It also administers the interdisciplinary undergraduate major in ethics and public policy, which it offers jointly with the Departments of Economics and Sociology; see Ethics and Public Policy in the Catalog.

The Department of Philosophy grants admission only for the Ph.D. program. The M.A. is awarded to students as they work successfully toward the Ph.D.; it is not offered as a terminal degree.

The graduate program is designed to train teachers and scholars in philosophy. The main areas in the graduate curriculum are metaphysics, epistemology, history of philosophy, logic, philosophy of science, and value theory.