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Doctoral

Philosophy MA, CPhil, PhD

University of California, Los Angeles College of Letters and Science 80 courses

About This Program

The aim of the graduate program is to produce philosophers of high quality. A graduate degree in philosophy is the usual path to becoming a professional academic philosopher, but the skills attained in the study and practice of philosophy are highly transferable and sought after by enlightened employers across the globe. The focus of the departmentโ€™s graduate training is original philosophical research, and the PhD program culminates in the production of a long written document (the dissertation). Students in the graduate program also receive training and practice in teaching philosophy at various levels, and to audiences from diverse backgrounds.

Degree Requirements

Philosophy Graduate Courses

Graduate courses UCLA's General Catalog lists for this department. This is not a degree plan; requirements are set by the program.

Code Course Title Credits
PHILOS 200A Seminar for First-Year Graduate Students 4
PHILOS 200B Seminar for First-Year Graduate Students 4
PHILOS 201 Plato 4
PHILOS 202 Aristotle 4
PHILOS 203 Seminar: History of Ancient Philosophy 4
PHILOS 206 Topics in Medieval Philosophy 4
PHILOS 207 Seminar: History of Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy 4
PHILOS 216 19th-Century Philosophy 4
PHILOS 220 Seminar: Topics in History of Philosophy 4
PHILOS 221A Topics in Set Theory 4
PHILOS 221B History of Set Theory 4
PHILOS 222A Godel Theory 4
PHILOS 222B Godel Theory 4
PHILOS 222C Godel Theory 4
PHILOS 224 Philosophy of Physics 4
PHILOS 226 Topics in Mathematical Logic 4
PHILOS 227 Philosophy of Social Science 4
PHILOS 229 Seminar: Critical Thinking 4
PHILOS 230 Seminar: Logic 4
PHILOS 231 Seminar: Intensional Logic 4
PHILOS 232 Philosophy of Science 4
PHILOS 233 Seminar: Philosophy of Physics 4
PHILOS 234 Topics in Philosophy of Science 4
PHILOS 235 Philosophy of Mathematics 4
PHILOS 241 Topics in Political Philosophy 4
PHILOS 244 Topics in Value Theory: Rationality and Action 4
PHILOS 246 Seminar: Ethical Theory 4
PHILOS 248 Problems in Moral Philosophy 4
PHILOS 254 Legal Theory Workshop 1 to 8
PHILOS 254A Legal Theory Workshop 3
PHILOS 254B Legal Theory Workshop 1
PHILOS 255 Seminar: Aesthetic Theory 4
PHILOS 257B Philosophy Legal Theory 1 to 8
PHILOS 258 Contemporary Philosophy of Law 4
PHILOS 259 Philosophical Research in Ethics and Value Theory 2 to 4
PHILOS 260 Dissertation Writing Seminar 2 to 4
PHILOS 270 Epistemology of Science 4
PHILOS 271 Seminar: Topics in Metaphysics and Epistemology 4
PHILOS 272 Topics in Philosophy of Mind and Language 4
PHILOS 275 Human Action 4
PHILOS 280 20th-Century Continental Philosophy 4
PHILOS 281 Seminar: Philosophy of Mind 4
PHILOS 282 Seminar: Metaphysics 4
PHILOS 283 Seminar: Theory of Knowledge 4
PHILOS 284 Seminar: Philosophy of Perception 4
PHILOS 285 Philosophy of Psychoanalysis 4
PHILOS 286 Philosophy of Psychology 4
PHILOS 287 Seminar: Philosophy of Language 4
PHILOS 288 Seminar: Wittgenstein 4
PHILOS 289 Seminar: Philosophy of Religion 4
PHILOS 290 Workshop: Philosophy of Language 2 or 4
PHILOS 291 Workshop: Philosophy of Mathematics 4
PHILOS 292 Philosophical Research in History of Philosophy 2 to 4
PHILOS 298 Second-Year Writing Seminar 2 to 4
PHILOS 299 Seminar: Philosophical Research 4
PHILOS 495 Teaching College Philosophy 2 to 4
PHILOS 596 Directed Individual Studies 2 to 12
PHILOS 597 Directed Studies for Graduate Examinations 2 to 8
PHILOS 599 Research for PhD Dissertation 2 to 12
PHILOS C208 Hobbes 4
PHILOS C209 Descartes 4
PHILOS C210 Spinoza 4
PHILOS C211 Leibniz 4
PHILOS C212 Locke and Berkeley 4
PHILOS C214 Hume 4
PHILOS C215 Kant 4
PHILOS C219 Topics in History of Philosophy 4
PHILOS C223 Topics in Philosophy of Mathematics 4
PHILOS C225 Probability and Inductive Logic 4
PHILOS C228A Philosophy of Language 4
PHILOS C228B Philosophy of Language 4
PHILOS C228C Philosophy of Language 4
PHILOS C236 Science and Values 4
PHILOS C244B Topics in Value Theory: Moral Responsibility and Free Will 4
PHILOS C245 History of Ethics: Modern 4
PHILOS C247 Topics in Political Philosophy 4
PHILOS C253B Topics in Ethical Theory: Metaethics 4
PHILOS M256 Topics in Legal Philosophy 4
PHILOS M257 Philosophy Legal Theory 1 to 8
PHILOS M257A Philosophy Legal Theory 1 to 8

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