The Philosophy Department offers to strongly qualified undergraduate students the opportunity to receive both bachelor's and master's degrees within four years, that is, within the 120 credits normally required for the bachelor's degree alone. Application to this program should be made in the upper sophomore or lower junior semester; admission is granted only in the junior year.

Seminars and research tutorials are given on both the leading contemporary movements of philosophy and the chief historical periods and figures. Students with diverse philosophical interests are accommodated by a faculty representing a broad spectrum of specializations. The acceleration and intensiveness of the B.A./M.A. program make for an exceptionally solid grounding in philosophy. For full details and application forms, see the department's Graduate Program Advisor.