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A philosophy major centers around foundational works from Western intellectual tradition. This discipline examines timeless questions arising from humanity's engagement with history, culture, and existence, prioritizing analytical approaches and precise reasoning. Philosophy majors gain exceptionally comprehensive liberal arts training. Those pursuing the Mind, Language, and Cognition (MLC) specialization must fulfill standard philosophy degree requirements while minoring in linguistics and focusing elective studies in psychology.
Students must have completed official secondary school transcripts, diplomas, certificates and/or national test examination scores as appropriate for the educational systems in their country. In order to be considered for freshman admission students must have completed secondary school studies equivalent to that of United States high school graduation.
Official SAT I or ACT scores are required for entering freshmen with less than 24 semester hours of university level course work (equivalent to one year of full time study).
The minimum acceptable score on the TOEFL is 79 on the Internet-based test, 550 on the paper-based test and 213 on the computer-based test. The IELTS can be substituted for TOEFL scores. The minimum acceptable overall score of 6.5 is required for admission.