Students may be admitted to the PhD program either with a previous MA degree in philosophy or with only a Bachelor's degree in philosophy. If they come with an MA in philosophy, they may be granted up to 30 hours of coursework toward their PhD. This corresponds to two years' worth of coursework as a full-time PhD student. (In exceptional cases, an applicant may be admitted with a degree in another field, if the applicant has completed substantial philosophy coursework.) If you are admitted with only a Bachelor's degree in philosophy, then students will be required to complete the full 51 hours of coursework (plus 39 hours of dissertation research) here in our program. Each of our PhD students receives an assistantship