Philosophy, PHD
Chairperson: Corinne Bloch-Mullins, Ph.D.
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Program Description
The Philosophy Department's doctoral program in philosophy offers students the opportunity to explore a diverse range of topics in philosophy, including the history of philosophy from ancient to modern, Latin American philosophy, bioethics, social and political philosophy, philosophy of race, feminist philosophy, and philosophy of cognitive science.
CAREER SKILLS REQUIREMENT FOR PH.D. STUDENTS
Marquette University is committed to preparing our students to become exemplary leaders in their chosen academic and professional fields by preparing them for careers in which they find purpose and value by engaging in Ignatian pedagogical reflection and practice. The purpose of the career skills requirement is to ensure all doctoral students have the opportunity to reflect on their desired career and to acquire essential career-related skills needed for them to pursue their chosen path.
Students enrolled in Ph.D. programs in Fall 2024 and beyond at Marquette must complete three career skills requirements. Requirements are satisfied by one or more of approved courses, workshops, or practical experiences in each category, as approved by the Graduate School. Completion of each skill will be noted on the student’s transcript.
CAREER DISCERNMENT
Students will be able to identify and prepare for career pathways that are consistent with their values.
Objectives:
- Understand realities of academic job market for your discipline, creating space for career imagination and understand potential career paths.
- Exploration of, and defining student’s own identity/experiences/values/strengths/gifts and how the career pathway fits with those values.
- Students will learn to identify and attain the skills and experiences necessary to obtain the career pathway they desire.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Choose 1: | ||
| PHIL 6960 | Seminar in Applied/Professional Philosophy 1 | 3 |
| GRAD 8097 | Career Discernment/Career Diversity Skills (Career Development Bootcamp) | 0 |
| GRAD 8097 | Career Discernment/Career Diversity Skills (Seminar Series) | 0 |
| GRAD 8097 | Career Discernment/Career Diversity Skills (Ph.D. Pathways) | 0 |
| 1 | PHIL 6960 Seminar in Applied/Professional Philosophy fulfills all three Ph.D. Career Skills requirements. Any or all of the GRAD options may be taken in addition to the PHIL course. |
COMMUNICATION
Students will be able to communicate their ideas and scholarship effectively to audiences beyond those in their discipline.
Objectives:
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate (e.g., research, expertise, experiences) effectively and ethically with disciplinary, cross-disciplinary, and nonacademic audiences.
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively and ethically within various contexts, formats, and media.
- Demonstrate the ability to effectively deliver a presentation and facilitate discussion.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Choose 1: | ||
| PHIL 6960 | Seminar in Applied/Professional Philosophy 1 | 3 |
| GRAD 8098 | Communication Skills (Seminar Series) | 0 |
| GRAD 8098 | Communication Skills (Three Minute Thesis) | 0 |
| 1 | PHIL 6960 Seminar in Applied/Professional Philosophy fulfills all three Ph.D. Career Skills requirements. Either or both of the GRAD options may be taken in addition to the PHIL course. |
UNDERSTANDING DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION
Students will understand the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion and how issues of DEI are relevant to their career pathways.
Objectives:
- Be aware of and able to identify how explicit and implicit bias impacts work life and understand possible strategies to address this bias.
- Be able to articulate the value of universal design principles and ethical application to area of study.
- Be able to work and interact effectively with persons from diverse backgrounds with varied values, ideas, and opinions.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Choose 1: | ||
| PHIL 6960 | Seminar in Applied/Professional Philosophy 1 | 3 |
| GRAD 8099 | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Skills | 0 |
| 1 | PHIL 6960 Seminar in Applied/Professional Philosophy fulfills all three Ph.D. Career Skills requirements. The GRAD course may be taken in addition to the PHIL course. |
Philosophy Doctorate
A doctoral student in the philosophy program must complete a 63-credit program of study defined on an approved Doctoral Program Planning Form. Normally, the student must complete 51 credit hours of graduate-level course work beyond the baccalaureate degree. At least 30 of these must be completed after admission to the doctoral program. In addition, students must complete 12 credit hours of dissertation work. The student also must complete the foreign language requirement, display an understanding of the fundamentals of predicate logic demonstrated either by course work or by a department exam, a qualifying paper with an oral defense, and submit and successfully defend a dissertation.
