In addition, all students' programs are arranged to facilitate preparation in the systematic fields of epistemology, philosophy of science, and mathematical logic and there is a provision for directed research, collaboration, and in-depth consultation by students with member of the faculty. Interdisciplinary study is also possible across the humanities, the social sciences, the arts, the natural sciences, and interdisciplinary programs such as Women's Studies, Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, and Science Technology, and Society. There are doctoral minors are available in social thought and in literary theory, criticism, and aesthetics, and joint programs with the Department of Mathematics in sciences. Study abroad is possible as well, through exchange programs or individual arrangements with leading departments of philosophy. At the discretion of a graduate program, a student may be admitted provisionally for graduate study in a program without these scores.
Undergraduate preparation is advisable.
The best-qualified applicants will be accepted up to the number of spaces that are available for new students. Exceptions to the minimum 3.00 grade-point average may be made for students with special backgrounds, abilities, and interests. Apply by January 1. The department may waive the requirement of a thesis for an M.A. candidate. The foreign language requirement for the Ph.D. degree is satisfied by passing department translation examinations in two languages other than English, and by completing a course in philosophy in one of the these languages.