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Key facts

  • Program
    Master's
  • Duration
    1 year
  • Program
    On campus
  • Pace
    Full-time
  • Annual tuition fee
    30,350USD
  • Start date
    Aug, Jan

Program overview

What the University of Louisville says about their program:

The Master of Arts (MA) in Applied Philosophy offers two options for graduate training in Applied Philosophy.

  1. The Concentration in Health Care Ethics is designed for diverse graduate, pre-professional, and professional students to develop their skills as highly engaged citizens, leaders, and scholars. Building on six core bioethics (BETH) courses, the Health Care Ethics track offers students a significant degree of flexibility through electives in other departments and schools to deepen their personal areas of interest and broaden their expertise beyond their core knowledge base. The degree prepares graduates to bring a more educated, nuanced and thoughtful approach to their work in clinical or hospital settings, health law or policy development or academic research and teaching as well as many other overlapping possibilities.

Graduates of this concentration will possess a mastery of 1) ethical theory, 2) the application of theory to practice, and 3) the clinical case studies that guide research, policy, and legal deliberation with respect to our medical and health care practices. Graduates will be trained for positions in ethical leadership and will be "reflexively ethical" in order to establish standards that ramify throughout the organizations into which they are hired.

  1. The Concentration in Practical & Applied Philosophy trains graduate, pre-professional, and professional students who have some preparation in Philosophy in the advanced use of philosophical and interdisciplinary methods to enhance their research and their career. Building on a Proseminar and four Applied Philosophy courses, students then pursue electives in their area(s) of greatest interest. Students also complete fieldwork or an internship to complement their studies and put them into practice, as well as an applied research project designed based on their interests.

Graduates of this concentration will have a deep understanding of the issues and methods of applied philosophy, and advanced skills in using critical thinking to improve systems and processes in whatever field they pursue. The degree will prepare them for continued graduate or professional training, and/or for leadership roles in their workplace.

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Admission requirements

Undergraduate academic requirements

  • High school and college transcripts
  • Minimum 2.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale

Postgraduate academic requirements

  • Applicants will require a Bachelor's degree
  • Official transcripts
  • Letters of recommendations

English proficiency

Undergraduate

  • TOEFL iBT

    79

  • IELTS Academic

    6.5

  • PTE

    55, 53 minimum band score on each section

Postgraduate

  • TOEFL iBT

    79

  • IELTS Academic

    6.5

  • PTE

    55, 53 minimum band score on each section

English waivers

Proof of English proficiency is not required if you have studied in the USA.

Documents required

  • Academic transcripts
  • Application form
  • Audition (if applicable)
  • Bank statements
  • Diploma of previous studies
  • English test scores or waivers
  • Entry test scores (SAT/ACT/GMAT/GRE)
  • Passport identification page
  • Proof of language proficiency
  • Translations
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Fees and funding

Fee information

  • Undergraduate tuition

    US$30,000 per year

  • Graduate tuition

    US$15,000 per year

Funding

Undergraduate

Global Cardinal Scholarship for First-time Freshmen

The University of Louisville will offer merit-based scholarships for high achieving international undergraduate students. The Global Cardinal Scholarship is for first-time freshmen and will be based on a student’s cumulative high school Grade Point Average (GPA), converted to a four-point scale. Scholarships will be applied automatically.

Postgraduate

Resident Tuition for Engineering M.S. Programs

The J.B. Speed School of Engineering is offering the resident tuition rate to all on-campus M.S. graduate students.

International Graduate Assistantships

International graduate students can apply for service, research, or teaching assistantship positions during the admissions process. The Graduate School also provides fellowships to a limited number of graduate students. Since graduate applicants are nominated for these positions by departments, you only need to fulfill admission requirements to be considered.
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Visa requirements for the University of Louisville

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