范德比尔特哲学系为合格的范德比尔特大学本科生提供了获得四年制哲学博士学位的机会，而该学位仅需学习一年即可获得哲学硕士学位。41个硕士课程旨在为学生提供研究生水平的哲学方面的广泛培训。中心目标是帮助学生发展（i）哲学史上的中心人物和文本的能力，（ii）当代哲学的主要领域和辩论，以及（iii）运用的基础研究，写作和议论技巧在哲学上。在这些领域中发展的能力可以作为在哲学，政治学，经济学，法律，商业和医学方面进一步工作的学术基础。
The Department of Philosophy at Vanderbilt offers a wide range of courses relating philosophy to various dimensions of human concern. The department also emphasizes those philosophers and movements that have had significant, forming effect in Western culture.<br>The major should be tailored to the needs and interests of the student. The following distribution of courses is required as part of the major. Logic: 1003 or 3003 (at least 3 hours), Ethics: 1005, 3605, or 3606 (at least 3 hours), History of Philosophy: 2100, 2101, 2102, 2103, or 2104 (at least six hours). Any alterations must be approved by the director of undergraduate studies. We encourage all majors to work closely with their advisers to select courses that form a coherent whole. The student must take at least 30 hours in the major field of which at least 21 hours must be in courses beyond the 1000 level.