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major. Students may not use the Culture Option to
fulfill Part 2 of the Arts and Sciences Foreign
Language Requirement; they must either complete
six semesters (or equivalent) of one foreign language,
or three semesters each (or equivalent) of two
foreign languages. The selection of courses must be
approved by the student’s linguistics advisor. Students
may petition their advisor to include other
courses in category 3.
Affiliated faculty include:
Maryanne Wolf, Child Development
Chip Gidney, Child Development
Gregory Crane, Classics
Anne Mahoney, Classics
John Fyler, English
Hosea Hirata, GRALL
Saskia Stoessel, GRALL
John Julian, Romance Languages
Ray Jackendoff, Philosophy, Co-Director
Daniel Dennett, Philosophy
Ariel Goldberg, Psychology, Co-Director
Philip Holcomb, Psychology
Gina Kuperberg, Psychology
The minor in Linguistics requires six courses,
including:
1. LING 15/PHIL 15/PSY 64 Introduction to Linguistics
2. TWO of the following:
LING 65/PSY 65 Phonological Theory
LING 112/PHIL 112/ PSY 151 Syntactic Theory
LING 113/PHIL 111/ PSY 150 Semantics
3. THREE of the following:
A third course from category 2
LING 137/ANTH 137 Language and Culture
LING 155/ CD 155 The Young Child’s Development of
Language
LING 177/CD 177 Bilingual Children in US Schools
LING 195/CD 195 Developmental Disorders of
Language and Reading
LING 250/CD 250 Reading, Dyslexia, and the Brain
LING 184/CLS 184 Indo-European Linguistics/
Advanced Special Topics in Classical Literature
LING 114/ED/ML/GER 114 Linguistic Approaches to
Second Language Acquisition
LING 101/ENG 101 Old English
LING 92/ML 92 Romance Linguistics
LING 3/PHIL 3 Language and Mind
LING 33 or 103/PHIL 33 or 103 Logic
LING 133/PHIL 133 Philosophy of Language
LING 153/PHIL 110/PSY 153 Biological Foundations
of Language
LING 149/PSY 149 Psychology of Language
LING 196/PSY 196 Psychology of Bilingualism/Seminar
in Psychology
LING 91/191 Special Topics in Linguistics/Advanced
Topics in Linguistics
LING 93 Independent Research in Linguistics
GRADUATE ProgrAM
The program leading to the Master of Arts degree
in Philosophy is intended primarily for the student
who is considering advanced work in philosophy
but who did not concentrate in the subject as an
undergraduate. Typically, students admitted to the
program plan to pursue a doctorate in philosophy
(Tufts itself does not offer a doctorate in the field),
though some students have other career plans.
The department’s offerings range across the
major areas of interest in contemporary philosophy.
Each year at least four seminars are offered,
typically on instructors’ current research interests.
The department has particular strengths in the
following areas: contemporary ethical theory, social
and political philosophy, metaphysics and epistemology,
philosophy of language and philosophical
logic, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of
science.
Master’s candidates receive individual attention
from members of the department in their specialized
fields and have an opportunity to participate in
the philosophical life of the department. The
department has a lecture series, which brings six to
eight eminent speakers to Tufts each year, and it
sponsors other departmental events. Students also
have access to the very active philosophical
community in the Boston area.
The program leading to the degree of Master of
Arts in philosophy is designed to be completed over
four terms. Requirements are as follows:
Program Requirements
Summary
The Master’s in Philosophy requires completing
eleven courses (worth eleven credits). Coursework
must satisfy a breadth requirement. Students must
also pass an Area of Strength Exam. See below for
a more detailed description of these requirements.
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