The following requirements are in addition to, or further elaborate upon, those requirements outlined in the Study at NU section of this Web site.

Coursework Requirements Other PhD Degree Requirements

• Language: One of the combinations below; courses do not carry credit toward the degree
  Competence in a second language other than English
  Completion of a course in advanced logic (200 level or above)
  Work in a related discipline (Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Mathematics, etc) or a complimentary philosophical area
  Consultation with DGS on the necessary secondary skills for student’s course of study should be completed by the end of the first year
• Proseminars:
  PHIL 401-1,2 Proseminar (first year): 2
  PHIL 402-1,2 Proseminar (second year): 2
• History of Philosophy:
  400-level seminar in either Plato or Aristotle: 1
  400-level seminar in Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Hobbes, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Kant, or Hegel: 1
• Electives:
  Other philosophy courses (at least twelve at 400-level): 15
  Additional courses: 6
• Logic:
  Basic competence in symbolic logic as demonstrated through coursework or examination
• Total Required Units: 27

 Other PhD Degree Requirements

• Examinations: oral qualifying examination to determine competence within chosen field of proposed dissertation
• Research/Projects: two research papers related to the proseminars
• PhD Dissertation: department approval of dissertation topic by three-member dissertation committee with oral qualifying examination as above
• Final Evaluations: oral defense of dissertation
• Other: annual review by faculty