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Graduate Studies Programs of Study Philosophy


Philosophy
Head
Bakhurst, D.J.
 
Coordinator of Graduate Studies
Schuklenk, U.
 
Professor
Bakhurst, D.J1Bickenbach, J.E.2Kymlicka, W. 3, Leighton, S.R., Overall, C.D.2, Schuklenk, U., Sypnowich, C.A.
 
Associate Professor
Babbitt, S.E., Knight, D., Kumar, R. 4, Laycock, H., Mercier, Miller, J., A., Sismondo, S.
 
Assistant Professor
Choi, S.H.4 Mozersky, J. 3
 
Professor Emeritus
Bond, E.J., Brown, N.J.P., Fell, A.P., Fox, M. Maclachlan, D.L.C., Macleod, A.M., Prado, C.G.
 
Adjunct Associate Professor
Davies, J.M.
 
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Fairfield, P.
 
Adjunct Lecturer
Smith, M. (Mark)
 
Cross-Appointed
Cline, C., Duffin, J.M., Johnston, S., Lister, A., Moore, M. Murty, R., Pratt, M., Tsai, E.
 
Joint Appointment
Smith, M.4
 
1  Charlton Professor
2 QRC
3 CRC
4 QNS
 
 
Departmental Facilities
The Department of Philosophy has, in John Watson Hall, a seminar room and a lounge in which faculty and students can get together for informal discussion over coffee. Watson Hall also contains computing facilities for the use of graduate students. Philosophy holdings in the Stauffer Library are excellent with respect to both books and periodicals.
A student-faculty ratio of approximately 2 to 1 provides not only for small formal seminars but encourages informal contact between students and faculty. The Department also maintains a weekly Colloquium in which graduate students, faculty, and visiting scholars present papers for discussion.
Financial Assistance
The Department provides remuneration to selected students in the form of Queen's Graduate Awards and teaching assistantships.
 
Concentration and Research
The Department offers concentrations in most major areas of philosophy. More details on this and other matters may be found in the Graduate Philosophy Bulletin and the Handbook for Graduate Students in Philosophy, issued annually by the Department.
Degree Programs
MASTER OF ARTS

Applicants for the degree of Master of Arts are accepted under the general regulations of the School of Graduate Studies provided that they also satisfy admission standards of the Department. Those whose average grade in philosophy is lower than A-minus (80 percent) have little chance of admission.

For those entering the program with an Honours B.A. in Philosophy (or equivalent) the Master's program normally requires one calendar year (three terms) of full-time study. A student whose preparation in philosophy is inadequate for acceptance into the regular one-year program may be accepted as a preparatory student if any previous work in philosophy is deemed sufficiently good.

NOTE: no student admitted to a Master of Arts program in philosophy should assume any commitment on the part of the Department of Philosophy to acceptance into its doctoral program.

Requirements for the M.A. are: 

   i) Six one-term courses (or equivalent); two courses must be in the subject area epistemology and metaphysics and two in value theory. (Each year all graduate courses offered by the department will be classified as falling into one [or both] of the two subject areas.) In special circumstances, the course distribution requirement may be waived at the discretion of the Coordinator of Graduate Studies.

   ii) A Master's Research Thesis (PHIL-899) of approximately fifty pages.

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Applicants for the Ph.D. degree are accepted under the general regulations of the School of Graduate Studies provided that they also meet departmental admission requirements. Normally, an applicant with less than a first-class standing in a Master's program in philosophy (80 percent coursework average) is not accepted for admission

Course Requirements

Candidates must take six one-term courses (or equivalent*). Two courses must be in the subject the subject area epistemology and metaphysics and two in value theory. Each year all graduate courses offered by the department will be classified as falling into one (or both) of the two subject areas.

Comprehensive Requirements

No later than the end of the first week in June of the first year of the Ph.D. program, the graduate coordinator, in consultation with the candidate and relevant faculty, will form a committee of three faculty members who will direct the student in acquiring, over the course of the second year of the program, a comprehensive background in their intended areas of specialization. A candidate will be required to write at least two short papers, for purposes of discuss with the committee members, each term that discuss issues in different sets of readings. A student’s general knowledge of his or her areas will be examined orally no later than the end of June of the second year of the program. (For students who do not begin the program in September, this timetable will be adjusted accordingly.) Students who fail to demonstrate satisfactory knowledge of their areas of specialization at the oral defence will be required to withdraw from the program. (see General Regulations: Withdrawal on Academic Grounds.) Further details on the comprehensive requirement are set out in the Handbook for Graduate Students in Philosophy.

Language Requirement

There is no general language requirement. However, candidates who propose to submit a thesis in an area for which knowledge of a language or languages other than English is deemed essential must pass an examination set by the Department on a work or works within the thesis area. This requirement must be met at least twelve months before submission of the thesis for examination

Thesis

 Within three months of passing the oral examination of general knowledge of the candidates areas of specialization, candidates will submit a thesis proposal to the departmental Board of Graduate Studies, in conformity with procedures described in the Handbook for Graduate Students in Philosophy.

The defence of the thesis will be an oral examination conducted by an examining committee in accordance with the General Regulations of the School of Graduate Studies. The examination will focus upon the thesis, but may extend to the general field in which the thesis is written.

* Two one-term courses are equivalent to one full (two-term) course.

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