Philosophy Graduate Degree Program

Description
The Graduate Program in Philosophy has two objectives: to provide you, through course work, with the broad familiarity of a variety of philosophical subjects that you will need to be a well-rounded philosopher and an effective teacher, and to develop your potential as a researcher by giving you an opportunity to do supervised research, culminating in the writing of a doctoral dissertation. We are basically an analytic department, but we do not have a formal orientation. The graduate program offers emphases in the following areas: historical figures in antiquity and in early modern philosophy (Descartes through Kant) recent philosophy (Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein) and contemporary, largely Anglo-American, writing in metaphysics, philosophy of language and logic, philosophy of mind, epistemology, moral and political philosophy, and philosophy of religion.

General Information
Website http://www.philosophy.ucsb.edu/
Address Department of Philosophy
University of California, Santa Barbara
South Hall, Room 5631
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3090
(USA)
Phone (805) 893-3122
Email gd-phil@philosophy.ucsb.edu
Degrees Offered MA/PhD, PhD
Requirements
  • Online application: https://www.graddiv.ucsb.edu/eapp
  • Statement of Purpose with completed coversheets (2 copies)
  • Statement of Personal Achievements/Contributions (2 copies)
  • Resume or Curriculum Vitae (CV) (2 copies)
  • Three Letters of Recommendation (Submitted online. Note: if submitted via postal mail, please attach required coversheets)
  • Official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions attended (2 copies)
  • GRE General test scores
  • TOEFL scores 550 Paper-Based Test (PBT), 80 Internet-Based Test (IBT) or IELTS (International English Language Testing System) Overall Band score of 7 or higher (if applicable)
  • Writing Sample (1 hard copy of 1 sample only)
  • Application instructions: http://www.graddiv.ucsb.edu/admissions
Pre-Application No Pre-Application necessary
Deadlines
  • Fall - January 15, 2010 for Financial Support consideration, May 1, 2010 - Final
  • Winter - November 1, 2009
  • Spring - February 1, 2010
Optional Emphases