The Department of Philosophy at Miami University has nine full-time faculty members with a diverse array of research interests and offers a broad range of courses and research opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students. We are committed to a pluralist outlook and offer courses in both the Analytic and Continental traditions, and in the fields of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, political philosophy, aesthetics, philosophy of law, feminist theory, and the philosophy of science, with the history of philosophy emphasized as the common ground of all these areas.
Students of philosophy gain insight into the origin and development of fundamental concepts, and they learn to think and argue well, negotiate diverse perspectives, evaluate conflicting claims to truth, analyze ideas, and reason clearly which leads to a wide variety of career options.
This minor is a good choice for students who are unable to complete the major, but are interested in philosophical thinking about morality, ethics, politics, aesthetics, culture, and more generally about the meaning of living in a human world with others. This minor is a particularly good choice for students with interest in medical school and/or law school. (18 credit hours)
The M.A. is a two-year program designed to provide both broad competence in the history of philosophy and depth in specific areas of student choosing.
Consider applying to the highly selective combined B.A./M.A. Program in Philosophy. This program allows you to complete both a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in Philosophy in only one extra year of study.
Check out these opportunities for undergraduate students.
