本科生哲学专业可能会选择进入五年制BA / MA课程。由于对该计划的申请通常在大三期间进行，因此建议至少在大三的第二学期之前与研究生计划的主任进行协商。录取文学士/文学士课程的学生将按照两个专业的要求，选择哲学专业的课程。首先，在初中和高年级修读的两个课程必须有资格获得研究生学分，这两个研究生级别的课程均计入学士学位和硕士学位。其次，在高年级需要另外修读两个研究生级别的课程，这些课程超出了文学学士学位所需的120个学时，因此仅计入硕士学位。这四门课程将在“加速学位课程表”中列出，学生需要在高年级结束前填写
Undergraduate philosophy majors may opt to enter a five-year B.A./M.A. Program. Since application to the Program normally takes place during junior year, it is advisable to consult with the M.A. Coordinator or the Director of the Graduate Program in the fall semester of your junior year.<br><br>Students admitted to the B.A./M.A. Program will follow the curriculum for philosophy majors, with two specifications. First, two of the courses taken during junior and senior year must be eligible for graduate credit, these two graduate level courses count toward both the B.A. and the M.A. degrees. Second, two additional graduate level courses need to be taken during senior year that are beyond the 120 credit hours required for the B.A. and thus count only for the M.A. degree. These four courses will be listed in the Accelerated Degree Program Form, which the student will need to fill out by the end of senior year.<br><br>These four courses allow the student to take a normal graduate course load in the 5th year of three courses a semester. The M.A. may thus be completed by taking a total of ten graduate courses, two counting also for the BA and eight counting only for the M.A.. Additional requirements for the degree include writing a qualifying paper and satisfying the foreign language requirement (see the Graduate Studies Handbook for details).