The Coterminal Degree Program in Philosophy allows undergraduate students to study and earn an M.A. Degree in Philosophy while working towards their Bachelor's degree in any department, thus graduating with two degrees. The M.A. degree Philosophy for the coterminal program requires 45 units, and usually requires an additional year to the standard four-year undergraduate work. Undergraduates may apply for admission to the Philosophy coterminal master's program upon completion of 120 units, but no later than the quarter prior to the expected completion of the undergraduate degree.
REQUIREMENTS
Undergraduate Core:
- PHIL 80: Mind, Matter, and Meaning
- PHIL 151: Metalogic
- One of the following:
- PHIL 181: Philosophy of Language
- PHIL 184: Theory of Knowledge
- PHIL 186: Philosophy of Mind
- PHIL 187: Philosophy of Action
This work does not count towards the 45-unit M.A. requirement, and may require a non-Philosophy major more than an additional undergraduate year to complete the Coterminal Degree Program in Philosophy.
Graduate Core:
I. One course numbered above 105 in three of the following five areas:
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Logic and semantics
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Philosophy of science and history of science
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Ethics, value theory, and moral and political philosophy
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Metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language
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History of philosophy
*These three courses cannot be double-counted in the Graduate and Undergraduate cores.
II. Two courses numbered above 200
For more information about the program and admissions, contact the Grad Student Services Officer, Jill Covington.
Coterminal application and course approval forms
* Applicants for the coterminal program are not required to take the Graduate Record Exam.
