Strongly-qualified undergraduate students have the opportunity to receive both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in four years of study. Both degrees are acquired with just the 120 credits normally required for the BA alone. Application to this program should be made in the upper sophomore or lower junior semester. Admission is granted only in the junior year.<br><br>Seminars and research tutorials are given on both the leading contemporary movements of philosophy and the chief historical periods and figures. Students with diverse philosophical interests are accommodated by a faculty that represents a broad spectrum of specializations. The acceleration and intensiveness of the BAMA program makes for an exceptionally solid grounding in philosophy. For full details and application forms, see the department’s Graduate Program Advisor.