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Graduate Program Requirements

 

M.A. in Philosophy and Religion

Once admitted, students must successfully complete at least 30 credit hours in accordance with the following requirements:

I. 9 hours of core courses, as follows:

  • PHI XXX historically oriented Proseminar

  • PHI/REL 6706 Seminar in the Philosophy of Religion

  • REL 6035 Theory and Method in Religious Studies

II. 1 course (3 hours) from each of the following five areas:

A. PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION IN ANTIQUITY

  • PHP 6005 Plato

  • PHP 6015 Aristotle

  • REL 6327 Seminar in Ancient Literature

  • REL XXX Formative Christianity

  • REL XXX Early Jewish Literature

  • REL 6285 Studies in Biblical Archaeology

 

B. PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION IN THE MEDIEVAL AND MODERN PERIODS

  • REL XXX Augustine’s Confessions

  • REL XXX Medieval Christian Natural Theology

  • PHH 6938 Seminar in Medieval Philosophy

  • PHP XXX Descartes

  • PHH XXX Seminar in Rationalism

  • PHH XXX Seminar in Empiricism

  • PHP 6415 Kant

  • REL XXX Modern Jewish Thought

  • REL XXX Hermeneutics and Epistemology in Modern Religious Thought

 

C. ETHICS, PHILOSOPHY, AND RELIGION

  • PHI 6605 Seminar in Ethics

  • PHI 6634 Seminar in Biomedical Ethics

  • PHI 6665 Metaethics

  • PHI XXX Environmental Ethics

  • REL 6175 Religion, Ethics, and Public Policy

  • REL 6178 Comparative Religious Ethics

  • REL XXX Buddhist Ethics

  • REL 6182 Faith and Reason in Western Religious Ethics

  • REL XXX Comparative Philosophy of Religion

 

D: PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION: POLITICS, CULTURE

  • PHH 6265 Continental Phil I: Phenomenology to Hermeneutics

  • PHH 6266 Continental Phil II: Political Theory and Continental Social Theory

  • PHH 6267 Continental Phil III: From Structuralism to Postmodernism

  • PHI 6425 Seminar in the Philosophy of Social Science

  • PHI 6808 Seminar in Aesthetics

  • PHM 5125 Topics in Feminist Philosophy

  • PHM 6105 Seminar in Social Philosophy

  • PHM 6305 Seminar in Political Philosophy

  • PHM 6506 Seminar in the Philosophy of History

  • REL 6126 Religion in America

  • REL 6143 Religion, Culture, and Society

  • REL 6175 Religion, Ethics, and Public Policy

  • REL 6195 Religion and Modernization

  • REL 6447 Liberation Theology

  • REL XXX Buddhism and Postmodernism

  • REL XXX Religious Issues in the Caribbean World

 

E. WORLD RELIGIONS AND NON-WESTERN PHILOSOPHY

  • PHI XXX African Philosophy

  • REL XXX Buddhism

  • REL XXX Comparative Philosophy of Religion

  • REL XXX Buddhism and Postmodernism

  • REL XXX Seminar in Confucianism

  • REL XXX Medical Philosophy: Chinese, Greek, Indian

  • REL XXX Comparative Mysticism

  • PHM 5125 Topics in Feminist Philosophy

  • PHI XXX Latin American Thought

  • REL 6178 Comparative Religious Ethics

  • REL XXX Buddhist Ethics

  • REL XXX Religious Issues in the Caribbean World

NOTE: At least two of these fives courses must be taken in the Philosophy Department, and at least two must be taken in the Religious Studies Department.

III. Coursework or an examination demonstrating reading proficiency in one foreign language appropriate to the student’s research, with the approval of the Director of Graduate Studies.

IV. Successful completion of a thesis (including 3 credit hours) OR A comprehensive examination on a required list of readings necessary constructed by the candidate and a committee of examiners.

