梅森大学哲学硕士课程的学生将受益于拥有广泛专业知识的部门。该计划旨在确保学生在具有历史和当代意义的领域中获得扎实的基础。课程内容为哲学，伦理学，政策，形而上学，认识论，性别哲学，当代大陆哲学，当代分析哲学和科学哲学的历史奠定了基础。包括富布赖特奖学金，阿兰·洛克公共哲学奖，波托马克政策研究学院的CReST奖学金，布罗彻基金会的奖项等等。我们的R1大学的教师致力于学生的个人指导。哲学硕士学位既适合打算攻读哲学博士学位的学生，也适合那些寻求攻读硕士学位作为最终学位的学生。学生选择侧重于传统和当代哲学，或者选择
Students in the MA program in philosophy at Mason benefit from a department with a wide range of expertise. The program seeks to ensure students will receive a solid foundation in areas of both historical and contemporary significance. Course offerings provide grounding in the history of philosophy, ethics, policy, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of sex and gender, contemporary continental philosophy, contemporary analytic philosophy, and philosophy of science.You will be taught by an internationally recognized faculty who are winners of awards and fellowships including Fulbright Fellowships, the Alain Locke Award for Public Philosophy, the CReST Fellowship from the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, an award from the Fondation Brocher, and more. Faculty at our R1 university are committed to individual student mentorship. The master's degree in philosophy is designed both for students who intend to pursue a doctorate in philosophy and for those who seek the master's as a terminal degree. Students choose a focus on traditional and contemporary philosophy, or choose one of two concentrations: ethics and public affairs, or philosophy and cultural theory. Students have the option to write an MA thesis.Students pursue the degree to satisfy intellectual interest and to further professional expertise. Courses are offered in the evening at times convenient for working professionals. Our students range from recent graduates to mid-career professionals, and each benefit from their classmates? different backgrounds and experience.