
TOEFL Required?: 
No
Other Requirements: 
GRE scores suggested.

Types of Master's

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

Placement

Students Retention Summary 2015

Women Men Other Gender Unknown Gender
0 0 0 0