All newly admitted doctoral students who begin the program without an earned master’s degree in an acceptable field will automatically be dually enrolled in the philosophy master of arts program. Students will earn the philosophy master's degree while completing the philosophy doctoral degree requirements, provided they satisfy the master's program requirements.
Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| History of Philosophy Courses | 12 | |
Ancient Philosophy - Choose one of the following: | ||
| Plato | ||
| Aristotle | ||
| Plotinus and Early Christian Neo-Platonists | ||
| Text/Seminar on Ancient Philosophy | ||
Medieval Philosophy - Choose one of the following: | ||
| Augustine | ||
| Medieval Islamic Thought | ||
| St. Thomas Aquinas | ||
| Text/Seminar on Early or High Medieval Philosophy | ||
| Text/Seminar on Later Medieval or Renaissance Philosophy | ||
Modern Philosophy - Choose one of the following: | ||
| Descartes | ||
| Post-Cartesian Rationalism | ||
| Locke/Berkeley | ||
| Hume | ||
| Kant | ||
One additional course in the history of philosophy to be approved by the director of graduate studies. This requirement could be satisfied by an additional course in Ancient, Medieval, Modern, or by one of the following: | ||
| Hegel | ||
| Husserl | ||
| Classical American Philosophy | ||
| Early Analytic Philosophy | ||
| Contemporary Analytic Philosophy | ||
| German Phenomenology-Existentialism | ||
| French Phenomenology-Existentialism | ||
| Text/Seminar on Nineteenth-Century Philosophy | ||
| Text/Seminar on Twentieth-Century Philosophy | ||
| Systematic Courses | 6 | |
One course in metaphysics or epistemology, or philosophy of science to be approved by the director of graduate studies - Choose one of the following: | ||
| Philosophy of Language | ||
| Philosophy of Knowledge | ||
| Philosophy of Science | ||
| Philosophy of Mind | ||
| Philosophy of Freedom | ||
| Problems in Metaphysics | ||
| Recent Christian Metaphysics | ||
One course in ethics or social/political philosophy or aesthetics to be approved by the director of graduate studies - Choose one of the following: | ||
| History and Theory of Ethics | ||
| Natural-Law Ethics | ||
| Problems in Ethics | ||
| Aesthetics | ||
| Philosophy of Freedom | ||
| Political Philosophy | ||
| Philosophy of Law | ||
| Seminar in Applied/Professional Philosophy | ||
| Elective Courses | 30 | |
| PHIL 6970 | Seminar on Teaching Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 8999 | Doctoral Dissertation | 12 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 63 | |
- An approved PHIL 5931 Topics in Philosophy, PHIL 5953 Undergraduate Seminar, or PHIL 6959 Seminar in Philosophy may satisfy any requirement listed above, depending on topic.
- Content requirement: At least one course must be in the Catholic intellectual tradition, for example, PHIL 6620 Augustine, PHIL 6640 St. Thomas Aquinas or a course approved by the director of graduate studies. A course may be double-counted to satisfy both an area and content requirement. A course may satisfy at most two requirements.
- Content requirement: At least one course must be on a topic that addresses questions of social justice. A course may be double-counted to satisfy both an area and content requirement. A course may satisfy at most two requirements.
- With written approval from the department chair, up to 6 credit hours of required course work may be taken in other fields. Once the student commences study in the philosophy Ph.D. program, 3 credits may be taken at another university in our consortium.
- Students in the Ph.D. program need to demonstrate a reading knowledge of a language other than English. The typical choices are French, German, Latin, Greek or Arabic; however, any other language necessary to the student’s study and approved by the director of graduate studies can be chosen. The language requirement must be satisfied before the student becomes a doctoral candidate (ABD standing) and may be completed by passing an appropriate language course or a departmental exam.
- Students must demonstrate competence in symbolic logic, either through course work, acceptable undergraduate courses or a departmental exam.
- Students must submit one qualifying paper. This paper is assessed by a committee of three faculty. Generally, these are a minimum of 5,000 words.
