New York University
开设学位
1. MA in Philosophy
· 32学分，至少24学分在本系修读
· 具有适当质量的重要研究论文，可以在研讨会上发表，也可以在部门导师的监督下发表，并且必须获得B+或更高的分数。
2. Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy
· 72学分
申请要求：
· A 1-2 page statement of academic purpose, describing past and present work as it relates to your intended field of study, and anything unusual we should know when evaluating your application.
The application will also prompt you to submit an optional personal history statement. The personal history statement is truly optional. If you do feel that there is information relevant to your application, a brief paragraph will normally suffice. It will not be held against you if you choose not to include a personal history statement.
· A CV or resume
· A writing sample
This should be an example of polished, substantive philosophical writing. It should display your philosophical abilities at their strongest, and will need to manifest analytical skills on a par with students already in our program. It may be the most important part of your application. A reasonable length for this is 20-25 double-spaced pages. Some applicants submit more than one writing sample; this is alright if, for example, they display very different aspects of your philosophical capacities (for example, a paper in philosophical logic and one in ancient philosophy). If they don't, we'll most likely only look at one of the papers submitted. Short 10-page papers of the sort written for a class or a tutorial rarely show us enough of a candidate's ability to be successful, and sending several of these is no better. Applications to our PhD program are intensely competitive. You're best off taking extra time to select your best philosophical work and develop it into a mature, interesting piece of writing.
Sometimes students send us sections of longer pieces of writing; this is ok in principle but what you submit should be self-contained and should be enough on its own for us to reliably evaluate you.
To enable anonymous review, author's name and other identifying information should not be included in the writing sample.
· Transcripts
You are strongly encouraged to scan and submit these electronically when you submit your application (with English translations, if needed). Unofficial transcripts are acceptable but if you are admitted, you will have to submit final and official paper copies of your transcripts later.
If your school is in the US, and your GPA is not shown on the transcript, you'll need to calculate it and supply it in the application.
We prefer you include all of these documents as part of your online application.
You'll also be asked to supply GRE and (possibly) TOEFL or IELTS scores.
Finally, you'll need to ask several faculty who know you well to submit letters of recommendation to us. We ask for three letters; you can provide up to five if there are special reasons for doing so.
