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2020-2021 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog
University of Pittsburgh
   
2020-2021 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog 
    
 
  Mar 28, 2024
 
2020-2021 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog [Archived Catalog]

History and Philosophy of Science, MA


MA Degree Requirements


A minimum 30 credit hours are required for the degree distributed as follows:

M.A. degree requirements:

A. Distribution-of-Studies Requirement:

1. Nine hours from Area 1 (Core Seminars). MA students must pass the end-of-term examination in all three core seminars. (See Section III E.1.)

2. Fifteen hours from Areas 2 and 3, with at least six hours in each area.

3.  Six hours of Research Paper credits.

B. Language Requirement: Good reading knowledge of either French, German, Latin, Greek, or approved substitute language. (Language acquisition courses cannot count toward the degree).

C. Research Paper Requirement: Students must submit a research paper in the history of science and a research paper in the philosophy of science. Evaluations of papers will be limited to a master’s pass-fail. A master’s pass on both papers is required for the M.A. degree.

D. Course Credit Requirement: A minimum of 30 credit hours at the 2000 level.

 



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