Overview

The mission of the Philosophy program at Lafayette College is to provide its students—both those who major and minor in philosophy and those who do not—with high quality education in Western philosophy.

Key facts

To that end, the department offers a broad range of courses while emphasizing the techniques and concerns of the Anglo-American analytic tradition. These courses include inquiries into the nature of reality (metaphysics), our abilities to know something about it (epistemology), and a range of the normative questions arising in ethics, social and legal philosophy, and aesthetics.
Our majors are knowledgeable about the history of Western Philosophy, and are consistently exposed to that which distinguishes our efforts in all our courses: the identification and evaluation of arguments, both those presented by famous figures in that tradition, and others whom we see fit to consider.
Training in philosophy emphasizes effective skills in critical reading, writing, and speaking. Through the evaluation of important readings on the topics and questions of philosophy, and through writing assignments that are constructively criticized, philosophy majors become proficient in all these skills.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Basic Social Questions
Bioethics
Environmental Ethics
Logic
First Philosophers
Modern Philosophy
Philosophy of Mind

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Easton, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Common Application
Application fee of $65, which may be submitted electronically if applying online. If this is financially unfeasible, send us a fee waiver or fee waiver request letter from your high school guidance counselor, school head, or other school official. Students and parents may not submit a fee waiver request directly to the College
SAT or ACT scores – self-reported scores via the Common Application, official score reports, copies/images of official score reports, and/or scores listed on official transcripts are accepted.
Guidance counselor recommendation letter, School report and official high school transcript
Teacher recommendation letter (minimum of one)
Mid-year grades submitted directly from the high school when they become available

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

66496 USD / year

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Out-of-State

66496 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

66496 USD / year

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Living costs

Easton

United States

1584 - 2682 USD / month

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