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M.A DEGREE REQUIREMENTS (27 credits)

Students may substitute other graduate courses with the permission of the Philosophy Graduate Advisor or the Department Chairperson.

SPECIALIZATION IN AFRICANA PHILOSOPHY

Core Courses (18 credits)

1. Philosophy 301: Seminar in Ancient Egyptian Philosophy
2. Philosophy 311: Contemporary African Philosophy
3. Philosophy 316: Seminar in African-American Philosophy
4. African Studies 291: Language, Thought, and Reality
5. Philosophy 251: Metaphysics
6. Sociology 610: Seminar in Interdisciplinary Research

Electives (9 credits)

1. Communications 615: Intercultural/interracial communication
2. Philosophy 253: Philosophy of Culture
3. African Studies 238: Development and Underdevelopment
4. Philosophy 250: Epistemology
5. Sociology 260: Sociology of African-Americans
6. Philosophy 274: Philosophy of Science

SPECIALIZATION IN ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY

Core Courses (18 credits)

1. Philosophy 210: Classical Ethics
2. Philosophy 312: Political Philosophy
3. Philosophy 250: Epistemology
4. Philosophy 290: Contemporary Philosophy
5. Philosophy 235: Ethics and Public Policy
6. Political Science 231: Evaluation of Public Policy

Electives: (9 credits from any of the groups A-C)

Group A: Business Ethics

1. Philosophy 259: Philosophy of Economics
2. Philosophy 258: Business Ethics
3. Economics 220: Theory of Economic Development
4. Political Science 218: Public Policy Formulation

Group B: Medical Ethics

1. Philosophy 339: Seminar in Bioethics
2. Economics 233: Economics of Health Service
3. Anthropology 248: Medical Anthropology
4. Political Science 218: Public Policy Formulation

Group C: Environmental Ethics

1. Philosophy 248: Environmental Ethics
2. Sociology 231: Introduction to Human Ecology
3. Political Science 218: Public Policy Formulation
4. Sociology 441: Seminar-Urban Policy Formation

Other Requirements for all M.A. students in Philosophy

1. Logic requirement: Students must have received a B or higher in a course equivalent to Philosophy 275: Symbolic Logic.
2. Language requirement: Students must pass a Foreign Language Reading Knowledge exam.
3. Thesis Requirement: Students must successfully defend a thesis under the supervision of a graduate faculty advisor.