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PHIL 5000 Modern Logic (3 credits)
Introduction to modern symbolic logic, with primary emphasis on translation into symbolic form and natural deduction. Propositional logic and predicate logic with identity are covered.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2023 Fall Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2021 Spring Term
PHIL 5931 Topics in Philosophy (1-3 credits)
Lectures and discussions in an area which, because of its topicality, is not the subject of a regular course. The special topics will be designated in the Schedule of Classes.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Fall Term, 2023 Fall Term, 2023 Spring Term, 2013 Summer Term
PHIL 5953 Undergraduate Seminar (3 credits)
Designed to initiate a selected group of qualified undergraduates in the technique and discipline of scholarly research by concentrated work in a restricted field. Critical reading and analysis of sources. Specific subjects of seminars to be announced in the Schedule of Classes.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Spring Term, 2018 Fall Term, 2018 Spring Term, 2017 Fall Term
PHIL 6120 Problems in Logic (3 credits)
An investigation into logical and meta-logical problems of perennial and contemporary relevance.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2022 Summer Term, 2014 Summer Term, 2011 Fall Term, 2006 Spring Term
PHIL 6310 History and Theory of Ethics (3 credits)
A theoretical investigation into the moral dimensions of human life. Covers the principal traditions in Western moral philosophy as well as significant work in contemporary moral philosophy.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2021 Spring Term, 2016 Fall Term, 2013 Fall Term
PHIL 6320 Natural-Law Ethics (3 credits)
Classical and/or contemporary theories of natural law.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2000 Fall Term, 1996 Summer Session 1, 1993 Spring Term, 1990 Summer Session 2
PHIL 6330 Problems in Ethics (3 credits)
Considers various metaethical and normative problems, such as: values; the justification and nature of ethical norms; moral responsibility; moral failure; the relation of morality to religion, law, and aesthetics.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Fall Term, 2023 Fall Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2021 Fall Term
PHIL 6340 Aesthetics (3 credits)
Considers one or more of the following problems in aesthetic theory: expression, representation, art and knowledge, aesthetics and society, method.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2022 Spring Term, 2020 Spring Term, 2015 Spring Term, 2012 Spring Term
PHIL 6410 Philosophy of Process (3 credits)
An introduction to the metaphysical thought process of philosophers such as Bergson and Whitehead.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2004 Fall Term, 1998 Spring Term, 1991 Spring Term, 1988 Spring Term
PHIL 6420 Philosophy of Language (3 credits)
Studies topics such as the structure and function of language, philosophy and linguistics, and language and mind. Considers philosophers such as Austin, Morris and Chomsky.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2023 Fall Term, 2020 Fall Term, 2014 Spring Term, 2011 Spring Term
PHIL 6430 Philosophy of Knowledge (3 credits)
A study of major epistemological problems and theories of knowledge.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Fall Term, 2023 Fall Term, 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term
PHIL 6440 Philosophy of Science (3 credits)
A survey of basic problems and methods in contemporary philosophy of science. Emphasizes problems arising from current space-time theory, quantum mechanics, and the use of variant models and methodologies in the exact sciences.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2016 Fall Term, 2001 Spring Term, 1996 Spring Term, 1992 Spring Term
PHIL 6450 Philosophy of Mind (3 credits)
A study of what mind is and its relation to the body; various concepts related to the mental and to human action.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2021 Fall Term, 2015 Fall Term, 2012 Spring Term, 2008 Fall Term
PHIL 6460 Philosophy of Freedom (3 credits)
A systematic investigation of problems involved in the assertion of human freedom.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2023 Fall Term, 2017 Fall Term, 2005 Spring Term, 2000 Fall Term
PHIL 6470 Problems in Metaphysics (3 credits)
Studies doctrines on the nature of ultimate reality; associated topics such as substance, relation, process or change, causality, universals, particulars, space, time, eternity, freedom, necessity; and the meaning of metaphysics as a philosophical discipline.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2021 Fall Term, 2014 Fall Term, 2011 Spring Term, 2006 Spring Term
PHIL 6480 Recent Christian Metaphysics (3 credits)
