Admission requirements

1. Applicants for the Grad Track option must be students in the UNT College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences pursuing the Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy degree.
2. Students may apply for the grad track option during their junior year and must have completed at least 75 credit hours at the time of application to grad track.
3. Minimum of 3.5 cumulative GPA required at the time of application submission.
4. The student will provide two recommendation forms from Philosophy and Religion faculty members who can evaluate the student’s ability to complete graduate level work.
5. The application will be reviewed by the Philosophy and Religion curriculum committee and the undergraduate and graduate advisors.

Requirements

Students enrolled in the grad track Philosophy program must take:

• PHIL 5000 Environmental Ethics

In consultation with the departmental Directors of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies, they will choose three of the following courses (for a total of four courses):

• PHIL 5100 Topics in Ancient Philosophy
• PHIL 5200 Topics in Modern Philosophy
• PHIL 5300 Social and Political Philosophy
• PHIL 5400 Ethical Theory
• PHIL 5250 Topics in the History Philosophy

Note

Student progress will be monitored on a semester-by-semester basis by the directors of graduate and undergraduate studies. Students must meet with each of the directors and must maintain a 3.0 GPA in the graduate coursework. Students must complete the bachelor’s degree prior to being fully admitted to the MA in Philosophy. A student can take a maximum of 12 hours of graduate courses through the Grad Track Pathway.