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Admissions

Many of the students accepted into the MA program in philosophy have completed undergraduate philosophy majors or minors, though we also accept students with degrees in related areas and students with compelling interests or strong undergraduate backgrounds.

Normally, applicants should have an undergraduate grade-point average of B or better both overall and in philosophy courses. We occasionally admit students with lower averages if they can provide strong evidence that they are likely to do well in our program.

We do not require GRE scores for admission into the program. However, such scores will be taken into consideration by the admissions committee if they are available.

The Philosophy Department has a two-part application to the MA program:

1.  Applicants for admission must meet the University of Nevada, Reno Graduate School's admission requirements. Applications to Graduate School are only accepted online.  Please go to their website at http://www.unr.edu/grad/ and follow the directions for online application. Please be sure your transcripts are sent to the Graduate School.

2.  In addition, please send the following directly to the Philosophy Department:

  • Letter of Intent -- a letter describing your interests and goals and explaining why you want to pursue your studies in our department
  • Writing Sample -- sample of your recent writing in philosophy
  • References -- three letters of recommendation

Graduate Admissions,

Department of Philosophy

Mail Stop 0102

University of Nevada Reno

Reno, NV 89557

If your record is unusual in some way and you feel as though you need additional supporting materials, we would like to consider them as well. Please send them directly to the Philosophy Department address listed above. If you have questions, please contact our Graduate Program Coordinator, Christopher Williams.

The deadline for application to our program is March 1 for Fall admissions and November 1 for Spring admissions.

 

                          

University of Nevada, Reno                                                                             

Department of Philosophy

Edmund J. Cain Hall, 108 -- MS 0102

Reno, NV  89557-0102   

Office: 775-784-6846, Fax: 775-327-5024
Maintained by: 
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Last updated: 10/28/2009

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