A study of recent Christian metaphysical thought through one or more major figures, such as Marechal, Lonergan, Gilson, Tillich, or through thematic problems.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2016 Spring Term, 2012 Fall Term, 2008 Fall Term, 2004 Spring Term
PHIL 6510 Philosophy of Religion (3 credits)
Inquiry into the religious dimensions of human existence and into divine reality. Topics include: religion as a cultural institution, religious experience, the existence and nature of God, the problem of evil, faith and reason, religious language, and the rationality of religious belief.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2020 Fall Term, 2014 Fall Term, 2010 Fall Term, 2005 Spring Term
PHIL 6530 Philosophy of History (3 credits)
Study of both critical and speculative philosophy of history. Problems such as the nature of the historian's inquiry, types of historical understanding, theories of historical explanation, the possibility of pattern and purpose or value in history.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2011 Fall Term, 2003 Fall Term, 1994 Fall Term, 1989 Fall Term
PHIL 6605 Plato (3 credits)
A study of Plato's thought, especially his ethics, epistemology, psychology and metaphysics.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2019 Spring Term, 2015 Fall Term, 2015 Spring Term
PHIL 6610 Aristotle (3 credits)
A study of Aristotle's thought, especially his metaphysics, epistemology and psychology.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Spring Term, 2020 Fall Term, 2017 Spring Term, 2015 Spring Term
PHIL 6620 Augustine (3 credits)
The early philosophical dialogues and The Confessions, The City of God, and The Trinity, considered in their significance as sources of Christian thought.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2019 Fall Term, 2017 Spring Term, 2011 Spring Term, 2007 Fall Term
PHIL 6630 Plotinus and Early Christian Neo-Platonists (3 credits)
A study of the origin and character of neoplatonic thought, especially its metaphysics, epistemology and psychology, and its appropriation by Christian thinkers. Concentration on writers such as Plotinus, Proclus, Boethius and Pseudo-Dionysius.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2021 Spring Term, 2012 Fall Term, 2009 Fall Term, 2006 Spring Term
PHIL 6635 Medieval Islamic Thought (3 credits)
Islamic philosophical thought of the medieval period. Possible figures covered: al-Kindi, al-Farabi Ibn Sina (Avicenna), al-Ghazali, Ibn Rushd (Averroes) including Greek philosophical and Islamic theological foundations, as well as the influence of Islamic philosophy on Christian and Jewish thought in the Middle Ages.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2008 Fall Term, 2005 Fall Term, 2003 Fall Term, 2001 Spring Term
PHIL 6640 St. Thomas Aquinas (3 credits)
A study of St. Thomas Aquinas' philosophy, especially his metaphysics, epistemology, and psychology.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2022 Fall Term, 2018 Fall Term, 2016 Spring Term, 2014 Fall Term
PHIL 6650 Descartes (3 credits)
A study of some principal works of Descartes.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2022 Fall Term, 2015 Fall Term, 2013 Spring Term, 2010 Spring Term
PHIL 6652 Post-Cartesian Rationalism (3 credits)
A study of major works of the post-Cartesian rationalists: Spinoza and Leibniz.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2011 Spring Term, 2006 Fall Term, 2004 Spring Term, 1999 Fall Term
PHIL 6654 Locke/Berkeley (3 credits)
A study of the major works of Locke and Berkeley, including Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, and Berkeley's Principles of Human Knowledge and Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2011 Fall Term, 2004 Fall Term, 1998 Fall Term, 1995 Fall Term
PHIL 6655 Hume (3 credits)
A study of some of Hume's major works, including either A Treatise of Human Nature or Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals and/or Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2012 Spring Term, 2009 Spring Term, 2002 Fall Term, 2000 Fall Term
PHIL 6660 Kant (3 credits)
A study of some principal works of Kant including the Critique of Pure Reason.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Spring Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2020 Fall Term, 2015 Fall Term
PHIL 6662 Hegel (3 credits)
Hegel's system as found in the Phenomenology of Spirit or the Logic.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2019 Fall Term, 2016 Fall Term, 2014 Spring Term, 2008 Spring Term
PHIL 6664 Husserl (3 credits)
A textual study of some principal works.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2013 Fall Term, 2010 Spring Term, 2006 Fall Term
PHIL 6670 Classical American Philosophy (3 credits)
A textual study of the principal works of American philosophers, such as Peirce, James, Dewey.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2012 Fall Term, 2010 Spring Term, 2006 Spring Term
