431. Ways of Seeing.

Our educational system tends to neglect the visual world, despite, our growing dependence on pictorial and visual information. Using methods from anthropology, psychology, communications theory and art history, this course will explore nonverbal communication, the built environment, photography, film, and television as culturally conditioned symbolic systems.

599. Independent Study.

Students who wish to enroll for Independent Study must submit a proposal written under the direction of a faculty member who will supervise the student's work. This proposal must be submitted the semester before the Independent Study is to take place. The proposal should describe the project, indicate a) works to be read, b) frequency of student-instructor meetings, c) student writing to be produced, and d) means of student evaluation.

PHILOSOPHY

Direct inquiries to: Graduate Adviser, 215-204-1742, 731 Anderson Hall, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122.

Graduate Faculty

Philip Anderson, Professor, Ph.D., University of Toronto;Charles E. Dyke, Professor, Ph.D., Brown University; Joseph Margolis, Professor, Ph.D., Columbia University; N. Mohanty, Professor, Ph.D., University of Gottingen; Richard Shusterman, Professor, Ph.D., University of Oxford; Miriam Solomon, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Harvard University; Michael J. Tye, Professor, Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo; Gerald Vision, Professor, Ph.D., University of Michigan; David D. Welker, Associate Professor and Chair, Ph.D., University of Michigan.

Adjunct Faculty

Dieter Forster, Professor, Ph.D.; Kevin Melchionne, Ph.D., State University of New York, Stonybrook.

General Statement

The Department of Philosophy has traditional strengths in aesthetics, analytic philosophy of language and mind, American pragmatism, and continental philosophy generally, and 19th century German philosophy in particular. Other areas of interest in the department include philosophy and literature, interdisciplinary work using results from the cognitive sciences, and feminist approaches to philosophical issues.

Temple University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Villanova University constitute part of the Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium. Graduate students at member institutions can, subject to the regulations of their home departments, receive credit for courses taken at the other consortium schools.

Application Deadline

Complete applications must be submitted before March 1 for the fall semester and before October 1 for the spring semester. To be considered for financial aid, applications must be submitted before March 1. In addition to the Graduate School application, a departmental application for admission and financial aid is required. These are obtained by writing directly to the Philosophy Department.

Financial Aid

The Department offers a number of teaching assistantships, each of which carries a stipend plus full waiver of tuition and fees.

Master of Arts

Admission Requirements

The Admissions Committee of the department looks for documentation of philosophical achievement and potential in four areas: GPA, Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores, letters of recommendation, and a sample of philosophical work. Most successful applicants have philosophy GPAs of 3.25 or better, and GRE scores in the 50th percentile or better. These criteria, however, are not rigid. A somewhat low quantitative GRE score, for example, might easily be balanced by several enthusiastic recommendations and a good writing sample. The department has a long tradition of accepting highly qualified students who come to philosophy late in their academic careers.

Applicants must submit transcripts (including Temple University), scores for the general Graduate Record Examination (GRE), a sample of their written work in philosophy, and three letters of recommendation.

Degree Requirements

Students must complete at least 24 hours of graduate course work in philosophy and a satisfactory thesis. A non-thesis option requiring 30 hours of course work is also available. More detailed information is available from the department.

Doctor of Philosophy

Admission Requirements

The admission requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy program are the same as for the Master of Arts program, except that those with a weak philosophy background probably will be admitted to the M. A. program on a transitional basis.

Degree Requirements

The student must complete at least 48 hours of graduate credit, the final 24 of which must be taken at Temple University. Students must take courses in three distribution areas, pass two written preliminary examinations demonstrating their readiness to pursue the project of their dissertation, demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language and in logic, and write and defend a satisfactory dissertation. More detailed information is available from the department.

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