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Program facts

Palm Desert, USA
  • Program type
    Associate
  • Duration
    2 years
  • Annual tuition fee
    7,368 USD

    Fees are displayed in the university's local currency

  • Language taught in
    English
  • Start date
    August, January

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Program overview

What College of the Desert says about their program:
"Philosophy, which can be called “the science of the Big Picture”, is the systematic study of concepts such as knowledge, truth, reality, logic and rationality, ethics and morality, justice, beauty, mind, and God. Philosophy is concerned with posing and answering questions as difficult and varied as, What is truth?, Could each person have her own truth?, What is the relation of formal logic to ordinary reasoning?, How should human beings live their lives?, How does our familiar human world of thoughts, sensations, and feelings fit into the larger world that is described by the natural sciences? Can there be human actions that are morally right (or wrong) independently of a society’s judgment?, Does beauty exist only in the eye of the beholder?, and finally, Does God exist?


Career paths chosen by students pursuing undergraduate studies in philosophy commonly include the foreign service, computer science, and creative writing. Careers in the discipline that generally require graduate-level degrees include college teaching, law, medicine, psychiatry, and social work."

Admissions requirements

English requirements

  • TOEFL iBT - 40
  • TOEFL Paper - 400
  • IELTS - 4.5
  • Duolingo - 70
  • EIKEN STEP - level2

Entry requirements

  • English proficiency test
  • High school completion or 18+ years of age
  • Proof of funding

Fees and funding

Fee information

  • Undergraduate tuition: US$7,368 per year

Funding

Campus Community Award Available for international students that submit a brief statement explaining how they will get involved in campus community life.

OneFuture Coachella Valley Works to help all students graduate prepared for college, career, and life-expanding and enhancing the local workforce so that our youth and economy thrive.

The Reynaldo J. Carreón M.D. Foundation Founded in 1991 by the late valley philanthropist and pioneer, Dr Carreón, to provide underprivileged students of Mexican descent a chance to pursue higher education.

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