PHIL 6680 Early Analytic Philosophy (3 credits)
A study of the early development of the Vienna Circle and of the principal works of Moore, Russell and Austin.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2017 Spring Term, 2009 Fall Term, 2001 Fall Term, 1992 Fall Term
PHIL 6685 Contemporary Analytic Philosophy (3 credits)
A study of major post-positivist developments in the analytic tradition including the thought of figures such as Quine and Sellars.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2019 Spring Term, 2012 Fall Term, 1999 Fall Term, 1995 Fall Term
PHIL 6690 German Phenomenology-Existentialism (3 credits)
Reading and discussion of the works of such thinkers as Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Jaspers and Scheler.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2020 Fall Term, 2015 Spring Term, 2008 Fall Term, 2005 Spring Term
PHIL 6695 French Phenomenology-Existentialism (3 credits)
A study of problems, such as meaning vs. absurdity, theism vs. atheism, and intersubjectivity vs. solipsism, in such thinkers as Sartre, Marcel, Camus and Merleau-Ponty.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Spring Term, 2019 Fall Term, 2010 Fall Term, 2006 Spring Term
PHIL 6710 Political Philosophy (3 credits)
Consideration of the genesis and justification of the state; questions concerning the best form of government; problems especially germane to democracy, such as the nature and justification of equality and liberty, and of the balance of power and the majority rule.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Fall Term, 2024 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2018 Fall Term
PHIL 6750 Philosophy of Law (3 credits)
A study of the various philosophical approaches to the basic problems and values in law.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2021 Spring Term, 2007 Spring Term, 2001 Fall Term, 1995 Spring Term
PHIL 6953 Text/Seminar on Ancient Philosophy (3 credits)
Either the study of a specific period within Ancient Philosophy, such as Pre-Socratic thought or Roman moral philosophy; or the intensive reading of a major work such as Plato's Sophist or Theaetetus or Aristotle's Metaphysics or Nicomachean Ethics; or the investigation of a theme running through Ancient Philosophy such as problems with the veracity of perception, the ontological status of ideas, or Aristotle and the Peripatetics.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Fall Term, 2023 Spring Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2017 Fall Term
PHIL 6954 Text/Seminar on Early or High Medieval Philosophy (3 credits)
Either the study of individual thinkers, such as St. Anselm, St. Bonaventure, St. Albert the Great; or on specific texts, such as St. Thomas' Treatise On Spiritual Substances; or on problems, such as the nature of man according to St. Bonaventure or doctrines on Divine Illumination in the 13th century.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2023 Fall Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2018 Spring Term, 2007 Spring Term
PHIL 6955 Text/Seminar on Later Medieval or Renaissance Philosophy (3 credits)
Either the study of individual thinkers, such as William of Ockham, Duns Scotus, Nicholas of Cusa, Giordano Bruno, Niccolo Machiavelli; or on themes running through these periods, such as the nature of man, or theories of knowledge, or the Platonism of the 15th and 16th centuries.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2014 Spring Term, 2009 Fall Term, 2004 Fall Term, 1999 Spring Term
PHIL 6957 Text/Seminar on Nineteenth-Century Philosophy (3 credits)
Either the study of major philosophers, such as Marx, Fichte, or Peirce; or on major texts, such as Hegel's Logic, or Kierkegaard's Concluding Unscientific Postscript; or on philosophical problems, such as the individual and the social order, or pragmatic views of knowledge and truth.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2022 Spring Term, 2020 Spring Term, 2015 Spring Term, 2013 Spring Term
PHIL 6958 Text/Seminar on Twentieth-Century Philosophy (3 credits)
Either the study of philosophical movements, such as existentialism, phenomenology, analysis, or pragmatism; or of specific philosophers, such as Sartre or Russell; or of major philosophical works, such as Philosophical Investigations, or Being and Time.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Spring Term, 2018 Fall Term, 2018 Spring Term, 2016 Spring Term
PHIL 6959 Seminar in Philosophy (1-3 credits)
Subjects and credits according to arrangement.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Fall Term, 2024 Spring Term, 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Spring Term
PHIL 6960 Seminar in Applied/Professional Philosophy (3 credits)
Study of ethical issues which cut across professions and disciplines. Consideration given to issues such as human rights, allocation of social resources, confidentiality, informed ethics, truth telling, etc.
