The Current Graduate Handbook:
Handbook for Graduate Students updated 4.01.2025
The current handbook reflects the program degree requirements that the Graduate Council approved in winter 2025. Students who entered the graduate program before the spring of 2025 should consult the Graduate Handbook that was in effect at the time of their admission.
- Grad Handbooks from Previous Years
2023 handbook Philosophy Grad Handbook 2023
2014 handbook Philosophy Grad Handbook 2014
2012 handbook Philosophy Grad Handbook 2012
2009 handbook Philosophy Grad Handbook 2009
2006 handbook Philosophy Grad Handbook 2006
Checklists and other Resources
Consult these useful checklists and timelines that list all the requirements for the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in a simple format that are designed to help students to track their progress through the program.
Master's Program Requirements Checklist and timeline contains an inventory of requisite courses
Doctoral Program Requirements checklist and timeline identifies a typical sequence of events
Rules and Regulations Handbook for TAs, RAs and AIs (teaching assistants, reading assistants and associate instructors)
Teaching Handbook: advice from experienced Philosophy graduate student TAs for incoming graduate student TAs