选择进入哲学专业的大多数学生进入哈佛后都没有哲学背景。那些曾经接触过哲学的学生往往会发现，大学水平的学术哲学与以往相比有很大的不同。换句话说，如果您完全不了解哲学，那么您就不会处于任何劣势。为了使学生做好在集中注意力方面取得成功的准备，我们的入门课程（编号为1至90）旨在向学生介绍该课程的主题以及撰写哲学论文和阅读哲学著作的技能。我们还通过部门写作研究员提供写作支持。由于哲学写作是如此独特，因此学生在上我们的课程之前不需要完成博览会课程。我们将在课堂上教您哲学写作。不要求您参加入门课程。哲学上的集中是非线
Most of the students who choose to pursue a concentration in philosophy did not have any background in philosophy when they entered Harvard. And those students who have had encounters with philosophy tend to find that academic philosophy at the college level is quite different from what has come before. In other words, you're not at any disadvantage if you're coming to philosophy completely fresh. To prepare students to succeed in the concentration, our introductory courses (numbered between 1 and 90) are designed to introduce students both to the topic of the course and the skills of writing philosophy papers and reading philosophical texts. We also offer writing support through our Department Writing Fellow. Because philosophical writing is so distinctive, students do not need to complete an Expos class before taking our classes. We will teach you philosophical writing in our classes. There is no requirement that you take an introductory course. The philosophy concentration is non-linear. There is no set sequence of courses that students need, or even should, follow as they make their way through the concentration. Very few of our courses have explicit pre-requisites, so students can take courses in whatever order makes sense to them, given their intellectual goals and interests.