Prerequisite: PHIL 6310 and cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Fall Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2018 Spring Term, 2012 Spring Term
PHIL 6965 Practicum in Philosophy (3-6 credits)
Internship designed to develop a student's ability to use philosophical thinking and concepts in dealing with problems which arise in the context of a specific job, vocation, or institutional setting. Students arrange placement on an individual basis. S/U grade assessment.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Fall Term, 2024 Spring Term, 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Summer Term
PHIL 6970 Seminar on Teaching Philosophy (3 credits)
An introduction to the theory and practice of teaching philosophy.
Prerequisite: Graduate stndg.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2023 Fall Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2020 Fall Term
PHIL 6995 Independent Study in Philosophy (1-3 credits)
Faculty-supervised, independent study/research of a specific area or topic in Philosophy.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2019 Fall Term, 2019 Summer Term
PHIL 6998 Professional Project in Philosophy (1-12 credits)
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Summer Term, 2012 Spring Term
PHIL 6999 Master's Thesis (1-6 credits)
S/U grade assessment.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Fall Term, 2012 Spring Term, 2009 Summer Term, 2008 Summer Term
PHIL 8995 Independent Study in Philosophy (1-3 credits)
A course whose mode of instruction offers a student the opportunity to study or do in-depth research on a topic or subject matter not usually offered in the established curriculum, with a current Marquette faculty of his/her choice and independent of the classroom setting.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.; cons. of graduate prog. dir.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Fall Term, 2024 Spring Term, 2023 Fall Term, 2022 Fall Term
PHIL 8999 Doctoral Dissertation (1-12 credits)
S/U grade assessment.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Fall Term, 2024 Spring Term, 2023 Fall Term, 2023 Summer Term
PHIL 9970 Graduate Standing Continuation: Less than Half-Time (0 credits)
Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Designated as less than half-time status only, cannot be used in conjunction with other courses, and does not qualify students for financial aid or loan deferment.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Fall Term, 2024 Summer Term, 2024 Spring Term, 2023 Fall Term
PHIL 9974 Graduate Fellowship: Full-Time (0 credits)
Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Designated as full-time status. If a student is already registered in other courses full time, this continuation course is not needed.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Fall Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2019 Spring Term
PHIL 9975 Graduate Assistant Teaching: Full-Time (0 credits)
Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Designated as full-time status. If a student is already registered in other courses full time, this continuation course is not needed.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Fall Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2021 Fall Term, 2020 Fall Term
PHIL 9976 Graduate Assistant Research: Full-Time (0 credits)
Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Designated as full-time status. If a student is already registered in other courses full time, this continuation course is not needed.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Fall Term, 2018 Fall Term, 2016 Spring Term, 2014 Fall Term
PHIL 9979 Field Placement Continuation: Full-Time (0 credits)
Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of full-time status. Requires that the student is working 20 hours or more per week at their field placement.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Fall Term, 2012 Spring Term, 2008 Spring Term, 2007 Fall Term
PHIL 9984 Master's Comprehensive Examination Preparation: Less than Half-Time (0 credits)
Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of less than half-time status. Requires that the student is working less than 12 hours per week toward their master's comprehensive exam.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Fall Term, 2020 Fall Term, 2012 Spring Term, 2010 Fall Term
PHIL 9985 Master's Comprehensive Examination Preparation: Half-Time (0 credits)
Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of half-time status. Requires that the student is working more than 12 to less than 20 hours per week toward their master's comprehensive exam. May be taken in conjunction with credit-bearing or other non-credit courses to result in the status indicated, as deemed appropriate by the department.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Fall Term, 2024 Spring Term, 2020 Fall Term, 2012 Spring Term
PHIL 9986 Master's Comprehensive Examination Preparation: Full-Time (0 credits)
Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of full-time status. Requires that the student is working 20 hours or more per week toward their master's comprehensive exam. May be taken in conjunction with credit-bearing or other non-credit courses to result in the status indicated, as deemed appropriate by the department.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Fall Term, 2023 Fall Term, 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term
PHIL 9987 Doctoral Qualifying Examination Preparation: Less than Half-Time (0 credits)
Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of less than half-time status. Requires that the student is working less than 12 hours per week toward their doctoral qualifying exam.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Fall Term, 2020 Fall Term, 2017 Fall Term, 2012 Spring Term
PHIL 9988 Doctoral Qualifying Examination Preparation: Half-Time (0 credits)
Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of half-time status. Requires that the student is working more than 12 to less than 20 hours per week toward their doctoral qualifying exam. May be taken in conjunction with credit-bearing or other non-credit courses to result in the status indicated, as deemed appropriate by the department.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Fall Term, 2022 Spring Term, 2020 Fall Term, 2019 Fall Term
PHIL 9989 Doctoral Qualifying Examination Preparation: Full-Time (0 credits)
Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of full-time status. Requires that the student is working 20 hours or more per week toward their doctoral qualifying exam. May be taken in conjunction with credit-bearing or other non-credit courses to result in the status indicated, as deemed appropriate by the department.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Fall Term, 2023 Fall Term, 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term
PHIL 9993 Professional Project Continuation: Full-Time (0 credits)
Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of full-time status. Requires that the student is working 20 hours or more per week on their professional project. Any professional project credits required for the degree should be completed before registering for non-credit Professional Project Continuation.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Fall Term, 2012 Spring Term, 2011 Fall Term, 2009 Fall Term
PHIL 9994 Master's Thesis Continuation: Less than Half-Time (0 credits)
Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of less than half-time status. Requires that the student is working less than 12 hours per week on their master's thesis. All six thesis credits required for the degree should be completed before registering for non-credit Master's Thesis Continuation.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Fall Term, 2012 Spring Term, 2008 Spring Term, 2007 Fall Term
PHIL 9995 Master's Thesis Continuation: Half-Time (0 credits)
Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of half-time status. Requires that the student is working more than 12 to less than 20 hours per week on their master's thesis. All six thesis credits required for the degree should be completed before registering for non-credit Master's Thesis Continuation.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Fall Term, 2012 Spring Term, 2008 Spring Term, 2007 Fall Term
PHIL 9996 Master's Thesis Continuation: Full-Time (0 credits)
Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of full-time status. Requires that the student is working 20 hours or more per week on their master's thesis. All six thesis credits required for the degree should be completed before registering for non-credit Master's Thesis Continuation.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Fall Term, 2012 Spring Term, 2008 Spring Term, 2007 Fall Term
PHIL 9997 Doctoral Dissertation Continuation: Less than Half-Time (0 credits)
Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of less than half-time status. Requires that the student is working less than 12 hours per week on their doctoral dissertation. All 12 dissertation credits required for the degree should be completed before registering for non-credit Doctoral Dissertation Continuation.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Fall Term, 2022 Fall Term, 2020 Fall Term, 2019 Spring Term
PHIL 9998 Doctoral Dissertation Continuation: Half-Time (0 credits)
Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of half-time status. Requires that the student is working more than 12 to less than 20 hours per week on their doctoral dissertation. All 12 dissertation credits required for the degree should be completed before registering for non-credit Doctoral Dissertation Continuation.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Fall Term, 2024 Summer Term, 2024 Spring Term, 2023 Fall Term
PHIL 9999 Doctoral Dissertation Continuation: Full-Time (0 credits)
Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of full-time status. Requires that the student is working 20 hours or more per week on their doctoral dissertation. All 12 dissertation credits required for the degree should be completed before registering for non-credit Doctoral Dissertation Continuation.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch.
Level of Study: Graduate
Last four terms offered: 2024 Fall Term, 2024 Summer Term, 2024 Spring Term, 2023 Fall Term