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Department of Philosophy
Graduate Student Outcomes Assessment
The Department of Philosophy offers very structured programs at both the M.A.
and Ph.D. levels. These programs involve distributional requirements that are
designed to ensure that all students have a solid background in logic, in the
history of philosophy, in the values areas, and in the metaphysics and
epistemology areas. Other features, such as a diagnostic paper, a qualifying
paper, and a prospectus defense, at the Ph.D. level, enable students to acquire
the scholarly tools that will enable them to complete the degree successfully
and in a timely fashion.
In addition, the Department has a mentoring program, in which a member of
faculty is assigned to each entering student, to assist the student in making
the transition from undergraduate study to graduate study, and to supply the
student with advice and support.
Finally, the Department has recently introduced a proseminar program for
entering Ph.D. students, in which those students take one seminar together in
both the Fall and Spring Semesters. One of these seminars is in the values area,
and the other in either epistemology or metaphysics. These two seminars provide
the students with an excellent opportunity to become acquainted with other
students who are just beginning graduate study, as well as a shared intellectual
experience, and a good grounding in two central areas of philosophy.
The Placement of our Recent Ph.D.s.
Below we have listed, for the past six years, the job a student received upon
graduation, and then his or her current job (if different). Tenure track jobs -
or a foreign equivalent - are indicated by 'TT'. Names have been replaced by
initials.
2002-2003 Graduates
SK Southwest State University, Montana (TT)
BM University of Colorado at Boulder
2001-2002 Graduates
MM University of California at Irvine (TT)
RS University of Southern Illinois (TT)
RS Coastal Carolina College (TT)
MS University of Arizona
RL Texas Tech
LY Fresno State University
DE Coastal Carolina College
DS University of Colorado at Boulder
EP Employed outside academia (lawyer)
2000-2001 Graduates
JE University of Alaska, Anchorage (TT)
SW University of Dayton (TT); now Temple University (TT)
IM Reed College; now University of Konstanz
TC Community College of Aurora
TG Employed outside academia
RC University of Alaska, Anchorage
JB Employed outside academia
1999-2000 Graduates
PS University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand (TT)
JJ Green Mountain College, Vermont (TT); now Luther College (TT)
RJ Kansas State University; now Howard University
JP University of Colorado at Boulder
1998-1999 Graduates
JB Arapahoe Community College
DM University of Colorado at Denver
AL University of San Diego; now no longer in academia
RG Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri. (TT)
RF Colgate University, Hamilton, New York
CP Employed outside academia (museum administrator)
RG Westminster College (TT)
1997-1998 Graduates
CB Ripon University (TT); now California State University at
Sacramento (TT)
GD Talbot School of Theology, Biola University (TT)
SG California State University at Long Beach (TT)
PM Longwood College, Virginia
PA Employed outside academia
SS Modesto Jr. College, California
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