Ph.D. in Philosophy and Religion

Once admitted, students must successfully complete at least 90 credit hours in accordance with the following requirements:

I. 9 hours of core courses, as follows:

  • PHI XXX historically oriented Proseminar

  • PHI/REL 6706 Seminar in the Philosophy of Religion

  • REL 6035 Theory and Method in Religious Studies

II. 2 courses (6 hours) -- one in Philosophy and one in Religious Studies -- from each of the following five areas:

A. PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION IN ANTIQUITY

  • PHP 6005 Plato

  • PHP 6015 Aristotle

  • REL 6327 Seminar in Ancient Literature

  • REL XXX Formative Christianity

  • REL XXX Early Jewish Literature

  • REL 6285 Studies in Biblical Archaeology

 

B. PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION IN THE MEDIEVAL AND MODERN PERIODS

  • REL XXX Augustine’s Confessions

  • REL XXX Medieval Christian Natural Theology

  • PHH 6938 Seminar in Medieval Philosophy

  • PHP XXX Descartes

  • PHH XXX Seminar in Rationalism

  • PHH XXX Seminar in Empiricism

  • PHP 6415 Kant

  • REL XXX Modern Jewish Thought

  • REL XXX Hermeneutics and Epistemology in Modern Religious Thought

 

C. ETHICS, PHILOSOPHY, AND RELIGION

  • PHI 6605 Seminar in Ethics

  • PHI 6634 Seminar in Biomedical Ethics

  • PHI 6665 Metaethics

  • PHI XXX Environmental Ethics

  • REL 6175 Religion, Ethics, and Public Policy

  • REL 6178 Comparative Religious Ethics

  • REL XXX Buddhist Ethics

  • REL 6182 Faith and Reason in Western Religious Ethics

  • REL XXX Comparative Philosophy of Religion

 

D: PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION: POLITICS, CULTURE

  • PHH 6265 Continental Phil I: Phenomenology to Hermeneutics

  • PHH 6266 Continental Phil II: Political Theory and Continental Social Theory

  • PHH 6267 Continental Phil III: From Structuralism to Postmodernism

  • PHI 6425 Seminar in the Philosophy of Social Science

  • PHI 6808 Seminar in Aesthetics

  • PHM 5125 Topics in Feminist Philosophy

  • PHM 6105 Seminar in Social Philosophy

  • PHM 6305 Seminar in Political Philosophy

  • PHM 6506 Seminar in the Philosophy of History

  • REL 6126 Religion in America

  • REL 6143 Religion, Culture, and Society

  • REL 6175 Religion, Ethics, and Public Policy

  • REL 6195 Religion and Modernization

  • REL 6447 Liberation Theology

  • REL XXX Buddhism and Postmodernism

  • REL XXX Religious Issues in the Caribbean World

 

E. WORLD RELIGIONS AND NON-WESTERN PHILOSOPHY

  • PHI XXX African Philosophy

  • REL XXX Buddhism

  • REL XXX Comparative Philosophy of Religion

  • REL XXX Buddhism and Postmodernism

  • REL XXX Seminar in Confucianism

  • REL XXX Medical Philosophy: Chinese, Greek, Indian

  • REL XXX Comparative Mysticism

  • PHM 5125 Topics in Feminist Philosophy

  • PHI XXX Latin American Thought

  • REL 6178 Comparative Religious Ethics

  • REL XXX Buddhist Ethics

  • REL XXX Religious Issues in the Caribbean World

III. Coursework or an examination demonstrating reading proficiency in two foreign languages appropriate to the student’s research, with the approval of the Director of Graduate Studies or the Chair of the student’s Dissertation Committee.

IV. 12 credit hours in area(s) of doctoral research.

V. A comprehensive examination on a required list of readings constructed by the candidate and a committee of examiners

VI. A written prospectus for the dissertation and an oral defense of this prospectus

VII. A written dissertation and an oral defense of this dissertation. The dissertation committee will be composed of

(a) either a Major Professor appointed in both Philosophy and Religious Studies, or co-Major Professors, one of whom is appointed in Philosophy and the other of whom is appointed in Religious Studies; and

(b) at least one other member from Philosophy and one from Religious Studies.

 

 



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