Master of Arts - Environmental Philosophy

Summary

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Core Courses		9
Choose 6 of the 7 courses		18
Electives		9
Total Hours		36

Degree Specific Credits: 37

Required Cumulative GPA: 3.0

The Philosophy Department offers an option to pursue an accelerated M.A. in Environmental Philosophy for select students. Such students can be admitted into graduate-level coursework during their senior undergraduate year or when they have completed a minimum of 105 credits and demonstrated their ability to pursue graduate work. Students enrolled in the accelerated M.A. may count up to 9 credits earned in 400-level or 500-level courses toward the M.A.  All credits transferred are subject to the policy on transfer credits (C5.000), with particular attention to the importance of students completing the “graduate increment” in 400-level courses designated UG, taken to fulfill a requirement for a Master’s degree.

Courses

Note: The sequence of seminars may occasionally get disrupted by sabbaticals or other changes in faculty schedules. As the core of our degree, students will always need whichever 5 philosophy seminars are offered in their two years in the program. 

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Philosophy Courses
Complete the following courses:
PHL 422	Environmental Philosophy	3
PHL 510	Philosophy Colloquium (taken for 4 semesters)	4
PHL 515	Issues in the Anthropocene	3
PHL 523	Science and the Environment	3
PHL 548	Philosophy and Animals	3
PHL 598	Internship	3
Complete two of the following seminars:		6
PHL 502	Topics in Value Theory
PHL 524	Environmental Aesthetics
PHL 572	Thoreau
Elective Credits		9
These courses may be philosophy courses or any of the wide range of environmental courses offered outside the department. Courses outside of the department must be approved by the graduate advisor.
Civic Engagement Project		3
Students complete a civic engagement project in their second year with written, oral, and web-based components.
Total Hours		37

Minimum Required Grade: C