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BA Philosophy at University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley, United States

Programme overview

Declaring the Major Fill out a Declaration of Major Form. Submit to the Student Affairs Officer via email or to 314 Philosophy Hall (Philosophy Department office). Forms are available online: https://lsadvising.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/major_declaration_petition_2.4.25.pdf Honors Program With the consent of the major advisor, a student with an overall 3.5 grade-point average (GPA) or higher and a GPA of 3.7 or higher in courses in the major may apply for admission to the honors program.

Faculty: College of Letters & Science  |  Department: Philosophy  |  Duration: 4 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Berkeley, CA, United States

What you will study

Major requirements are organised as: Lower Division (Logic, Ancient Philosophy, Modern Philosophy); Upper Division (Methods, Ethics, History I, History II, Epistemology/Metaphysics Group A, Epistemology/Metaphysics Group B). Only one non-PHILOS course may be used towards this requirement.

Career pathways

Graduates enter career areas including Education, Law & Public Policy.

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Application information

Entry requirements

University/college-level admission (not programme-specific): students apply to UC Berkeley and are admitted to the College of Letters & Science.

Duration: 4 years

Apply through the official page: https://admissions.berkeley.edu/

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